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Pages in category "Sports originating in Scotland" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other countries with a large Scottish diaspora as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.
The Royal Montreal Curling Club, the oldest established sports club still active in North America, [26] was established in 1807. The first curling club in the United States was established in 1830, and the sport was introduced to Switzerland and Sweden before the end of the 19th century, also by Scots.
Pages in category "Sports originating in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Category: Sports by country of origin. 15 languages. ... Sports originating in the United States (2 C, 64 P) Sports originating in Uruguay (1 P) V.
Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, [2] [3] [4] and was even played in Northern England into the second half of the 20th century [5] [4] and other areas in the world where ...
Hurling is a close relative of the indigenous Scottish sport of shinty, and there is an annual international between Scotland's shinty players and Ireland's hurlers, using composite rules. The traditional forms of hurling played in Counties Antrim and Donegal , where many of Scotland's Irish immigrants originate from, were closest to Scottish ...
The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly from their European origins, developing into distinctly American ...