Sports play an important part in the life in Britain and is a popular leisure activity.
Many of the world’s famous sports began in Britain, including Cricket, Football, Lawn tennis, Golf and Rugby England’s national sport is cricket although to many people football(soccer) is seen as our national sport. Football is our most popular sport. Some of England’s football teams are world famous, the most famous being Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool. Cricket is played on village greens and in towns/cities on Sundays from April to August. The rules of cricket became the responsibility, in the 18th century, of the Marylebone Cricket Club(MCC), based at Lord’s cricket ground in north London.