jueves, 21 de febrero de 2019

The origin of sports

Hello, Read the article and answer the following questions.

  1. How were sports like cricket, football or badminton spread around the world?
  2. Describe the "Fair Play" concept.
  3. Why was a campaign mounted against violent sports?
  4. "Hacking" is a type of what?
  5.  What were the differences between the game played at Eton and Rugby?
  6.  Why did "the cart came before the horse" in tennis? 
  7. Thomas Arnold was the headmaster of which school?
  8.  What is the FA Cup? Do you know if is still played nowadays?
  9. When was  professionalism legalised in football and why?
  10. Why did the factory owners change their point of view about sports like football that had been considered very dangerous for their workers?