Sport in England

Sports

England has some great sports stars - and teams, they have some of the best football teams in the world for ex: Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool etc. They have other great sportsmen too, for example Wayne Rooney and David Bechham (football players), Euan Burton (judo), Mark Cueto (rugby). They are also the inventors of cricket; England was terrified when they lost to Australia in cricket in 1882, because they had always been the best.

Football and rugby are also English games. They are both some of the biggest sports in the world.
English competitors won a lot of world cups, world championships etc.

In England you can also see people playing lawn bowling, it’s not as famous. It’s mostly elderly people that play. It’s played in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Made by Anna and Thomas