Here you will find grouped together articles and features about British sport, and stars of British sport.
Wimbledon
Ah, Wiimbledon....the sound of tennis balls on racquets, strawberries and cream, the great British summer weather, Henman (or Murray?) Hill....celebrate 125 years of this famous tennis tournament....
Cricket - The sweet sound of leather on willow A warm summers day, a picturesque village green, the sound of leather on willow, a polite ripple of applause ...
Rugby Football "A game played by gentlemen with odd shaped balls" Anon.
Max Woosnam
This sporting polymath played soccer for Manchester City and England, won Olympic Gold at tennis, was a Wimbledon Champion, fought with distinction in the First World War....and beat film star Charlie Chaplin at table tennis, playing with a butter knife!!
C.B. Fry
This amazing man played rugby for the Barbarians, football for England, captained the English cricket team, equalled the world long jump record - and was offered the throne of Albania.
Polo
Polo is perhaps the oldest team sport; the first recorded tournament was in 600 B.C. between the Turkomans and the Persians (the Turkomans were victorious). The first game in Britain of “hockey on horseback” was organised on Hounslow Heath in 1869...
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