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The first
Olympic
Games were
held in ancient
Greece in The Olympics
776 bce.
Every four years, athletes
compete for their country in
the Olympic Games. The
Lacrosse
ball Olympics includes lots of
different sporting events,
including athletics,
gymnastics, and
team sports.

Olympic sprint relay race
Football

Golf ball The first
computer
game was
developed in 1947.
Players fired a dot
at a target.

Volleyball
Computer games
Ball sports Computer games are played on
Ball sports are among the Soccer ball a computer or through a console
most popular games of all. on a TV screen. Many games
Teams of up to 15 players per side include special effects and music.
play in matches of soccer, rugby, They can be one-player or
basketball, football, Australian rules multi-player games.
football, cricket, and other games.
Huge crowds watch these matches,
many of which are shown
on television.

Basketball

Rugby ball
A child plays a computer game.

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