HISTORY SPORT THE SCOTTISH

YULY ANDREA LEON ALFONSO

Sport also plays an important role in Scottish culture, as the country holds its own national championships in various sports varieties.

HISTORY SPORT THE SCOTTISH

• The most popular sport is football in Scotland.

• Rugby is also very popular in Scotland

• St. Andrews, is internationally known as the "home of golf"

• Other distinctive features of Scottish sport are the Highland Games

• The Commonwealth Games 

The Scottish Football

Association is the

governing body of

football in Scotland,

responsible for

organizing the Scottish

Cup and matches

Scotland football team

in their ranks.

The Scottish Cup is

a Scottish football

competition involving teams

from

the Premier League, First,

Second and Third Division.

The competition has a format

very similar to the FA Cup in

England, with one game

elimination.

Rugby in Scotland is regulated by

the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU). Scotland

has a great rivalry with England. They

compete annually for the Calcutta Cupas

part of the Six Nations tournament.

Golf has its origins in the fifteenth

century

in Scotland, there are pastors entert

ained with

sticks hitting boulders until you

reach a goal. Golf is the only

sport that has been practiced on the

lunar surface. 

The Romans played a game with a bent stick and a ball made of feathers that could be the forerunner of the game of golf.

The Highland

Games are annual

festivals made  in Scotland, In

these traditional

festivals include acts of

God, music and dance. Among

the events are:

Trunk Release.

Launch of the stone.

Scottish hammer throw.

The Commonwealth

Games is a multi-sport

event held every four

years, They become a

smaller version of the

Olympic Games

In the Commonwealth Games, in addition to the usual sports like athletics, swimming, gymnastics and cycling, sportscompetitions are played typical member countries such as badminton, cricket, polo,squash, rugby seven, bowling or soccer.