Sport in the UK

There are many famous types of sports played in the United Kingdom. Many sports have a special stadium or play ground across the country such as Twickenham stadium for rugby, Wimbledon for tennis, lords ground for cricket, football at Wembley stadium, horseracing in Newmarket race court,St Andrew golf course in Scotland or sunningdale in England.

                                                                                       

The next event on sport calendar will be the Wimbledon championship for tennis in London during the month of July. Tennis is an interesting sport which can be played by both sex .It is easy and simple to understand. The players play on the ground in rectangular court facing each other and there is a net between them. If two players are playing than the game is called the singles game and if four players are taking part than it is called doubles.

References:

Sports (2011) BBc sports. Available at URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/default.stm [Accessed:24/06/2011]