National Sports of Countries

[donerkebab 9]

There is no official sport in Turkey. But every Turkish person answer this question as oil wrestling. Back to the our central asia days it would be horse archery.

But for popularity there is a article which counts which sports are the most covered in news. First 5 are football , basketball, volleyball, athletics and tennis. Wrestling is only 6th. Surprising one is skiing which is the 7th most popular. Another instresting point is among young population (u18) after 3 ball sports swimming is in 4th place. And gymnastics made 10th place. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

8 minutes ago, donerkebab said:

There is no official sport in Turkey. But every Turkish person answer this question as oil wrestling. Back to the our central asia days it would be horse archery.

But for popularity there is a article which counts which sports are the most covered in news. First 5 are football , basketball, volleyball, athletics and tennis. Wrestling is only 6th. Surprising one is skiing which is the 7th most popular. Another instresting point is among young population (u18) after 3 ball sports swimming is in 4th place. And gymnastics made 10th place. 

Skiing is 'kayak' in Turkish? Now that's interesting  

[donerkebab 9]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Skiing is 'kayak' in Turkish? Now that's interesting  

😬😬😬 it gets weirder dude . Kayak’s literal translation is sliding. But for sliding we use kızak 😂 and translation of canoe/kayak is kano/kayık. 😂😂 

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

 (2021)

 

https://biv.com/article/2021/12/nhl-continues-be-fan-favourite-canadas-pro-sports-rankings-poll

 

(ranked by leagues)

 

1) NHL : 55%

2) NFL (36%) / CFL (32%)

3) NBA (31%)

3) MLB (31%)

5) MLS (22%)

 

I assume that soccer will be ranked higher, if the question was about sports and not leagues. 

[hckošice 14,822]

Jesus just landed in Slovakia

 

 

Need a prove about our national/most popular sport ?

 

Obviously he had to have a special autograph signing session, the poor guy had no idea how long this will take

 

This is ladies and gentlemen what looks just a autograph party of NHL drafted players...  Obviously , do not lie to ourselves, 90% (not only the teen girls) of the people arrived for Slafkovský

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Grassmarket 3,403]

In Britain we only get that kind of reception for the very best cheese-rollers & bog snorkellers. 

[phelps 7,670]

25 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Jesus just landed in Slovakia

 

 

Need a prove about our national/most popular sport ?

 

Obviously he had to have a special autograph signing session, the poor guy had no idea how long this will take

 

This is ladies and gentlemen what looks just a autograph party of NHL drafted players...  Obviously , do not lie to ourselves, 90% (not only the teen girls) of the people arrived for Slafkovský

 

 

 

 

 

 

love, admiration and envy...

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

In Britain we only get that kind of reception for the very best cheese-rollers & bog snorkellers. 

Oh has shin-kicking declined in popularity in recent times?

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

Not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but according to Twitter, the top 5 sports in Brazil with the most mentions during the 2020 Olympics were:

 

Unsurprisingly, football is number 1.

Basketball is number 2, what really makes me wonder how people still care about this sport after decades of Brazil failing miserably in every important competition.

Gymnastics is number 3, and I'm very happy about that, of course.  Despite less than stellar results at the Olympics and World Championships, it's amazing how many people enjoy watching rhythmic gymnastics in Brazil. There was even a press conference recently after our group won the bronze medal at one of the World Cup stages. Artistic gymnastics, of course, is what drives most people's attention, though. Trampoline is almost nonexistent, and the other disciplines are almost unheard of.

Volleyball in fourth is surprising. I thought it would comfortably sit at number 2, but I was wrong.

Tennis in fifth is also surprising. It's not the kind of sport that is even remotely popular among the young generation. Skateboarding and table tennis are a lot more popular, in my opinion, and even surfing and handball would make more sense. But tennis is shown on paid TV all the time and there should be a strong following among people who are 35 or older, especially because they remember Guga more vividly than the younger crowd.

[Grassmarket 3,403]

9 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

Oh has shin-kicking declined in popularity in recent times?

Sadly, tabloid sex scandals, match-fixing allegations and the popularity of the new Finnish import wife-carrying have sent it into an eclipse.