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SPORTS

A SPORT is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful physical activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. In sports the key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome (winning or losing). The physical activity involves the movement of people, animals and/or a variety of objects such as balls and machines or equipment.

Do you like sports and why do you like them?

What kind of sports do you practise?

Do you think practising sports is important? What kind of benefits can you obtain from

practising sports?

Could you tell us what the most practised sports in England are?

Football Tradition

RugbyRugby football is a style of football that originated from Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union, and has influenced the development of others such as American football and Canadian football. In many rugby-playing countries, rugby union is widely regarded as an "establishment" sport, played mostly by members of the upper and middle classes.

CricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport. Many variations exist, with its most popular form played on an oval-shaped outdoor arena known as a cricket field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard (20.12 m) long pitch that is the focus of the game. A game (or match) is contested between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats, and will try 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. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed. The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings.

SnookerSnooker is a cue sport that is played on a large green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular (full-size) table is 12 × 6 ft (3.7 × 1.8 m). It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7). A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the red and colored balls. A player wins a match when a certain number of frames have been won.

Is Manchester famous for any sport?

What other kind of sports can you practise in Manchester?

Could you name us an important sports person in England?

Lewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton (born 7th January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England) is a British Formula One racing driver, currently racing for the McLaren team, and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion.In December 1995, at the age of ten, Hamilton approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he drove for McLaren in 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Coming from a mixed-race background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One“.

Alex FergusonSir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, Knight Bachelor, CBE, popularly known as Sir Alex or Fergie (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986.

David BeckhamDavid Robert Joseph Beckham, (born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer who plays in midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Milan, as well as the England national team, for whom he holds the all-time appearance record for an outfield player.Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time there, United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999. He left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons, clinching La Liga championship in his final season with the club. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid for the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy, signing a five-year contract with them on 1 July 2007. While a Galaxy player, he has also spent two loan spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010.

Wayne RooneyWayne Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.Aged 10, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window. Since then, he has won the Premier League three times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and two League Cups. He has also been awarded the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 2009–10.Rooney made his England national team debut in 2003 and, at UEFA Euro 2004, he briefly became the competition's youngest goalscorer.

Why do you play football and how long have you played it?

He enjoys watching football on TV, specially Champions League and the World Cup.

Manchester United won their last UEFA Champions League against Chelsea in 2008.

What is your favourite team and why do you like them?

Manchester United

What’s your opinion about The Spanish Football League?

Real Madrid, Barcelona & Valencia

Ronaldo & Messi

What do you think about Jose Mourinho?

Did you enjoy watching The Spanish Football Team in the World Cup last summer?

Can you tell us something about Spanish sports in general? What are the most known to you?

Tennis & Rafa Nadal

Basketball & Pau Gasol

Formula 1 & Fernando Alonso