I. Role and national passion of sport in Britain. Overview of role and national passion of sport in Britain National passion of sport in Britain: Sport plays an important role in people lives in Britain than it does in most other countries. The British are great lover of competitive sports, they are neither playing nor watching games, they like to talk about them or when they cannot do that, they think about it. It is the main form of entertainment, especially true for men. Millions take part in some kind of sports at least once a week. While may millions more are regular spectators and follow one and more sports by watching TV or newspapers.
THUONG MAI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGLISH TOPIC: SPORT AND COMPETITON Group: Class: 2076ENTI0411 Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Xuan Phuong Hanoi, 2020 Full name Content Lê Huyền Trang - Role and national passion of sport in Britian - Powerpoint Nguyễn Quỳnh Trang - The most popular sports in Britain and Vietnam - Cricket - Powerpoint Đỗ Thị Ngọc Trâm - Football - Rugby - Powerpoint Phan Thị Thơm - Animal sport - Powerpoint Mai Thị Trang (Leader) - Gambling - Game - Powerpoint Teacher’s evaluation Mark Contents I Role and national passion of sport in Britain II The most popular sports in Britain and comparison with Vietnam The most popular sports in Britain and Vietnam .7 Cricket Football Rugby .13 Animal sport 14 Gambling 17 III Game 19 I Role and national passion of sport in Britain Overview of role and national passion of sport in Britain National passion of sport in Britain: Sport plays an important role in people lives in Britain than it does in most other countries The British are great lover of competitive sports, they are neither playing nor watching games, they like to talk about them or when they cannot that, they think about it It is the main form of entertainment, especially true for men Millions take part in some kind of sports at least once a week While may millions more are regular spectators and follow one and more sports by watching TV or newspapers Modern sport in Britain is very different There was a well-known saying “winning is not everything, it is only a game” So it reflects the amateur attitude of the British towards sports in the past But to modern professional, sport is clearly not just a game Top players in any sport talk about having “professional attitude” and doing their work well In public school, the students are enthusiastic for sport It influences on the nature and role of sport in Britain The British is only rarely the best in the world in particular sport but they are one of the best in the world with many different sports than other countries There are hundreds of other sports are played in Britain Some sports have fewer spectators like croquet, indoor bowling, darts and snooker Somewhere in Britain, there is probably a “national association” for it to organize contest The British is so fond of competition The competition could be just an informal rivalry with their neighbors, even sometimes formalized The social importance of sport in Britain: The importance of participant is legal recognized in Britain Every local authority has duty provide and maintain playing fields and other facilities, which are usually very cheap to use and sometimes even free In annual sport occasion, it is not a game; it is an event because it just is seen on satellite channel For example, every year the Boat Race and the Grand National are watched on television by millions of people In modern times, standard of rugby at the annual Varsity Match is always shown live on TV Sometimes the traditions which accompany an event can seem as important as the actual sporting contest Wimbledon, for instance, is not just a tennis tournament It means summer fashions, strawberries and cream, garden parties and long, warm English summer evenings The long history of such events has meant that many of them and their venues have become world-famous The Grand National, for example, attracts a television audience of 300 million The cup finals of other countries often have better quality and more entertaining football on view but more Europeans watch the English Cup Final than any other The standard of British tennis is poor, and Wimbledon is only one of the world’s major tournaments Every football in the world dreams of playing at Wembley, every cricketer in the world dreams of playing at Lord’s Wimbledon, Wembley and Lord’s are the ‘spiritual homes’ of their respective sports Sport is a British export! The similarities and differences about sport and competition between UK and Vietnam In the UK Similarity In Vietnam Both countries have many sports However, football is the most popular sport Sport and competition attract a lot of interest from citizens Differences - Sport in the United Kingdom plays an - Vietnam national football important role in British Culture team is the only team - The importance of participant in sport representing for Vietnam has legal recognition in Britain - Traditionally, Vietnam - The UK doesn’t actually have a football engages in some traditional or rugby team All the countries in the UK sports from China such as have their own teams (Wales, Scotland, mini-soccer Vietnam has England and Northern Ireland) because also adopted a number of these two sports are so popular and there sports from other countries is a lot of competition between the Some of these sports countries However, during the Olympic include taekwondo, karate Games and some other sporting events, and judo The older people the UK is represented as one team prefer Thai Cuc Quyen, … - Traditionally, the favorite sports of the Local or Traditional Sports British upper class are hunting, shooting, of Vietnam: Vovinam, Dau horse racing and fishing Vat - Vietnamese wrestling - Cricket is not only a sport, it symbolizes Golf is one of the sports a way of life – a slow and peaceful rural that the upper class often way of life play in Vietnam - Some other popular sports: rugby, - The sports industry in hockey, glambing, … Vietnam has not set an official body for cricket - Some other popular sports: Badminton, volleyball, bicycling, chess,… Reason: - The UK is divided into four distinct countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland so athletes from this region sometimes compete as the United Kingdom or Great Britain, and other times they represent their home country The UK is home to many sports like golf, cricket, rugby In the UK, because of the lifestyle of the people here, they like sports that are physically and active and due to the power of the economy, there is a division of classes as well as their preferences to play sports - Vietnam is a unified country, so the national team will represent the country to compete The athletes selected for national competition will be the best members from regional clubs Vietnam has less class segregation, moreover, Vietnamese people have a close lifestyle, so sports that are played everyday for entertainment will be popular such as badminton, volleyball, chess and basketball II The most popular sports in Britain and comparison with Vietnam The most popular sports in Britain and Vietnam UK Vietnam Cricket is a popular sport which is Volleyball was introduced into played across the British Isles, Vietnam in the early years of the 20th particularly in England, where the game decade, It has quickly become a was first developed Cricket (also called: favorite sport in Vietnam, and through the ball sticks) is a professional sport many ups and downs of the country, with sticks polished, played between two this sport has been maintained and teams of 11 players, on the field of grass increasingly developed circle Football Association football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK) There is no United Kingdom national football team Football has been the most popular sport in the UK since the 1860s Football Football is the most popular sport in Vietnam Its annual V-League competition has taken place every year since 1980 (except in 1988 and 1999), is run by the Vietnam Football Federation Rugby Table tennis There are two versions of this fast and In Vietnam, table tennis followed the aggressive ball game: rugby union and French expeditionary soldiers who rugby league Rugby has existed in arrived in this country around 1920 At Britain since the beginning of the 19th that time, it was a game for the upper century, when a teacher at Rugby school, class, used as a means of entertainment, while playing football, decided it would communication with the western be better to pick up the ball and run with But gradually Table tennis became a it popular sport, widely developed in Vietnam 4 Gambling Gambling for centuries has been a main recreational activity in Great Britain Gambling is widespread throughout all social classes Sports relevant to animal Including: hunting, shooting, fishing, horse-racing, Cricket Cricket is definitely not the national sport of Britain In Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, interests in it is largely confined to the middle class Only in England and a small part of Wales is it played at top level This game is peculiarly associated with England Cricket is English in origin and has been extensively accepted in the Commonwealth It is much more than just a sport; it symbolizes a way of life - a slow and peaceful rural way of life Cricket is associated with long summer afternoons, the smell of new-mown grass Cricket is, therefore, the national English game in a symbolic sense However, to some people cricket is more than just a symbol One game of cricket takes a terribly long time, which a lot of people simply don’t have to spare In fact there are millions of people in the country who don’t just enjoy cricket but are passionate about it *Cricket in Vietnam Cricket is an underdeveloped sport in Vietnam, but has been played by the number of people in the country for more than 20 years Cricket receives development support from foreign Cricket specialists in Australia, UK and India in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi Appeared in Vietnam since 2009 and established the Vietnam Cricket Association, but cricket players are mainly foreigners Until June 2015, when it was announced that Malaysia would bring cricket to competition at the 29th SEA Games, the Vietnam Cricket Team was established, took part in competition with regional players for the first time The team of 18 players all came from baseball, iron ball, taekwondo, turned into cricket Some players from HCMC Sports University However, funds for maintaining the team activities, buying uniforms and equipment, though supported by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, have to wait for the socialization funds Because Cricket is not popular in Vietnam, cricket equipment in the domestic market is almost unavailable The team still receives sponsorship from Sri Lanka or orders in Malaysia In the future it is not sure if this sport can be maintained Because in fact, there are sports that depended on socialization funds but only lasted for a while It can be said that cricket is a quiet sport that takes form in Vietnam Hopefully in the near future, we can see cricket becoming a popular sport in Vietnam such as table tennis or volleyball Football Football is the greatest and most popular sport in the world It is an industry worth billions and is watched on every continent on the globe Yet what is the history of the beautiful game? When did it begin? How has it developed over the years? What does the future hold for football? We’ll try to answer those questions as best we can in this presentation a Role and national passion of Football in Britain Today’s game takes its origins from a decision in 1863 for rugby football and association football to go their separate ways That was when the rules of the game began to be formalized Everywhere in the country except south Wales, it’s easily the most popular spectator sport, the most-played sport in the country’s state school and one of the most popular participatory sports for adults British Football has traditionally drawn its main following from the working class In the last two decades of the twentieth century, the appearance of fanzine, magazines written in an informal but often highly intelligent and witty style, publish by the fans of some of the clubs, football started to attract wider interest Today, there are over 40,000 registered football clubs in Britain, almost twice as many as Brazil Most of the biggest names are in the Premier League and these clubs command legions of supporters from around the world One of the football teams that made the reputation of Britain football was Manchester United, nicknamed the “Red Devils” The club has been the British champion a record 20 times, and has won all the other honors in British and European competitions at least once, and often much more than once Football in the UK has a tremendous impact To say football is a way of life for most British would be a gross under-statement It evokes a level of passion and comradery that can baffle someone who doesn’t support a football team b Comparison between Football in UK and Vietnam Similar: The rule: You have 11 players in each team The match lasts 90 minutes, split into two 45-minute halves The aim of the game is to score by getting the ball past the opposite teams goal keeper and into their goal If after 90 minutes the score is equal, the match is a draw Some games go into extra time though, which can last up to 30 minutes If the score remains tied, the match is either replayed or a penalty shootout can be used to decide the winner Football is the most popular sport in both Vietnam and the UK and has the most number of clubs and fans Football is for all ages including students or adults, both men and women The state always invests lots of money in football Organizing and participating in football competitions both in the country and outside the area The teams are coached by famous coaches Players who have been trained for many years are scheduled to practice and participate in competitions Most of the players receive a pretty high salary Diferrent: Factor UK - The origin of football is Vietnam - The sport being introduced by Britain the French in the 19th century History - Joint-oldest in the world - 1990s: Vietnam rejoined Started: 19th century (1863s) global world football - Over 40,000 registered football - Over 200 registered football Scale clubs clubs organizations - The English football league - Vietnamese football clubs system (football pyramid) has a have an equal role, through hierarchical format with competition to decide whether promotion and relegation to win or lose Not have between leagues at different football pyramid However, levels, allowing even the only the national team is the smallest club the theoretical team that represents Vietnam to possibility of ultimately rising to participate in international the very top of the system tournaments - There are teams participating in - Don’t have much experience world-class tournaments such as: and most of them participate in FIFA World cup, Premier regional tournaments such as: League, UEFA Champions League… AFC Asian Cup, Asian Games, AFF Championship, Southeast Asian Reputation - There are many world famous Games… - Only the Vietnam National football teams like Arsenal, Football Team is famous in the Manchester United, Chelsea, Asian region Liverpool … And many famous players: David Beckham, Alan Shearer… - Prizes (world): 15 FIFA World - Competitive record: Cup finals tournaments, World FIFA World Cup, Cup title in 1966, nine UEFA AFC Asian Cup, European Championship finals AFF tournaments… -Britain players are tall and Championship… - Vietnamese players are short Fitness player Competitors Investment in physically stronger than in height and physically weaker Vietnamese players than Britain players - Average height: 180cm - Average height: 176,8cm Some Player: Over 190cm Portuguese national football Tallest player: 186cm Thailand team Singapore Barcelona … Indonesia -> the strongest teams in the Malaysia world -> A few Asian teams About billion pounds a year About million dollars a year football c The reason for differences between two countries in Football: - Britain is origin country of football and has a tradition of playing and training for hundreds of years Meanwhile, the sport being introduced by the French in the last19th century and was widely played in the 20th century -> Vietnamese football is still young and underdeveloped like Britain - Britain is a country with a developed economy, so the investment in football is also higher In addition, the currency rates between the two countries are different UK football teams are not only sponsored by the country but also sponsored by many big foreign companies Meanwhile, Vietnam is just a developing country, The main sponsor of these football teams is the national football federation and domestic companies - Europeans inherently have better height and health than Asians because of climate, genetics, diet and many other reasons English football teams are all coached by the world's top professionals Their training conditions are also better than Vietnam That's why they always win prizes in big matches - Famous football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool that attract many international fans That is why the Britain cheerleading culture is more developed than Vietnam Rugby a Role and national passion of Rugby in Britain Rugby branched off from football in the early 19th century We have countless ancient and medieval accounts of games in which large mobs of men kicked and threw balls toward goals Rugby School, in the English midlands county of Warwickshire, was innovated in the 1820s by permitting the player holding the ball to run with it Two distinct branches of rugby developed in the late 19th century: rugby league, most popular in the working-class north, and rugby union with strongholds further south and higher up the social ladder Rugby Union was strictly “amateurs only” until as recently as 1995 Both versions have large loyal followings and boisterous crowds every winter weekend Rugby Union 15 players IRB Player Regulatory agency Number of Over 100 countries Rugby League 13 players RLIF 30 countries countries played - A try will give you points, a - A try is only worth points, conversion will give you points a conversion is worth Different rules Characteristics and penalties and drop goals will points, penalties are points give you points apiece and drop goals are one point - Have Flanker position - A team sport - No Flanker position - A profes- sional sport Today, Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by male and female players of all ages In 2014, there were more than million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members As a spectator sport, it historically ranks second only to football, with a record high of nearly million spectators attending games in the 1948–49 season It has also attracted the largest English stadium crowd outside London with the 1954 Challenge Cup Final at Odsal Stadium, Bradford attracting an unofficial attendance exceeding 120,000 Currently, Rugby isn’t played in Vietnam because according to the Vietnamese football association, this is a sport that tends to be violent and is not suitable for the Vietnamese traditional Animal sport Traditionally, the favorite sports of the British upper class are hunting, shooting and fishing Apart from being hunted, another way in which animals are used in sport is when they race - horse-racing: Hunting The most widespread form of hunting is foxhunting Social classes participation: The members of the higher social classes and a few people from lower social classes (see their participation as a mark of newly won status) Shooting Kill birds with guns is known as “shooting” in Britain Social classes participation: The members of upper classes (often organized “shooting parties” during the “season” Hare-coursing (greyhound dogs chase hares) is a kind of hunting which is associated with the working class Fishing Fishing done competitively, called “angling” Social classes participation: popular among all social classes (most popular participatory sport of all in Britain and about 4-5 million people go fishing regularly) Horse-racing Horse-racing is a long - established and popular sport in Britain It’s known as “the sport of kings” in the 17th century Social classes participation: The members of modern British royalty (own racehorses and attend certain annual race meetings) The similarities and differences about animals in sport between Britain and Vietnam: Similarities: In both UK and Vietnam, animals in sport is a long-established and known as to be a traditional sport Thanks to the drama and appeal of this sport, it becomes a highly entertaining sport and attracts a large audience Differences:Animals in sport consist of sports such as; foxhunting, fishing, shooting, hare-coursing Because both countries have horse-racing so we focus on the difference of horse-racing between UK and Vietnam: UK - In the past, it was a Vietnam - Horse racing only takes Reason - Vietnam is a country associated sport of kings Then place in June every year on with agriculture Horses are gradually became popular the Bac Ha plateau, Lao Cai considered to be close friends and held competition, province Traditional horse with the people here Horses each year about 10,000 racing festival has been 100 help transport goods, pull the horse races take place years old and is the unique plow for farming Besides, horse The British considered culture of the ethnic people is also a sacred animal in the horse races a solemn here religious life of the Mong In the event It shows through other hand, Great Britain is the way they dress home to some of the most famous horse races and racecourses in the world As mentioned, Newmarket is considered the home of British horse racing and is well known in horse racing circles across the world - The chief attraction of - In Britain, Betting is legal The horse - racing for most betting industry is an important people is the opportunity funder of horse racing in Great it provides for gambling Britain In Vietnam, people For instance, betting (the aren’t allowed to bet Because audience will spend some betting is against the law money to bet on an animal they think it will win) - Horse-racing is held at - Bac Ha horse racing - In Vietnam, not commercial, the racetrack It is festival takes place around not a professional race, horse triangular and has 16 fields, hills and land in the racing in Bac Ha is farmer's In fences, horses must jump center of town There are Britain, the racetracks are all over each fence twice adventurous bends forcing over the UK and there are 2-3, Horse-racing included riders to control their horses even 10 races every day It can flat racing and national skillfully to pass In be said that horse racing here is hunt particular, the jumper on like an indispensable part when horseback has no saddle, no talking about English life and foot pedal but only a belt culture, especially in the for the horse, two iron countryside hooks tied to the rope on both sides of the jaw to control Gambling Gambling is taking part in a game during which you risk money or something of monetary value in order to win money or prize - Widespread throughout all social classes Even if they are not taking part or watching, British people like to be involved in sport They can this by placing bets on future results Gambling is widespread throughout all social classes It is so basic to sport that the word “ sportman” used to be a synonym for “ gambler” Every year, billions of pounds are bet on horse races So well-known is this activity that everybody in the country, even those with no interest in horse- racing, would understand some question about the matches.They wants to know because she or he has gambled some money on the result The central role of horse- racing in gambling is also shown by one of the names used to denote companies and individuals whose business it is to take bets - Most popular form of gambling connected with sports: football pools Apart from the horses and the dogs, the most popular form of gambling connected with sports is the football pools Every week, more than ten million people stake a small sum on the results of Saturday’s professional matches - Another popular type of gambling, sterotypically for middle-aged working class women, is bingo - Nonconformist religious groups traditionally frown upon gambling and their disapproval had has some influence Perhaps this is why Britian did not have a national lottery until 1994 But if people want to gamble, then they will * Comparison between gambling in UK and Vietnam - Similar: Both of the two country had gambling and lotteries was both allowed in late of 20th century Because Vietnam and the UK both have influences from other governments where they support and have even opened national or state lotteries In addition, allowing the lottery helps the government increase its budget without increasing taxes Different Law Horse racing In the UK - Gambling in the UK is legal In Vietnam - Gambling in Vietnam is for its citizens illegal and has been for - Horse racing has been a centuries - A 2017 decree that legalized favourite theme for over three betting on international football centuries games, horse - Licensed websites, races and greyhound racing particularly for horse, greyhound Casinos Gambling on sports racing and football - Casinos was popularised in - The country legalized local the armed forces in the Second games of chance in 2017 The World War and brought back to country has eight casinos open Britain after the end - Sports gambling has a long for foreign passport holders - 2018, the National Assembly history in the United Kingdom, passed a bill legalizing sports having been controlled for betting with government many decades, and more oversight recently relaxed Age restricition - Players must be at least 16 - Players must be at least 21 years of age can gamble in years of age Football pool, National lottery - Players wishing to enter a - Players whose age from 18 casino must also be at least 21 years old can enter in casinos years old, have the permission from their family to so and Role - Gambling for centuries has not have a criminal record - To earn money , to get rich been a main recreational activity in Great Britain * The reason for differences between the two country in gambling: - The reason for differences is different culture In UK, gambling appeared for centuries as their culture and their people mostly gamble for entertainment but Vietnamese people think that gambling is the path leading to moral damage, losing streak, breaking the hous e In addition, in UK working -class people have more disposable income and better life, so they can spend some of their money in gambling for fun or entertainment However, in Vietnam people’s life is still not much good so that some people just want to gamble to earn money with desire to become rich In Vietnam, gambling is restriction for the sake of maintaining security and morality Because gambling can lead people lose money and if they don’t have money anymore, they will try to steal money from other,… That is also why in Vietnam the government give the age restriction for gambling People must be at least 21 years old to join in gambling because in this age they can have job and earn by their own to gamble ... 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