Kenya 6th Grade

Kenya 6th Grade

                             By: Christina Avila and Cristina Escobar             

                                                          Kenya's Sports

Some of the traditional games in Kenya consist in wrestling, hunting, board games, racing exercises, stick fights, bulls fights and dances. The most modern sports in Kenya owns credit to British Colonial Occupation of 1890. Professional teams in forms of clubs were created by colonial British settlers and Asian contractors as early as 1922.

Sports were introduced in schools in 1925. Today, many sports are popular in Kenya, played both professionally and as recreational physical activities. Some of the sports played in Kenya today are: Cricket, Motor Sports, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Swimming and Diving, Handball, Netball, Baseball, Shooting, Softball, Cycling, etc.