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VOLLY BALL Volleyball  is a  team sport  in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the  Summer Olympic Games  since  Tokyo 1964 . The  complete set of rules  are extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court.The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to 3 times, but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively ]  Typically, the first two touches are used to set up for an attack, an attempt to direct the ball back over the net in such a way ...

The sport of  cricket  has a  known  history beginning in the late 16th century. Having originated in south-east England, it became the country's national sport in the 18th century and has developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. International matches have been played since 1844 and  Test cricket  began, retrospectively recognised, in 1877. Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport after  association football  (soccer). Governance is by the  International Cricket Council  (ICC) which has over one hundred countries and territories in membership although only twelve currently play Test cricket. Origin Cricket was probably created during  Saxon  or  Norman  times by children living in the  Weald , an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across  Kent  and  Sussex . [1]  The first definite reference is dated Monday, 17 January 1597...