Sport in the UK

Major sports of the UK

• Football (Soccer)
• Netball
• Field Hockey
• Rugby Union
• Rugby Leaue

UK Sporting Successes

• England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup

Athletes from the UK

• David Beckham
• Tim Henman
• Sebastian Coe
• Roger Bannister

the UK Sports trivia

• London was awarded the 1944 Games, but due to the onging WWII it was not held.

the UK at major events

• Great Britian at the Summer Olympics
• the UK at the Winter Olympics
• at the Commonwealth Games: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
• at the FIFA World Cup: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Past sporting events hosted in the UK

• Olympic Games Summer Hosts in 1908 London, 1948 London
• 1911 British Empire Games London
• 1934 British Empire Games London
• 1958 Commonwealth Games Cardiff
• 1966 FIFA World Cup England
• 1970 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh
• 1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh
• 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester
• Cricket World Cup, England 1975, 1979, 1983, 1999

Upcoming sporting events in the UK

• 1991 Rugby World Cup hosted in UK and France
• 1999 Rugby World Cup Wales
• 2012 London Olympics
• 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland
• 2015 Rugby World Cup England
• 2019 Cricket World Cup, England

Annual sporting events held in the UK

• British Open (golf)
• Wimbledon Championship (tennis)

Sporting Facilities in the UK

• English Institute of Sport
• Scottish Institute of Sport
• Lords, St John's Wood, England
• The Oval

Other

• sports videos tagged with 'England'
• sports videos tagged with 'Scotland'
• sports videos tagged with Wales'