In what was an overwhelmingly working-class country, football and cricket were much more compelling.
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The hub includes the chairmen from the town's football, cricket, tennis, bowls and golf clubs.
The FA and ECB defended their records on tackling homophobia in football and cricket respectively.
He can play soccer, football or cricket, and he has to make a decision.
He was very interested in football and cricket particularly and is sadly missed by all of us here.
Kam Air sponsors teams in volleyball, football, cricket and buzkashi (literally, goat grabbing), a national sport akin to polo.
There are all sorts of fantasy sports out there fantasy baseball, basketball, football, even cricket and surfing.
Under the scheme, military personnel will be able to enter a ballot for free entry to football matches, cricket, the Olympics, concerts and other events.
Both the BBC and the website of the Guardian newspaper in the UK soon picked up the baton, and the Guardian in particular cultivated a unique tone and community among its sportswriters and readers, who pore over every minute of a football match or cricket games in over-by-over mini-reports.
In fact, Perth is obsessed with sport - with cricket, football, rugby and Australian rules football attract crowds throughout the year.
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Sports Minister Francis Nyenze ordered the country's cricket and football governing bodies to be disbanded out earlier this month following allegations of financial mismanagement.
Yet this doesn't translate to viewers on screen, with the same survey suggesting Indians would rather tune in to watch cricket, football or tennis ahead of badminton.
Both teams currently play at Adams Park, just four miles away from the new site, which has been designed to include pitches for football, rugby and cricket, a racquet centre and an athletics facility.
Cricket and football were the young Jehue's first loves but his gym teacher Albert King soon spotted something special in his running technique that convinced him he had a future track star on his hands.
The British Open Championship in golf began in 1860, Association football championships in 1871, cricket championships in 1873.
Britain's sportsmen, feeble up to now, are winning things (beating Australia at cricket and Italy at football, for heaven's sake).
I've loved my football, my rugby and my cricket and I was fortunate to meet good people early on in my career.
He loved his cricket and he loved his football, he'll really be missed.
Most of the concerns about gambling corruption nowadays stem either from India (cricket) or China (football), and in both countries gambling is illegal.
Its lavish Daska Road headquarters, Saga City, has a tiny football ground and a giant one for cricket, which is far more popular.
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He was a standard bearer for Australian football in an era when Australian Rules Football, the two rugby codes and cricket were dominant back home.
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It is clear British Asians are no longer focused solely on cricket, but are now choosing football as their preferred sport.
Under the progressive leadership of Mr. Praful Patel, AIFF is committed to make football the top sport in the country following cricket.
But football and basketball can never fill the place of cricket in the culture and history of the region.
"I liked this new wicket-keeper's role - I gradually became fond of cricket and I wasn't missing football, " Dhoni tells BBC Sport.
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The AFL, the NRL, the Football Federation of Australia, Australian Rugby Union and Cricket Australia have agreed to establish integrity units and have called on athletes to own up and co-operate in return for reduced sanctions.
The British invented - or at least laid down the modern rules for - many of the world's most popular spectator sports, including cricket, tennis, golf, rugby and football.
Unlike tennis or cricket, Hawk-Eye's use in football is limited to the rare occasions when there is a disputed goal.
Two days before the Leeds disaster, the stands erupted at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad's cricket ground for the island's football team, which beat Panama 6-0, their third successive victory in World Cup qualifying matches.
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