Oldest Sport Ever: What Was It?
Jodie Bartell
2025-04-16 15:24:43
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The Carlisle Bells have earned their place in history as the oldest sporting trophy in the world. Dating back to 1559, when the coveted bells were first awarded, this prize originated in Cumbria, England.
Brody Abbott
2025-04-12 13:25:20
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Some theories support that a game preceding golf was played in the ancient Roman Empire. In it, the Romans hit a ball made out of feathers and leather with a curved club. The Netherlands also claim a stake in the history of golf. Some people therefore believe that golf was being played in the Netherlands at the time.
Moriah Johnson
2025-04-07 08:07:35
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Hurling was recently inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is the oldest and fastest field sport in the world, dating back almost 3,000 years and features strongly in Irish mythology. Hurling is considered as an intrinsic part of Irish culture and plays a central role in promoting health and wellbeing, inclusiveness and team spirit.
Elinore McClure
2025-03-26 12:42:24
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Horse racing is arguably the oldest continuously enjoyed sport worldwide, with its origins stretching as far back as 3000 BC. Competing tribes on the Kazakh Steppe most likely used horse racing as a way to show off their animals and battle for food or other riches. The sport reached an early zenith during the Ancient Egyptian and Roman Empires, where chariot and horse races were common spectacles for people to enjoy.
The first recorded instances of horse races are from 1500 BC China and Persia. Arguably the first example of horse racing (albeit with chariots) purely for entertainment can be found in Ancient Greece around 600 BC.
Tamia Schoen
2025-03-26 07:14:07
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The first ball game is thought to have been a life-or-death type of Dodgeball, played with a 4kg rubber ball that could break bones or even kill, practised around 3,500 years ago in Mesoamerica, a region which extended from Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Perhaps even older is an ancient Chinese version of modern football called Tsu Chu. Players had to net a small leather ball in a hole without using their hands. It is thought to have been played between 5,000 and 500 BC.
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