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Sports in leicester city
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- 2. BASKETBALL Leicester Riders They werefounded on April 26th 1967, and are the oldest professional club in British Basketball, having been founder members of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1972 and the British Basketball League (BBL) in 1987. They were originally known as the Loughborough All-Stars, and after the demise of Granby Halls, the club were forced to leave Leicester in the summer of 2000, taking up residence at Loughborough University for their home games, just a stone thrown away from where the club played their first match, at Victory Hall. After finishing the last team in the Northern Conference, with just 10 victories from 36 games, the 2001/02 campaign proved to be a complete contrast as the Riders lifted their first pieces of silverware.
- 3. Although the Ridersstruggled in subsequent years, the summer of 2004 they returned to Leicester, as they entered into a deal with DeMontfort University, which would see the University’s John Sandford Sports Centre become the club’s home venue from September 2004 onwards. Some of its players are: Kiefer Douser Tyler Bernardini Shane Walker Eric Robertson Andy Thomson
- 5. FOOTBALL Leicester City FootballClub In the city of Leicester there is a team called Leicester City Football Club, also known as “The foxes”, IT is a professional club based in Leicester, England. It was founded in 1884. Currently it plays at the “Premier League”. Originally founded under the name of Leicester Fosse, it adopted the name of Leicester City in 1919. It’s a club with 134 years of history. Its owner is King Power International Group. The president of the club is Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his coach is Claude Puel. Within its facilities highlights its stadium called King Power Stadium, opened in 2002. In the 2015-16 season, Leicester was proclamed champion of the Premier League for the first time in its history.
- 7. CRICKET Leicester Foxes It iswell known that cricket is a traditional sport in England and the United Kingdom, but let’s focus on ‘Leicester Cricket County Club’ or ‘Leicester Foxes’. The club’s headquarters are located in the city of Leicester. It was founded in 1879. It had a minor county status since that year and until 1894. Later, in 1895, the club entered into the County Championship. It is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and it is organised by England and Wales Cricket Board. It became an oficial title in 1890. The competition consists of eighteen clubs named after seventeen from England and one from Wales. The Leicestershire Cricket County Club have already won three of them. The traditional colours of the team’s kit are red with black trim in the Cyclesdale Bank 40 ( a cricket competition ) and black with red trim in the T20 ( another cricket competition ).
- 9. RUGBY Leicester Tigers Rugby isn’tvery popular in the United Kingdom but there are some teams that you might know. Let’s talk about Leicester. The Leicester Tigers are a professional rugby British team whose office is located in Leicester, England. They compete every year for the most important national and international competitions: the Premiership Rugby and the European Champions Cup of Rugby. Its stadium is called Welford Road and it was built around 1892. Now, it is being rebuilt to make it bigger so that 30000 spectators can fit into the stadium. Their biggest opponents in England ,since the club was founded in 1880 are Bath Rugby, London Wasps and Northampton Saints. The team has already won the Heineken Cup two times, the Aviva Premiership ten times and the Anglo-Welsh Cup six times. This couldn’t have been possible without the help of their mascot: Welford, a very funny tiger.
- 11. MADE BY CLARA GALÁN RAÚLCÁRDENAS RUBÉN PÉREZ MARIO VILLEGAS