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skykeeper
06/10/08, 06:03 PM
BADMINTON

-The Japanese related game for badminton is called "Hanetsuki"
-originated from India and known as "Poona"


LAWN TENNIS

-lawn tennis grand parent game is the old game called "Royal Tennis or Court Tennis"
-it is called lawn tennis because it is first played in "Lawn of Victorian England"


BOXING

-called as the manly art of self defense
-One of the games played by Olympus that's why boxing became part of Olympics
-ancient Roman used to play this game as a duel to death battle using leather bands covered with metal covering as their gloves


BOWLING

-believed as the oldest sport in the history dating back 5000 years ago
-called as the "game of the kings"


BILLIARDS

-originated form France as an outdoor version of croquet
-comes from the word "billart"which means stick used in billiard and billart come from the word "bille"meaning "ball"


FENCING

-sport that originated from Egypt which shows fencing bout with mask, protective weapon tips and judges
-it is a sport which became a part in the life of Zorro