UK Sport for all and the 2012 Olympics.

did you know: uk sports used to be a brutal, lawless affair frowned upon by the middle classes, but the victorians changed all that -  UK sport and sporting events radically changed:

uk sport developed and became linked to a moral code defined by the middle classes when   it was accepted that sport developed character and morality,  competition had to be fair and rule-governed with similar conditions for all players.

UK nationwide sport developed through the influence of technology, the public schools and the national governing bodies.

for the masses, saturday afternoon free from work was the turning point, enabling them to play or become spectators, amateur and professional sport in the uk became increasingly separated and working class sport in uk schools was limited largely to drill and therapeutic gymnastics but in the  1900's  this changed and nowadays there are many arenas where children from every class and background can find a sporting outlet from football, cricket or rugby, swimming, archery, boxing, running jumping horse riding, the list is endless and the opportunities are many and anyone interested in sports as a participant or a spectator is looking forward to the 2012 Olympics.

the preparation for the 2012 olympics is well underway, the uk having won the bid against very stiff opposition Paris

the mayor of london, ken livingstone is heading the work to be done to make the olympics successful and he is very active in this project the london 2012.  

on the london site  the mayor believes the olympic games and paralympic games will have far-reaching benefits for london and londoners, and the rest of the uk, creating jobs, attracting visitors and providing inspiration. find out more about these benefits:and on the londonolympice 2012 site  they aim to be a focus for information, news and comment on the london games. if you want to add your voice you register as a member and post your views in the message forum.

for a daily update on sporting events in the uk and around the world a terrific source of information is the bbc sports page and from there many sports can be accessed with commentary and in some cases live video streamed direct to your pc. sky sports is always very up to the minute and with most of the tv football  on sky sports channels, this is always a well informed place to get all the sports news and for a wider view on sport on general the Wikipedia Sports pages are very interesting