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The sport of javelin originated at the ancient Olympics, but the sport came from a hunting technique
Curling is played on Ice. Stones, granite stones, are pushed towards the house. Sweepers smooth the ice in front of the stone, nearest the centre of the house wins.
The first Olympic curling event was in 1924. It was absent from the games until 1998, when it was re-instated. Since 1998, it has been getting more and more TV coverage during each Olympics, and its popularity in the US has greatly increased.
Football (soccer), Rugby, Tennis, Cricket, Hockey, Badminton, Table Tennis, Darts and Snooker Rounders (the basis for baseball) and Bobsleigh were also English inventions, while Golf and Curling originate from Scotland