Top 5 most popular sports in the UK

Sport has always been and still remains one of the most popular activities in the UK. The article shows the 5 popular ones

Sport has always been and still remains one of the most popular activities in the UK

Popular sports in the UK?

Football

Football is definitely number one sport in the UK which has been played for decades. Not everyone has the wish and opportunity to play this game professionally but almost every single young man is fond of playing soccer in the yard or watching games on TV or stadiums.

Rugby

Rugby is the national sport in Wales but also is played in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There are two kinds of rugby – professional and amateur, the rules in these two are different. The sport appeared in 1823 when one of the boys of English Rugby school grabbed the ball in his hands and ran with it during the normal soccer game.

Cricket

The sense of cricket is really interesting. It is not a contact team game. Each team of 11 players are on both sides of the field. The goal of the game is to destroy the wicket of the opponent. Originally it was the game played by young peasants but later it spread among all layers of society.

Golf

It is believed that every honored golf player has to try himself on the golf fields in Scotland, the homeland of this aristocratic game. It is the sport where it is not important to be taller, stronger or faster. Prudence and efficiency are more appreciated. Golf attracts more and more tourists from all over the world.

Badminton

Badminton refers to rather dynamic and tense sports. So it requires good physical training and staying power from sportsmen. The main attributes are a racket and a shuttlecock, the main motivation is to lose a couple kilos during the game.