So what's your national sport?

Here in Australia, we have this strange game called Australian Rules Football. It's kind of a cross between soccer and rugby. Or Gaelic football, if you know that.

It's the grand final on the weekend, so understandably everyone, even people who wouldn't normally be interested in it have their opinions and hopes for the game.

We also have cricket.... but let's not talk about that.

Oh, and some game called 'rugby' that northerners play.



So what's your national sport?

 

Alot of people will tell you Baseball, But I really believe that football is our national sport here in america. The sport is definately more popular IMO.

 

The national sport here in the UK is definitely football (I refuse to call it soccer )

Long live Manchester United!

Up in Scotland, Rugby's very popular too. I'd say about equal with football. Much more so than in England.

As for cricket, well, not many people seemed to care about it til fairly recently. Can't think why...

 

I'd say baseball. When a football team plays over a hundred games a year with the crowds of baseball at each one then it can be called the national sport Common arguement in the States.

 

I'm with Naomi here, - "Hi" btw.

I'm from Germany, so football (yeah, "soccer" sounds dreadful) is the nation's most important #1 sport - by a HUGE margin.

LONG LIVE the FC Bayern Munich!


Most successful german socc-.. football-team ever, 4 times Champions-League-Winner, 2 times World-Team-Champion!


"FC Bayern, forever number one ..." - official team anthem - no joke, the text IS english!


Unlike my father/brother I'm no huge fan, but "our" team has it's base/new stadium ("Allianz Arena") just 45 minutes away from us to the south on the Autobahn, so it's the logical explanation ...


PS: Jedi_Dajuan, the FC Bayern plays about 60 times a season alltogether (League, International Champions-League, National Cup) - and EACH time at home sold out (at least the last seasons), which is about 66,000 viewers.


FC Bayern at "Allianz Arena"

 

here in wales it football for me

SWANSEA O'h SWANSEA o'h CITY TONIGHT.

 

So, it's baseball/football (is that gridiron?) for the states, and football/soccer for the rest of the world? Heh. In Australia, barely anyone plays soccer/football. Except on SBS, our 'multicultural' TV station it is called "The World Game" which I think is probably a fair enough title. What do you guys think?

 

In Canada, officially I think it's lacrosse, but really it's hockey. Hockey is certainly by far the most popular sport in this country.

 

Hockey, like rugby/gridiron and netball/basketball is just one of those sports that I think I will never understand.

 

Hockey is not that complicated. You just take a bunch of guys, dress them in Stormtrooper armour with skates, arm them with sticks, divide them into teams, and watch them beat the crap out of each other. There's also some stuff about a puck and scoring goals, but nobody really cares about that anyway.

 

Yeah, I heard Hockey is a rather violent game...

Basketball... yeah. I still don't get it. I mean, I understand it, but I don't get its appeal. Sorry.


Bandy... sounds interesting. Is it popular?

 

I've heard of bandy, but never seen it. It's often one of the sports credited as the inspiration for hockey as bandy was apparently somewhat popular in Europe before hockey was developed in Canada.

 

Corn Plucking

 

football (soccer ), i`m too lazy to play it myself, but i support Aston Villa , and when england play, everything stops so i can watch the game.

 

Yeah, that's a good point. Who does everyone go for?


In AFL, I go for the Brisbane Lions

Cricket, obviously I go for Australia...

In Soccer, my favourite UK team is Newcastle United, while in Australia it is the Melbourne Victory

 

Being Half-Australian/Half-English I have two national sports.

The Australian side of me is Cricket, and the English side of me is Football -- Yes, proper Football; none of that "Soccer" crap!

I support the Australian Cricket team, and the English national side in Football - Wolverhampton Wanderers for local Football.

I couldn't stand AFL...I found it so boring.

 

AFL?!? Boring?!?!


Heresey!!!!