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Guide to watching or taking part in sport in the UK
     
Sections:
 Introduction
Watching sport
  Playing sports
  Learning English through sport
  Links
   
Related pages:
 Football ; Rugby ; Cricket ; Tennis ; Golf
  Water sports ; Outdoor sports ; Motor sports ; Horse racing and riding


INTRODUCTION

This page gives some general information about watching or taking part in sport in the UK.
For information about a particular sport, see: Life/Sport.

Buy products connected with sport:
Book ; DVD ; Ticket to a sports event

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WATCHING SPORT

For information about the dates of major sporting events in the UK, see: Ideas/Events

Many sports events are shown on television. There are special sports channels available by satellite or cable (known as Sky Sports).
As an alternative to watching events on your own television, you may enjoy seeing games in some pubs or sports bars.
Further information is available from the BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport or from Sky at http://home.skysports.com.
TV programme listings are available from: http://www.sky.com/skycom/tvguide

You can listen to sport using the following sports radio stations (the online stations can be heard in any country):
TalkSport (1053 or 1089 MW): http://www.talksport.co.uk
BBC Radio 5 Live (693 or 909 MW): http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive

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PLAYING SPORTS

Some of the most popular sports in the UK are athletics, badminton, cricket, cycling, football (soccer), golf, hockey, netball, rugby, snooker/billiards/pool, squash, swimming and tennis.

You can find places to take part in these sports using UpMyStreet: http://www.upmystreet.com. Select Find My Nearest … , enter a postcode or town name, select Find by category and choose Sport & leisure then the appropriate sport. The nearest places will be listed first. Gyms, sports centres and sports clubs can also be found this way.

Sports centres, clubs and courses can also be found by using the "Get Active" link on the Sport England website: http://www.sportengland.org. From the dropdown box you can find information for all these sports:

aikido, angling, archery, athletics, Aussie rules, badminton, baseball, bowls, canoeing, caving, Chinese martial arts, cricket, croquet, cycling, dragon boat racing, Eton fives, fencing, flying/gliding, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hang gliding/paragliding, hockey, ice hockey, judo, karate, kendo, korfball, lacrosse, landsailing, life saving, modern pentathalon, motor cycling, motor sports, mountaineering, netball, orienteering, parachuting, polo, rambling, roller skating, rowing, rugby fives, rugby league, rugby union, sailing, shooting, softball, squash, sub-aqua, surf life saving, swimming, table tennis, tang soo do, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, waterskiing, windsurfing, wrestling

 "Time Out" London Sport Health and Fitness
Publisher: Time Out Magazine
Date: January 2003
 

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LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SPORT

For help with learning English through sport, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/sport.
Taking part in local sports clubs or activities can be a good way to meet people and improve your English.

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LINKS

Sport in the UK: Life/Sport
Monthly guide to events in the UK: Ideas/Events

Home page: Home

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