This sport was developed in 1891 to provide indoor physical activity for the boys in a teacher's gym class.

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The multi-sport venue also contains a 200m state-of-the-art indoor running track which will host the high-profile meets that used to take place in the Kelvin Hall, and where athletes can train throughout the year.

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The indoor Handball Arena, which has been renamed the Copper Box, will be used for recreational sport such as five-a-side football and badminton as well as staging professional sports such as boxing and some indoor concerts.

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"Sports halls and indoor facilities are no replacement for playing fields on which young people can gain their first introduction to the world of sport, " said the NFPA's director, Elsa Davies.

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