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Which Country gave birth to sport?
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Lucid_Seeker
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Which Country gave birth to sport?
Hey, just wondering when was the first ever sport made and what was it, football, tennis???
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| 04-30-2007 07:47 PM |
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
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| 05-01-2007 02:08 AM |
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DiamondGeezer
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
I'd read that the Romans developed a competent soccer squad through their mid-pillage-and-plunder 5-a-side games; they used to use their enemies' heads as the ball. However, I can see the hair getting tangled in the racquets, so tennis was probably out for them.
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| 05-01-2007 12:05 PM |
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AndrewKarpinski
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
Know your heritage! It was Canada who founded basketball. In fact, we Canadians are responsible for many great things, such as Shania Twain and the famous quote "The Medium is the Message" (which is just now becoming particularily interesting).
The true North, strong and free!
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| 05-13-2007 12:27 AM |
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DiamondGeezer
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
Yes, blame... er, I mean thank Canada for Shania Twain!
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| 05-13-2007 05:42 AM |
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peternole2000
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
If that is true about the Romans, that is awesome! Didn't some of the early South American civilizations play games where the losers were sacrificed to the gods?
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| 05-29-2007 08:14 PM |
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desi965
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
Well I'm pretty sure basketball was invented in the U.S., Springfield, MA as a matter of face by Dr. Nashmith. Also records show as far back as 4000 B.C. China had some sports such as gymnastics.
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| 07-15-2007 09:45 AM |
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RE: Which Country gave birth to sport?
I read somewhere that Golf was invented by Great Britain or Scotland (no one knows for sure). Players would hit rocks around using a stick or a club. Although some other countries also hit rocks with sticks the key in this was that they did not have a hole for the rock to go in.
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| 07-26-2007 06:11 PM |
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