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American sports
Americans are interested in different sports and
activities. The major American sports are ice hockey, baseball,
American football and basketball. The large choice of sports in America can be explained by the variety and size of the country, its different climates and the people's love of competitions of any type. The seasons of the "four major sports" often overlap.
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American Michael Phelps won an Olympic record eight
gold medals
Sports in the United States is an
important part of American culture is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey. The major leagues is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey. The major leagues of these sports, the National Football League is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey. The major leagues of these sports, the National Football League (NFL), the Major League Baseball is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey. The major leagues of these sports, the National Football League (NFL), the Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association is an important part of American culture. The four most popular team sports are ones that developed in North America: American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey. The major leagues of these sports, the National Football League (NFL), the Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) enjoy massive media exposure and are considered the preeminent competitions in their respective sports in the world .
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Football
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Americans play tennis, hockey and most other international
sports but they do not play football in the
same way as the rest of the world. The players can run with the ball, touch and push each other. Players wear special clothes for American football with helmets on their heads, because the game can be dangerous. Like international football teams, American teams have eleven players. The field looks different and even the ball is a different shape. American football is very different game.
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Football
American football is a distinct type of football
that developed in the United States in the 19th
century from soccer and rugby.
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Football
Football is played by school, college and professional
teams and is one of the most popular American
sports, attracting thousands of participants and millions of spectators annually. American football was made popular by teams representing colleges and universities.
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Ice hockey
Americans love winter sports and ice hockey
is the most popular game. This game is very
fast and can be dangerous.
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Ice hockey
Originating from North America, the sport is
commonly referred to simply as "hockey." In the U.S.
the game is most popular in regions of the country with a cold winter climate.
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Water Polo
Water Polo is a team water sport.
The playing team consists of six field players and
one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals.Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of handball.
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Baseball
Baseball is the most popular summer sport in
America. But the first baseball games start in warm,
sunny regions like Florida and Arizona in winter. The first American baseball match was held in 1839 in New York. There is an opinion that baseball comes from a much older game, played in Europe for many years. To play baseball, two teams of nine players are needed. The "pitcher" throws the ball, and the "batter" hits it with a bat. Americans start playing baseball young. There are "leagues" which children of eight can join. The top players become big stars.
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Baseball
Baseball is the most popular summer sport in
America. The first American baseball match was in 1839
in New York. To play baseball you need two teams of nine players. Americans start playing baseball young. There are "leagues" which children of eight can join. The top players become big stars and earn a lot of money every year.
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Basketball
Basketball was invented in the United States. A
schoolteacher designed the rules for a game that his
students could play indoors. There are only five players in a basketball team. Usually basketball players are very tall and they show that basketball can be exciting.
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Basketball
Basketball is a uniquely American sport. It originated
in 1891 when James Naismith, a young physical education
teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts, was instructed by his boss to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the cold winter months to keep the students occupied and out of trouble.
United States men's national basketball team playing in the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Basketball
The first professional basketball league was formed in
1898. Today, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the
major professional basketball league in the world, with teams in the United States and Canada. The NBA now has 29 teams competing in two conferences, the Eastern and Western, in four separate divisions.
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Basketball
Since its invention, basketball has also been a
popular sport for women. Basketball was also a popular
sport for women. Women's basketball came of age with the gold-medal victory of the American women's basketball team at the 1996 Olympics, increased media attention to women's college basketball tournament, and the establishment of professional women's basketball leagues. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) was founded in 1997.
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Cricket
Cricket, another common sport in Commonwealth countries, is
not a popular sport in the U.S. Many amateur
cricket leagues have been formed by Indian, Pakistani, Australian, South African, English and Caribbean (more specifically West Indian) immigrants.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two
teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at
the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team.
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Curling
Curling is popular in northern states, possibly because
of climate, proximity to Canada, or Scandinavian heritage. The
national popularity of curling is growing after significant media coverage of the sport in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide
stones across a sheet of ice towards a target
area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice.
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Volleyball
Volleyball is also a notable sport in the
United States, especially at the college and university levels.
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.
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Americans are fond of playing tennis too.
Tennis
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Tennis
Amazingly, the historical development of tennis dates back
several thousands of years. So, people who are involve
in historical researches of this great sport claim to have found evidence of playing tennis in ancient Greece culture.
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Tennis
The game became very popular, especially in France,
where was adopted by the royal family. In the
year of 1316 French king Louis X dies after hard "Jeu de Paume" game (other terms of this stage of game are Royal Tennis in Great Britain, Royal Tennis in Australia, Court Tennis in the United States), but this death does null to damp the popularity of the recreation.
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Tennis
16th Century - History of Tennis
Between the 16th
and 18th centuries the game of the palm was
highly regarded by kings and nobleman. The French players would begin the palm game by shouting the word "Tenez" (Play!). The palm game soon came to be called "real tennis" or "royal".
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Tennis
1530s ▪ HISTORY OF TENNIS ▪ English king
Henry VIII builds a tennis court at Hampton Court
Palace (This court no longer exist but a similar court built there in 1625 and is in use until today).
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Tennis
1896 ▪ OLYMPIC GAMES ▪ Tennis became one
of the core sports in the first modern Olympic
Games.
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Tennis
1897 ▪ WOMEN ON FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS ▪ The
French Championships are open to women for the first
time in the french tennis history.
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Tennis
2009 ▪ ROGER FEDERER ▪ On 7 June,
Roger Federer became arguably the greatest tennis player of
all time in tennis history with his victory at the French Open. Federer joins Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Andre Agassi as winner of all four Grand Slam titles, and equals the 14 Grand Slam titles claimed by Pete Sampras - who never managed to win on the clay of Roland Garros.
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Tennis
On 20 April, Marat Safin and Dinara Safina
became the first brother and sister to reach world
number one in tennis history. Marat became achieved the top ranking on 20 November 2000. Roger Federer secure No. 1 postion on the end of seson with victory over Andy Murray in three sets at London ATP Finals on 25 November.
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USA Triathlon
USA Triathlon is the national governing body
for the multisport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and
winter triathlon in the United States. USA Triathlon is a member federation of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Triathlon Union. Its headquarters are in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The symbol for triathlon in the Olympics
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Triathlon
Triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming,
cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances.
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Figure-skating
As other nationalities, Americans are fond of figure-skating
too.
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (formerly the
ISU Champions Series) is a series of international invitational competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Elite figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The junior-level equivalent is the ISU Junior Grand Prix.