Basketball is a team sport with a ball

1.

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2. Basketball is a team sport with a ball.

3. In basketball plays two teams of five players.

4.

• They try to score points by throwing a
ball through the top of a basketball
hoop.

5. For the first time this game appeared in the USA.

6.

• Dr. James Naismith
is known as the
inventor of
basketball.

7. The first official basketball game was played in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts with a soccer ball and two peach baskets.

played in 1891 in Springfield,
Massachusetts
with a soccer ball and two peach
baskets.

8. Basketball has been included into the program of the Olympic games since 1936.

9. Now basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world.

10. Very famous basketball players who acieved good results are:

• Bryant Kobe