All about the world cup

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2.

Sports
Look at all these sports. Which ones do you like playing or watching?
Stand up and
pretend to play
your favourite
Have
sport.aCan
go!
people guess
what you are
playing?

3.

Sports Events
A lot of sports have special events where teams from all
over
the world come to play.
Rugby, netball and swimming all have events to find out
who is the best in the world.
Football has a special event called the World Cup.
Let’s all
stand up and
Have
pretend
a go!
to
be scoring a
goal.

4.

The World Cup
The World Cup is when football teams from countries all over the world
come together to play.
It happens every four years and this year it will be held in Russia.

5.

At the World Cup
The countries are put into groups and play matches.
The team that wins the most matches gets the World Cup.
This means they are the best football team in the world.

6.

Who Has Won the World Cup?
Brazil has won the World Cup the most times.
England won it once in 1966.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have
never won the World Cup.

7.

Fair Play
Walk around the
room pretending
to be football
Have a go!
players and
shake hands with
people.
Before a World Cup match starts, the
players all shake hands with each other.
There is a special award given at the end of
the World Cup called the Fair Play Trophy.
This is given to the team who had the least
yellow and red cards during The World Cup.