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GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The most popular sport that people play in Ireland
is GAA, This stands for Gaelic Athletic Association.
GAA includes Gaelic football for women and men,
Hurling/Camogie and Handball. These sports are
very important for each county in Ireland. There
are 32 counties in Ireland and all of them have got
their own county team. These teams are made up
of 30 players. The players on the teams are picked
from clubs in the county. They mainly pick the
stronger players. People from every county are
very proud of their county teams. – Nicole Kenny
The longest
recorded
volleyball
game was in
Kingston,
North
Carolina. It
took 75 hours
and 30
minutes.
VOLLEYBALL
CHRISTIANO RONALDO
Volleyball is a sport played by two teams consisting of a
maximum of 12 people including reserves.
Ronaldo is one of the most prolific strikers. In 1997 from Nacional each match, played with a ball on a rectangular
During
he arrives at Sporting Club de Pourtugal , playing for five years in divided by a net, both teams lined up on the field at
pitch,
the youth team and quickly showing his talent. He was noticed by
the same time six players each. The other athletes remain
Manchester United in a friendly match against Sporting Lisbon ,
available on the bench.
which took place in july 200 3 .The English team lost the match 2-0
The pitch
thanks also to the young Pourtuguese talent. On 13th August 2003 is rectangular in shape, 18 meters long and 9
wide,
Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Manchester United for 12,24 millionsdivided into two areas of 9 by 9 meters from a
network placed perpendicular to the ground. In both
of pounds , making it the most expensive teenag champion in
sectors are plotted contour lines, which define the pitch of
football history. - Vincenzo Carbone, IIS Galilei Vetrone
the free zone and the offensive line is 3 meters from the
net. The playing surface must be flat and uniform, so as to
present no danger to the players. Furthermore, the
My favourite footballer is John Terry. He is an English professional footballer,
temperature must be above 10 ° C. - Elisa Camillo, Robert
he is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League. He was also the captain of
De Carli , Marco Belli
the England national football team. Born in Barking, east London, Terry
attended Eastbury Comprehensive School and played for local Sunday League
side Senrab, which also feature future Premier League players Sol Campbell,
Anyway the most popular sport is not a real Jermain Defoe, Bobby Zamora, LedleyIn earlier times Hungarian footballhe the
or traditional sport but some
King and Jlloyd Samuel. As a boy, was
girly jump-up-jump-down-shake-your-body-and-be-cutepart of West Ham United's youthover the joining Ithem as a
initially was activity what
best all system, world. suppose(and
most of the Hungarian girls do.... actually except for me. I1991. He moved to Chelsea at 14, playing for the club's youth and
midfielder in am not a
hope) that everybody knows Mr. Ferenc
babydoll. Some people call it fitness or rope reserve teams. It was due to a shortage of central defenders his so called 'Golden
skipping(that's just one part of
Puskás's name. He and that he was
it) or aerobic with a lot of acrobatic elements.... spectacular and popular, position he plays the Olympic Games in
moved to central defender, the
Team' won today.. -Mario Racioppi
but too girly for me! - Lili
Helsinki(1952 so ages ago....) well. -Lili
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