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National sport
Several countries have either official or unofficial national sports. Many countries have a traditional or official national sport that differs from the one that is currently the most popular. Other countries have no clear national sport, with many that are popular.
List of Countries' National Sports
- Afghanistan - Buzkashi
- Argentina - football
- Austria - skiing
- Barbados - cricket
- Belgium - football
- Bhutan - archery
- Brazil - football
- Canada - lacrosse is the official summer sport and ice hockey is the offical winter sport, but hockey is by far the sport most closely followed, and most closely linked to national pride.
- China - table tennis
- Cuba - baseball
- Dominican Republic - baseball
- Estonia - basketball
- Fiji - rugby
- Gambia - wrestling
- Hong Kong - Dragon boat racing
- Iceland - glima
- India - field hockey is the official sport, but cricket is the most popular
- Iran - wrestling
- Ireland - hurling & Gaelic football
- Italy - football
- Japan - sumo wrestling is traditionally viewed as Japan's national sport, but baseball is today more popular, and football is rapidly increasing in popularity
- Korea - Tae kwon do, but StarCraft has sometimes sarcastically been refered to as the national sport
- Lithuania - basketball
- Mexico - Charrería
- Nauru - Australian rules football
- New Zealand - rugby
- Norway - Skiing
- Philippines - basketball
- Russia - Sambo
- Samoa - rugby
- Soviet Union - chess
- South Africa - football has historically been most popular with blacks, rugby with Afrikaners, and cricket with British-descended whites
- Spain - bull fighting is traditional, but football is the most popular
- Thailand - Muay thai
- Tonga - rugby
- Turkey - kirkpinar, but football is the most popular
- United Arab Emirates - Camel racing is traditional, but football is the most popular
- United States - baseball is generally named as the "the American national pastime"
- Uzbekistan - Kurash
- Venezuela - baseball
- Wales - rugby
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