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Scotland is the home of curling which, although not as popular today as in Canada, remains more popular in Scotland than anywhere else in Europe. The Scottish men's team are the world's second most successful curling nation having won a total of 32 World Championship medals including 5 golds, with the most recent coming in 2009 .
Lord's Cricket Ground is known as the "Home of Cricket". Cricket is a popular summer sport in the United Kingdom and has been exported to other parts of the former British Empire. Cricket has its origins in south east Britain. It is popular throughout England and Wales, and parts of the Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland.
Formal cooperation between the Celtic nations is active in many contexts, including politics, languages, culture, music and sports: The Celtic League is an inter-Celtic political organisation, which campaigns for the political, language, cultural and social rights, affecting one or more of the Celtic nations. [26] [non-primary source needed]
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Sports competitions in Europe by region (5 C) A. Sport in the Alps (16 C, 8 P) B. Sport in the Balkans (18 C, 9 P) Sport in the Baltic states (14 C, 29 P) F.
Some of the categories about sport in the United Kingdom have not yet been subdivided between the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. There are some articles relevant to sport in Scotland in Category:Sport in the United Kingdom.
In October 1992 the Scottish Amateur Athletic Association, the Scottish Women’s Amateur Athletic Association and the Scottish Cross Country Union merged into one overall governing body for the sport in Scotland known as the Scottish Athletics Federation, and this was in turn succeeded by Scottish Athletics on 1 April 2001. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Sports organizations of Europe by sport (1 C) Sports teams in Europe by sport (3 C) A. Archery in Europe (4 C, 1 P) Athletics in Europe (67 C, 10 P) B.