National sport

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A national sport is a sport or game that is considered to be a intrinsic part of the culture of a nation. In American English the term national pastime is often used. Some sports are de facto National sport while others are defined by law.

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[edit] National sports defined by law

Country Sport Year defined as
national sport
Argentina pato 1953[1]
Bahamas sloop sailing 1993[2]
Bangladesh ("national game") kabaddi 1972[3]
Brazil capoeira 1972[4]
Canada ("national winter sport") ice hockey[5] 1994
Canada ("national summer sport") lacrosse[5] 1859[6]
Chile Chilean rodeo 1962[7]
Colombia tejo 2000[8]
Mexico charrería 1933[9]
Korea (Rep.) taekwondo 1971[10]
Puerto Rico ("autochthonous sport") paso fino 1966[11]
Sri Lanka volleyball 1991[12]
Uruguay destrezas criollas
("creole skills": i.e. gaucho skills[13])		 2006[14]

[edit] De facto national sports

Country Sport
Afghanistan buzkashi[15]
Anguilla yacht racing[16]
Antigua and Barbuda cricket[17]
Barbados cricket[18]
Bermuda cricket[19]
Bhutan archery[20]
China (PRC) table tennis[21]
Cuba baseball[22][23][24]
Dominican Republic baseball[25]
Finland pesäpallo[26]
Grenada cricket[27]
Guyana cricket[28]
India field hockey [29][30]
Ireland ("native sports") gaelic football, hurling[31]
Jamaica cricket[32]
Lithuania basketball[33]
New Zealand rugby union[34]
Norway cross-country skiing[35][36]
Pakistan field hockey[37]
Tokelau kilikiti[38]
United States ("national pastime") baseball[39][40]
Wales rugby union[41][42]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Argentina Decree Nº 17468 of 16/09/1953". Global Legal Information Network. Retrieved on 2008-07-14.
  2. ^ Craton, Michael; Gail Saunders (1998). Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People. University of Georgia Press, p.471. ISBN 0820322849. 
  3. ^ "Banglapedia: Kabadi". Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Ha-du-du was given the name kabadi and the status of National Game in 1972.”
  4. ^ Lowell, John (1992). Ring of Liberation: Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira. University of Chicago Press, p.61. ISBN 0226476839. 
  5. ^ a b "National Sports of Canada Act". Retrieved on 2008-07-09.
  6. ^ "A Short History of Lacrosse in Canada". Canadian Lacrosse Association. Retrieved on 2008-07-14.
  7. ^ Moreira Recchione, Alberto (December 2007). "La Medialuna: un edificio para Chile" (in Spanish). Revista de urbanismo (No.17). University of Chile. ISSN 0717-5051. Retrieved on 2008-07-14. “A reconocerse, en 1962, el rodeo como deporte nacional y oficial [10 de enero de 1962, oficio N°269 del Consejo Nacional de Deportes y Comité Olímpico de Chile]” 
  8. ^ "Colombia Law 613 of 4 September 2000". Global Legal Information Network. Retrieved on 2008-07-14.
  9. ^ "La Charrería "Nuestro Deporte Nacional"" (in Spanish). Mexican Department of Tourism. Retrieved on 2008-07-14. “El año de 1933 fue muy importante, ya que el general Abelardo L. Rodríguez, emite un decreto presidencial, dando a la Charrería el título de único Deporte Nacional.”
  10. ^ "History of Tae Kwon Do". North American Tae Kwon Do Schools. Retrieved on 2008-07-14.
  11. ^ "Puerto Rico Act 64 of 2000, S.B. 1856" (PDF). Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico (2000-04-11). Retrieved on 2008-07-14. “In 1966, the Public Parks and Recreation Administration and the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee awarded official recognition of the “paso fino” horse riding sport as the autochthonous sport of Puerto Rico.”
  12. ^ Fernando, Leslie (2005-06-03). "Sponsors President's Gold Cup tourney: Dialog assures future of VB", Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved on 2008-07-14. "Way back in 1991 volleyball was declared as the national sport of Sri Lanka but it was only name sake." 
  13. ^ Aeberhard, Danny; Andrew Benson, Lucy Phillips, et al. (2001). The Rough Guide to Argentina, p.198. ISBN 1858285690. “"displays of traditional gaucho skills (destrezas criollas)"” 
  14. ^ "Uruguay Law 17958 of 21 April 2006". Global Legal Information Network. Retrieved on 2008-07-14.
  15. ^ "Buzkashi: the national game of Afghanist [sic]". Embassy of Afghanistan, Canberra. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
  16. ^ "Boat Racing Season Officially Opens", The Anguillian (2007-03-03). Retrieved on 2008-07-21. "Director of Sports, Alkins Rogers, [...] reported that the Government recognizes boat racing as the national sport of Anguilla and was giving financial resources for its development." 
  17. ^ "Antiguans and Barbudans". everyculture.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-10. “Cricket, a left-over from the British rule, is the national sport of Antigua and Barbuda.”
  18. ^ "Barbados: Sports". Government of Barbados. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “The national sport of Barbados is cricket”
  19. ^ Luke, Will (March 2007). "Cricket by association". The Wisden Cricketer. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Bermuda are one of the few sides who count cricket as a national sport.”
  20. ^ "National Symbols". Bhutan Portal. Government of Bhutan. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “National Game: The national sport of Bhutan is archery.”
  21. ^ "Scientists call for national flowers". China Daily (2005-08-09). Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “If you ask a Chinese person what the national wine is, you will no doubt be told it is Moutai. When asked what the national sport is, the answer will be table tennis.”
  22. ^ Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto (1999). "A Cuban Belle Époque", The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball. Oxford University Press, p.76. ISBN 0195146050. “Baseball is so ingrained in Cuba that it has thrived as the "national sport" through forty years of a bitterly anti-American revolution.” 
  23. ^ Mckinley, James C., Jr (1999-03-26). "Baseball; Clash of Cultures, Pride and Passion", The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-07-24. "Most Cubans, after all, consider baseball to be their national sport, a game entwined in history with their struggle for independence from Spain and the birth of their nation." 
  24. ^ Castro, Fidel (1999-08-13). "Speech at a meeting with Pan American Games delegation members". cuba.cu. Retrieved on 2008-07-24. “the game that [...] is [...] our national sport [...] I am talking of baseball”
  25. ^ "Some facts about the Dominican Republic". Embassy of the Dominican Republic, Washington. Retrieved on 2008-07-22. “Baseball is the Dominican Republic’s national sport.”
  26. ^ "About Finland: General information: Sports". Embassy of Finland, Washington (2007-06-11). Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “the national sport, “pesäpallo””
  27. ^ "Batting For Grenada". Grenada Life p.38. Grenada Board of Tourism (March 2007). Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “in the first Grenada Cricket Classics [, h]eroes such as Sir Viv Richards, Joel Garner and Curtley Ambrose came together to promote what is considered by many to be the national sport in Grenada.”
  28. ^ "Games". Guyana Tourism Authority. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Cricket lovely Cricket! One cannot miss out on Guyana’s national sport without participating in a game of cricket while in Guyana.”
  29. ^ Basra, Sukhwant (2008-03-11). "No National status, except in NCERT textbooks". dnaindia. Retrieved on 2008-07-15. “The status of hockey as the national sport is not enshrined in any official proclamation by the Government of India. The NCERT textbook for Class XI does [...] state that India’s national game is hockey and that, in a way, does make for an official take on the issue.”
  30. ^ "Citizens: Sports: Hockey". National Portrait of India. Government of India. Retrieved on 2008-07-22. “Hockey, the National Sport of the Country is one of the most religiously followed games in India.”
  31. ^ "About Ireland: Culture and Sport". Government of Ireland. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Gaelic Football and Hurling, as Ireland's native sports are the most popular.”
  32. ^ "History of Jamaica". Jamaican Embassy, Washington. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “The legacy of Britain also lives on in Jamaica in many ways [...] the game of cricket is the national sport.”
  33. ^ Adamkus, Valdas (2005-07-28). "Address at Charles University, Prague". President of Lithuania official website. Retrieved on 2008-07-24. “Lithuania is a country that loves basketball. It is our national sport and we are proud to be reigning European Champions.”
  34. ^ "Sport, Fitness and Leisure". New Zealand Official Yearbook. Statistics New Zealand (2000). Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Traditionally New Zealanders have excelled in rugby union, which is regarded as the national sport, and track and field athletics.”
  35. ^ Mølster, Odd (1996). "Skiing and the Creation of a Norwegian Identity - part 2". News of Norway, issue 2. Norwegian Embassy, Washington. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “the national sport could become a fine weapon in time of war. In 1943, Norway's resistance movement won an epochal victory — on skis, of course”
  36. ^ Berglund, Nina (2006-02-20). "Few cheers for Norway", Aftenposten. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. "The scoreboard shows how the Norwegians placed, a performance considered much too poor in a country where cross-country skiing is a national sport." 
  37. ^ "Pak. Hockey Federation Secretary sacked", Zee news, United News of India (2008-06-16). Retrieved on 2008-08-05. "Sports Minister Najamuddin Khan said [...] "We have been watching with great distress the way hockey which is our national sport has been going downhill"" 
  38. ^ "Tokelau FAQ’s". Council for the ongoing government of Tokelau. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Many Tokelauan men and women regard cricket-island style (kilikiti) as their national sport, which can sometimes involve almost the entire village.”
  39. ^ Duquette, Jerold J. (1999). Regulating the National Pastime: Baseball and Antitrust. Greenwood, p.104. ISBN 027596535X. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Baseball justified its privileged legal status by citing the special nature and cultural significance of America's national pastime.” 
  40. ^ Schrag, Myles (2003). "Baseball as National Pastime Revisted: And a Little Town Shall Lead Them", in Peter Carino: Baseball/literature/culture: Essays, 1995-2001. McFarland, Chp.13 p.140. ISBN 0786416432. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Tradition — that quality so instrumental in elevating baseball to its century-old status as national pastime— has become less important” 
  41. ^ Harris, John (Summer 2006). "(Re)Presenting Wales: National Identity and Celebrity in the Postmodern Rugby World". North American Journal of Welsh Studies 6 (2). North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History. Retrieved on 2008-07-14. “rugby used to be the undisputed national sport of Wales [...] Rugby Union’s assumed position as ”the national game” has often been questioned on the basis that it is predominantly a game played and followed in South Wales.” 
  42. ^ "Wales – a unique country, a unique culture". British Embassy, Warsaw. Retrieved on 2008-07-21. “Wales is mainly associated with rugby. It is the national sport of Wales.”
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