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Yes, it is much older. It's origins can be traced back thousands of years, though rules were only really formalised in the mid-nineteenth century, to bring together the many variations of the game. Basketball was only invented in the late nineteenth century.

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Yes, it is much older. It's origins can be traced back thousands of years, though rules were only really formalised in the mid-nineteenth century, to bring together the many variations of the game. Basketball was only invented in the late nineteenth century.

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