Sport in Luxembourg Werner, former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, who served as President of the OCC and after whom the main cricket ground in Luxembourg is named the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange. Football is the most popular sport in Luxembourg. The top-flight National Division is the premier domestic sports league in the country. Luxembourg was amongst the first countries in the world to be introduced to football, with the National Division being established in 1913, and the national team playing its first match in 1911. The game is more popular in the south of the country, having developed earliest in the
Sport in the United Kingdom many of the sports already mentioned, popular sports at junior level include netball and rounders, both of which are played almost entirely by girls. The leading body for physical education in the United Kingdom is the Association for Physical Education. In 2006, the UK School Games was established by the Youth Sport Trust as an annual sporting competition for elite school age athletes in the United Kingdom, and for 2008 was expanded to include nine sports over four days. Sport in the United Kingdom Sport in the United Kingdom plays an important role in British culture. The United Kingdom has