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Most of the team game history can be traced back to several centuries back and some of the famous being sports games used to be played by our ancestors is none other than the hockey and polo. The original versions of these sports games did not use any sort of specialized equipment and it took many more years for our ancestors to develop complex gaming tools that will bring in more fun to sports.
Way football is also one of the oldest games and the history of rugby can be traced back to several centuries. In fact, soccer and American football are relatively new games and both are originated from rugby.

The original form of rugby did not use any sort of balls that were of specific size. Not only that these words never followed a size code, they also did not feature the same materials. Rugby became more sophisticated in the ancient England and this was in the 18th century. By 23rd century BC, Sumo wrestling was introduced in Japan, which eventually became one of the most famous sports events in Japan.
Sumo is not just a sports event in Japan but it was significantly associated with the Japanese culture in the ancient era. There are even matches held for deciding the future king of the country!

In the 13th century A.D., the Rolling Stones became one of the favorite pastimes of humans which eventually transformed to ten-pin bowling. Some of the earliest evidence is about stone throwing was found from English manuscripts and this was in 13th century and there was sufficient evidence is to prove that these word games played by ancient humans.
That got their knees originated when the Royal needed a game which can be played indoors when it was winter season. This is how the fast, for pennies were invented as an indoor game which eventually got transformed to lawn tennis, which we call tennis these days.

In 18th century, horseracing was invented and it became one of the most luxurious sports events till date. Even today, horseracing is one of the most expensive sports games all over the world and it was not longtime back when car racing replaced this.
Today, Formula One racing is one of the most expensive events in the world and attracts millions of dollars in sponsorship money. In fact, competing in Formula One causes millions of dollars for the manufacturers and for the same reason small car manufacturers cannot afford participating in Formula One.

By fourth century BC, boxing became one of the most brutal games played by the Greeks and the game had this shadow thereafter. It was in the 18th century that boxing got the modern face by English and was reborn as a reward based fight.
The idea to grant prices and other rewards for the players boosted the fame of sports. Athletes and players well recognized all over the country and for the same reason there are many newcomers who wanted to prove themselves and wanted to get attention.

Sportigi.com was created to celebrate sports games of all kinds - Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Football and many other popular sport games, combined with a big sports encyclopedia we hope to bring you hours of fun sports games.

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