RUGBY

 

RUGBY

Rugby is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th centuryOne of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts on each try line.

Rugby football is a sport that people play around the world. Many people play rugby in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, France, South Africa, Argentina, Japan, USA, Canada the Pacific Islands and some 100+ other countries.

 Rugby football is named after Rugby School, the school in England where it was developed

 

 Origins

 

Legend has it that one day in 1823, a senior boy called William Webb Ellis elected to run with the ball rather than retiring to kick it as was the normal mode of play in Rugby School football matches. "Running in" was not considered quite the done thing then but was later formalised in the laws of Rugby Football (first published in 1846)

 This is the classic rugby ball

 

 Actually, rugby is played with this ball

 

 

This is a modern rugby court

This is RUGBY

Tennis

 

TENNIS

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. 

The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Tennis is played by millions of recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport. The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts.

Tennis is a very popular sport in the United Kingdom. The oldest tennis tournament in the world is celebrated in Wimbledon, London, since 1877, and is played on outdoor grass courts.

                      

Actually, Andy Murray is the most famous british  player

origins

 

The patenting of the first lawn mower in 1830, in Britain, is strongly believed to have been the catalyst, worldwide, for the preparation of modern-style grass courts, sporting ovals, playing fields, pitches, greens, etc.

Between 1859 and 1865 Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera developed a game that combined elements of racquets and the Basque ball game pelota, which they played on Perera's croquet lawn in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

 

As we have said, we play tennis with rackets and a ball

And we play tennis in a tennis court

 

Tennis can be wonderful