13._SPORTS_AND_GAMES

Canada

- ice-hockey, lacrosse, football, curling (invented there), baseball, basketball

USA
- baseball, football, basketball, ice hockey, box

Great Britain
- cricket, tennis, table tennis, golf, (water) polo, football (soccer), darts, squash, badminton, snooker, billiards,

rowing (on the river Thames)

Australia
- sailing, surfing, Australian rules football

Ireland

- hurling

New Zeeland

- rugby, netball

Scotland

- throwing the hammer, tossing the caber, tug-of-war (přetahování)

PROFESSIONAL /AMATEUR SPORTSMEN

professional sportsman
- professional is someone who do sport as his job
- often he gets money for it
- he trains a lot
- he participates on sport events on high level

amateur sportsman
- amateur is someone who do a sport for his pleasure
- it is when you go play tennis or running
- often children are amateur sportsman because they do so many sports or sporting rings

DRUGS IN SPORT, HOOLIGANISM, VIOLENCE

steroids

- the anabolic steroids help to complete in sports or to improve their appearance

- the boys say they use illegal steroids to help them compete in sports or improve their appearance

- some sportsman take anabolic steroids because they want to:

look strong and muscular, to win at any cost, they don´t believe that bad effects from steroids will happen to them
- side effects of using steroids: premature baldness, acne, oily skin, heart diseases, high cholesterol, kidney diseases, bone pain, stunted growth (in kids), leg and foot swelling, liver disease, yellowing skin and eyes,

unfavourable personality changes

hooganism, violence
- some people, especially football fans are wild and aggressive during matches (especially when their team lose)
- sometimes they drink alcohol during match and alcohol contributes to aggressive behaviour
- they throws plastic cups to the pitch
- often battles with fans of another team
- football and hockey matches always watch police and sometimes firemen
- in these days is dangerous on big events terrorist attacks - because of big crowds it is very good and strategic place

MAIN SPORTING EVENTS (INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL / LOCAL)

international
- Olympic games
- The World Championships and cup
- The Super Bowl – the highest level of American football in the world
- Wimbledon
- The Grand National- England, horse race
-Tour de France
- Stanley cup, Davis Cup
- FIFA world cup – every 4 years
- F1 Grand Prix – motorsports
- US Open, French Open, …

national
- Championship of Czech Republic (athletic, floorball, volleyball,…)
- Great Pardubice Steeplechase - The most difficult and oldest cross country horse race takes place in Pardubice

local
- Beskydská laťka – high jump
- Golden hit – Ostrava
- 2017- Championship of Czech Republic in athletic in Třinec

THE OLYMPIC GAMES (HISTORY, SYMBOLS, IDEA)

history
-The first Olympic Games were first held in 776 BC in Greek in Olympia and then every four years

(only one event - 200 yard run). They were probably a part of religious ceremony honouring the Greek God Zeus.