Unlike golf, cricket or Formula One, others sports that require continual global travel, the players also push themselves to the limit physically.

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Victims included fellow rotary members and golf, cricket and tennis club friends.

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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.

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Optimum Online customers have access to ESPN3's coverage of thousands of live events, replays and upcoming games all year round, including basketball, football, NCAA Championships, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, cricket and more.

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It also has the television rights to golf, cricket and rugby union competitions and while a rival broadcaster could buy up the rights to Setanta's Premier League portfolio, the future of broadcasting, and funding for, its non-league games is unclear.

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The hub includes the chairmen from the town's football, cricket, tennis, bowls and golf clubs.

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The British Open Championship in golf began in 1860, Association football championships in 1871, cricket championships in 1873.

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The former England captain was joined by the likes of recently retired England cricket star Andrew Flintoff, Sports Personality winner and champion jockey Tony McCoy, Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs and golf's world number one Lee Westwood.

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