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Rugby is regarded as the national sport of Wales and Georgia, and is the strongest professional team sport in Ireland. Europe's main competition for national teams is the Six Nations Championship, first held in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship. The other European national teams play at the Rugby Europe International Championships.
European sports trophies and awards (18 C, 3 P) F. Sports festivals in Europe (5 C, 3 P) G. European games (3 C) H. History of sport in Europe (46 C) M.
The 20th century saw major advances in the participation of women in sports due to a growing women's sports movement in Europe and North America. This led to the initiation of the Women's Olympiad (held three times 1921 , 1922 and 1923 ) and the Women's World Games (held four times ( 1922 , 1926 , 1930 and 1934 .
The following Wales based clubs play in the English system: Cardiff City play in the Championship; Swansea City play in the Championship; Wrexham A.F.C. play in League One (Reserves played in Wales second tier until 1995) [7] Newport County A.F.C. play in League Two; Merthyr Town F.C.(since 2010) play in the Southern Football League Premier ...
17 January 1597 — a court of law in Guildford heard from a 59-year-old coroner, John Derrick, who gave witness that when he was a scholar at the "Free School at Guildford", fifty years earlier, "hee and diverse of his fellows did runne and play at creckett and other plaies " on common land which was the subject of the current legal dispute ...
Sports originating in the United Kingdom (3 C, 14 P) Sports originating in the United States (2 C, 64 P) Sports originating in Uruguay (1 P) V.
10 September 1624 — death of Jasper Vinall (born c. 1590), the first cricketer known to die as a result of an injury received when playing the game. [5] Village cricket thrives in the middle period of the 17th century, but there is no evidence of teams of county strength being formed at this time.
Hibernian were the first British club to play in the European Cup, reaching the semi-final of the inaugural tournament in 1955. The English league winners, Chelsea, were denied entry by the Football League's secretary Alan Hardaker, who believed it was in the best interests of English football and football in general for them not to enter. [11]