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Sport holds a central place in British culture, and the United Kingdom has played a key role in both the development and global spread of many sports. In the early stages of organized sport, the Home Nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland) were instrumental in establishing formal rules and forming some of the earliest governing bodies, national teams, and domestic league competitions.
Ice Hockey is Britain's largest indoor spectator sport. It has a long history in the UK and it is reasonably well supported, with the larger teams attracting thousands of fans to every game. The main league is the ten-team professional Elite League, which has featured many former NHL players, predominantly during the NHL lockout season.
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Football is the most popular sport in England. [2] England is home to the world's first football league, the oldest national governing body, and the oldest national knockout competition. [2] The first modern rules for the game were established in England in 1863.
The earliest reference to football is in a 1314 decree issued by the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas de Farndone, on behalf of King Edward II.Originally written in Norman French, a translation of the decree includes: "for as much as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large footballs in the fields of the public, from which many evils might arise that God forbid: we command ...
UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport .
History of sport in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies (3 C) History of sport in the United Kingdom by team (3 C, 1 P). British sport by decade (34 C ...