Sport is very popular in Britain, and a lot of British people like the idea of sport; a lot even watch sport, especially on the TV. However, the number who actively take part in sport is probably quite small. On the whole, British peoplе prefer to be fat rather than fit.
The most popular spectator sport is football. Football is played on a Saturday afternoon in most British towns and the fans, or supporters, of a particular team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play.
Many other sports are also played in Britain, including golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; croquet, in which you try to knock a ball through some hoops; basketball, in which you try to get a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent cannot hit it and cricket which is played with a ball, but is otherwise incom prehensible.
As you can see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport. Actually, that's not quite true. Athletics is not played with a ball; nor is horse-racing. Perhaps that explains why they are not so popular as football.