Mepe 106 - Report

FLOW OF THE REPORT
- START WITH THE PRAYER

- INTRODUCE YOUR NAME
- INTRO OF THE REPORT (tell them that they will be watching a series of short clip of the
sports)
- GIVE THE INTRO OF THE REPORT (start the report)
As far back as the beginnings of sport, it was related to military training. For
example, competition was used as a mean to determine whether individuals
were fit and useful for service. Team sports were used to train and to prove
the capability to fight in the military and also to work together as a
team (military unit).
Sports have always been an important part of everyday life. People have

been participating in sports for enjoyment and health for centuries, and even
in the early days, sports were considered viable careers. Some of the most
ancient sports are still popular today.
Though sports have been around for a long time, many modern sports that
we see today, like basketball, American football, and ice hockey, developed
only within the last couple of centuries. Many ancient sports are still played
today but have transformed dramatically.
- YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING IF I’LL TALK ABOUT THESE TERMS. SO THIS IS THE MEANING OF
THE TERMS THAT I WILL BE USING DURING MY REPORT.
A.D- (ANNO DOMINI) IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD
BC- BEFORE CHRIST
CE- COMMON ERA

Here are some of the world's oldest sports in history.
Wrestling
Wrestling is considered the oldest sport in the world. We know because the
famous cave paintings in Lascaux, France, dating back to 15,300 years ago,
depict wrestlers. And not only in France either; Paintings with illustrated wresters
have been found in caves all over the world, from 7000 BC in Mongolia, from
6000 BC in Libya and in prehistoric caves in Japan. A papyrus fragment was
found with wrestling instructions on it, dating somewhere between 100 and 200
AD. And after all this time, it is still one of the most popular sports in the world.
RunningIt should not come as much of a surprise that running is included in

this oldest sports in the world because it is the most accessible sport. Running is
a universal human expression and always will be. It was the only sport actually
recorded in the first Olympics in 776 BC. The sport included four different kind of
running competitions.
Javelin Throwing is yet another sport that was part of the early Olympics,
and it is still part of the modern day Olympic games. It is a track and field sport in
which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. The first javelin throwing was
included in the Olympics in 708 BC, but only introduced to the modern day
Olympics in 1906. In earlier times, the spears that were thrown were much lighter
than now.
Polo was played for the first time during the Persian Empire in Central Asia, by
emperors. Polo is a team sport played on horses, where both teams try to score
by hitting a small wooden ball into the goal. The first documented evidence of this
sport dates back to 316 AD. The modern game was developed in India during the
British Empire, with it's first polo club being established in 1833.
Hockey The game of hockey can already be traced back to ancient Greece.
Images of people playing with a curved stick and ball have been found, dating
back to 600 BC. The sport was originally called 'Shinty. The first time the word
'Hockey' was used, was in 1363 by Edward III of England. When the British
Empire expanded overseas in the 1800s, they introduced the game and made it
immensely popular worldwide.
How did sports begin?

It was predictably in Greece that sports were first instituted formally, with the first Olympic
Games recorded in 776 BCE in Olympia, where they were celebrated until 393 CE. These
games took place every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical
chronologies.
Year Event
776 The first Olympic Games is held at Athens.

BC
1829 The first Oxford-Cambridge rowing race was held on the Thames River,
London
1839 The Grand National horse race was first run
1846 The first recorded game of organized baseball was played at Elysian Fields,
New Jersey.
1851 The first America's Cup yacht race was held
1855 The first modern game of ice hockey was played in Kingston, Ontario
1858 The first match of Australian Rules Football was played
1860 The first ever British Open golf tournament for men was held
1861 the first Melbourne Cup horse race was run
1874 The first American football game was played between McGill University and
Harvard.
1875 The Kentucky Derby was held for the first time.
The first organized ice hockey game is played in Montreal, ON, Canada.
1876 Baseball's National League in the US started
1877 The first Wimbledon tennis event was held
The first Test match was played, between Australia and England.
1881 The first year that the men's US National Tennis Championships was held
(the precursor to the US Open)
1887 The first year that the women's US National Tennis Championships was held
(the precursor to the US Open)
1895 The first ever US golf open was held

1897 the first Boston marathon was run.
1896 the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.
1903 The Tour de France was held for the first time
The Baseball World Series was played for the first time
1905 the first year that the Australian Open Tennis Championship was held
1916 the USPGA was held for the first time
1920 The first game of the National Football League (NFL)
1922 the first year that a women's event was held at the Australian Open tennis
1925 the first year that the French Tennis tournament that was open to all
amateur players
1934 The first ever US Golf Masters was held.
1967 the first year that the Super Bowl was held.

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FLOW OF THE REPORT

- START WITH THE PRAYER

Sports have always been an important part of everyday life. People have

A.D- (ANNO DOMINI) IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD

BC- BEFORE CHRIST

CE- COMMON ERA

RunningIt should not come as much of a surprise that running is included in

How did sports begin?

776 The first Olympic Games is held at Athens.

1839 The Grand National horse race was first run

1851 The first America's Cup yacht race was held

1858 The first match of Australian Rules Football was played

1861 the first Melbourne Cup horse race was run

1876 Baseball's National League in the US started

1877 The first Wimbledon tennis event was held

1895 The first ever US golf open was held

1896 the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.

1916 the USPGA was held for the first time

1920 The first game of the National Football League (NFL)

1934 The first ever US Golf Masters was held.

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