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Sports & Athletics Fast Facts, Last Updated:09/06/2010 Many athletic sports have found favour in Europe throughout the
ages. However, at least in Britain, they fell out favour between
the 13th and
16th
centuries due to Government restrictions on sports aiming to
reduce the practice of archery. After this ban was lifted in the 17th century sports
began to flourish once more, but it was not until until the
19th century
that organization began to appear. This included the incorporation
of regular sports and exercise into school regimes. The Royal
Military College, Sandhurst being one of the first to adopt this in
1812, public schools not
following until about 1840. |
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