Egypt "A Land of an Ancient Civilization"

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Spectator Sports in Egypt

Egypt is often described as a sportsman's paradise. The sunshine of her winters and the cool north breeze that tempers the heat of her summers make outdoor games and pursuits an everyday, an all-the-year round possibility. With the exception of ice-skating and snow-sports there is hardly a game which is not played in Egypt and practically no outdoor sport that has not its numerous devotees.

Sports and athletics are much in honour in present-day Egypt. In Olympic Games of recent years Egyptian teams have scored many remarkable successes, notably in swimming and fencing. In this connection it may be mentioned that the feat of swimming the English Channel was performed by an Egyptian as long ago as 1923.

Football has become almost the national game. Several Egyptian footballers have achieved international renown and, at the bottom as it were of the scale, practically every village has its team of football enthusiasts. Sporting Clubs with large grounds are numerous. Many of them have grass golf-courses; in others the course is of sand. They all offer the great advantage of being in or near the city so that time is not wasted in going to and from the course. Cricket is played regularly in Egypt, one of the great events of the sporting year being the visit each winter of a well-known English team. Racing goes on for most of the year in Egypt. The Cairo racing season is in winter and the race-meetings are held weekly both at Heliopolis and Gezira. Alexandria has its racing season in the summer.