local sports for local people

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hurling

 

Here in Ireland, Irish culture and Irish identity is very much linked to the GAA and its sports. In fact, the movement for Irish independence has its roots there. Some typical Irish sport are Hurling and Gaelic Football (I keep getting the urge to shout 'Handball!').

 

fierljeppen

 

Back in Holland, the people with the most outspoken cultural identity and their own sports are the Frisians. Speed skating, while popular in the whole of Holland, has its most fanatical followers there. They also have some unique sports of their own, like fierljeppen or kaatsen.

 

So what kind of sport do they have where you live?

[Jacques]

 

We have normal sports :

 

Football, Basketball, Handball, Tennis .. But the best is Fencing :

 

 

http://www.fencing.net/

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You don't have typically French sports? How about petanque?

 

 

I've also heard cycling is quite big there...

 

 

[NiXsa]

here in Finland we have many wintersports and others like..

Hockey

 

 

 

Formula 1

 

 

 

 

 

other top sports in here are Rally,Ski-Jump,Nordic compined, Alpine skiing, Skiing, skating, Javelin, Shot Put, Hammer Throw, Wrestling, Shooting, swimming, bandy and etc.

We play football (real football not that american style)too but we are not that good in it.

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What's bandy?

[NiXsa]

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Looks like hockey

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Say, anyone here know anything about Kin-ball?

[NiXsa]