National sports

Lacrosse: Canada
The first national sport in Canada has been recognized ... no, not hockey. Lacrosse. That's really a surprise - in a country with a cold climate demanded a national game of lawn with short grass. True, lacrosse sticks still used. Ice hockey on the ice - also a Canadian national sport kind, but only the second winter.



Baseball: USA, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Cuba
Baseball, rules that do not understand 9 of 10 Russians, wildly popular in the world. Mostly, though, it's for the US and island states, equally close in North and South America.



Bend (hockey): Russian
That's really a surprise. Not hockey, in which we are strong, and with the ball in which the Russians no less strong. Why not rounders, why not towns or pugilism? Fans bandy now, of course, they rebelled. Tell me, that I chewed oats instead to surprise a elementarschinu. But why, then, do not bandy illuminated "mainstream media" at least at the same level as the European football, in which we have every year all the stronger "merge»?



Cricket: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, England
The sport originated in the XVI century in the south of England. A little later, the ruling family has caught a truly imperial habits, and England itself has become one of the largest in the world of the colonizers. Naturally, in the countries where the British invaded, establishes their rules - the culture of the local tribes retreated under the onslaught brought back the sport, religion and other mandatory components of capture.



Capoeira: Brazil
Whether dance, whether the fight was born in Brazil. The first information about the art dated back to XVIII century, when capoeira was described as a contact battle. Now most of the competitions held by the non-contact discipline.



Volleyball: Sri Lanka
Well, who has not played in Russia in volleyball? On the net, divided into two teams. Or simply, standing in a circle with friends. Who would have thought that this sport is an official in the island state, the official languages ​​in which the recognized Sinhala and Tamil, and the name of President Mahinda Rajapaksa?



Rugby: Georgia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Papua - New Guinea, Wales
Not American football, rugby and currently, a sport for men. No protection, no snot or "oh-oh-oh, me leg hurt my abuser sued for it." Only a dirt field, weight from 100 pounds to 170 centimeters tall player, limiting the maximum concentration and a tough game.



Basketball: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Sung by the citizens of the USA Basketball recognized as a national sport in the Baltic countries. Interestingly, the strongest basketball players in Europe, yet the Greeks. They took the most cups. At least, judging by the results of the Euroleague over the past few years.



Football: Israel, Mauritius, Brazil
No, not in England and not in Spain, not in Portugal or Germany. Football - the national sport of Mauritius, Israel, and, of course, Brazil. In Russia, it is popular, it seems, for one reason - in it and through it you can twist a lot of money. That is, no, not so. Correct to say - many, many denzhischi.



Archery: Bhutan, Mongolia
Since Mongolia's all clear. More fun than the rider in the desert, but archery at targets? But the kingdom of Bhutan is less known. Located between India and China, southern Tibet, this state has gone through a lot of internal conflict and colonial wars. Humid tropical climate affects powder is not the best way. Therefore bows provide effective muskets. Hence, the national sport.