1. POPULAR SPORTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
Martianova Liana form 6 “B”
Supervisor Silkunova M.V.

2. THE AIM to learn sports in Britain and Russia
to find out what of them are popular now
is there a similarity or a difference
to learn what sports are popular among my schoolmates

3. ACTUALITY OF THE TOPIC Sport is the phenomenon of cultural life.
Sport is a competitive activity and a special preparation for it.
The healthy lifestyle has a wide positive impact on various parties of manifestation of an organism and the person’s identity.

4. The principle of British education was "A sound mind in a sound body".
All schools take care of pupil’s physical training and provide them the choice from several sports.
Schools play football, rugby or hockey in winter and cricket, tennis, swim in summer.

5. POPULAR SPORTS IN GREAT BRITAIN

6. FOOTBALL Football has a long history.
Arose in England in the middle of the 19th century
The most known English football clubs – Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea.

7. CRICKET is a traditional English game
arose in the south of England in the 16th century
the first test matches between national teams were played in the middle of the 19th century

8. RUGBY appeared at the beginning of the nineteenth century in England
the game is named after school of Rugby

9. GOLF a game existed in the 14th century in Scotland
it was prohibited in the 15th century
a game was arranged in the 19th century

10. HORSE RACING appeared in England the queen comes to watch it
the first descriptions are dated 1000th year B.C. - in India
a rebirth of races is connected with England

11. POPULAR SPORTS IN RUSSIA

12. HOCKEY
arose in Canada
was especially popular in Holland in centuries
birthday of hockey in Russia is on December 22, 1946

13. VOLLEYBALL the original name for the sport was "Mintonette"
arose in the USA in 1895
the inventor of volleyball is W.G.Morgan

14. FIGURE SKATING arose in Holland in 12-14 centuries
the skates were brought to Russia by Peter I from the European countries.
in our country this game arose in 1865

15. RHYTHMIC GYMNASTIC Russia is the homeland of rhythmic gymnastics
it is our gift to the Olympic Movement
was opened in 1934 in the UUSR
since 1984 it is the Olympic sport

16. POPULAR SPORTS among my classmates
22 pupils of 6B class took part in a questioning. Analyzing the results it is possible to tell the following.
59% of pupils know that is rugby, 41% of them don’t know.
18% of my classmates know what cricket is, and 82% don’t know.
64% of respondents consider that the most popular sport in Russia is football, 13,5% - hockey, 9% - skiing, 9% don't know, 4,5% volleyball.
32% of respondents consider the most popular sport in Great Britain is rugby, 9% - soccer, 59% - don't know.
The hobbies of my schoolmates are following - 18% of respondents play football, 27% - volleyball, 9% do figure skating, 18% aren't fond of sport, 9% have noted that they play both football and volleyball, another 18% of pupils have told that their interests in sport are various – volleyball, hockey and figure skating at the same time.
36,5% of pupils consider that the football is popular both in Russia, and in Great Britain, 9% think that this is rugby, 54,5% can't answer the question.
the most popular sport in 6B form is volleyball, on the second place is football.

17. Conclusion
there is both a similarity and a difference between sports in Great Britain and Russia
Football is the most popular sport in both countries
The most popular sports in Great Britain are football, cricket, rugby, golf and horse racing
The most popular sports in Russia are football, hockey, volleyball, figure skating and rhythmic gymnastics
The most popular sport in my form is volleyball

18. Conclusion
My research maintains interest in learning of foreign language
It awakens curiosity to investigate other fields of regional geography.
I have a dream to make a trip to England and to observe peculiar and fascinating sports as cricket, rugby, croquet and golf.