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A series of animated characters spin around with a caption that reads "Top of the tops!

The narrator says THE FOLLOWING IS
A TOP 5 BRIEF HISTORY OF SPORTS.

A caption reads "Top 5: Brief history of sports."

The narrator says NUMBER 5: BADMINTON.
BADMINTON WAS BORN
A FEW THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
IT WAS PLAYED IN GREECE, CHINA
AND INDIA UNDER VARIOUS
DIFFERENT NAMES.
DUC DE BEAUFORT MADE THE SPORT
POPULAR IN THE 1800S.
UP TO THAT TIME,
IT WAS KNOWN AS POONA.
THE DUKE WAS INSPIRED BY
THE NAME OF THE ENGLISH TOWN
WHERE HE LIVED
BADMINTON, ENGLAND-
AND SO HE RENAMED THE GAME
BADMINTON.
NUMBER 4: BASKETBALL.
BASKETBALL WAS INVENTED
BY A CANADIAN MAN
NAMED JAMES NAISMITH IN 1891.
MR. NAISMITH WAS A GYM TEACHER
IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL.
HE WANTED TO INVENT A GAME
HIS STUDENTS COULD PLAY INDOORS
THAT WASN'T AS VIOLENT
AS FOOTBALL. INTERESTING FACT,
THE FIRST BASKETBALL HOOPS
WERE ACTUALLY SUSPENDED
FRUIT BASKETS.
NUMBER 3: GOLF.
ROMANS PLAYED A SIMILAR SPORT
MORE THAN 2,000 YEARS AGO,
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL AROUND 1400
THAT THE GAME OF GOLF
AS WE KNOW IT BECAME POPULAR,
ESPECIALLY IN SCOTLAND. THE WORD
"GOLF" COMES FROM THE DUTCH WORD
"COLF," WHICH MEANS STICK.
NUMBER 2: ICE HOCKEY.
THE WORD "HOCKEY" COMES
FROM THE FRENCH WORD "HOQUET,"
WHICH IS FRENCH
FOR THAT ANNOYING SPASM
THAT COMPLICATES BREATHING, THE
HICCUP. BUT IT ALSO DESCRIBES
A SHORT CURVED STICK THAT SHEEP
HERDERS USE THAT LOOKS A LOT
LIKE... A HOCKEY STICK.

A clip shows a hockey player score.

The narrator says SCORE!!
LOTS OF CITIES CLAIM
TO BE HOCKEY'S BIRTHPLACE;
FOR EXAMPLE, MONTREAL, QUEBEC,
WINDSOR, NOVA SCOTIA,
AND KINGSTON, ONTARIO.
BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN:
THE FIRST HOCKEY MATCH EVER
PLAYED ON AN INDOOR RINK
WAS PLAYED AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY
IN MONTREAL.
NUMBER 1: SOCCER.
SOCCER, SOMETIMES
CALLED FOOTBALL,
IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SPORTS
IN THE WORLD,
BUT SOCCER AS WE KNOW IT TODAY
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1863
IN JOLLY OLD ENGLAND
BY A SPORTING GROUP
CALLED THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
HOWEVER, IT ISN'T KNOWN
WHEN PLAYERS STARTED
TO TAKE ACTING LESSONS
SO THEY COULD FAKE INJURIES
CONVINCINGLY AND WIN FREE KICKS.

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