The globalisation of sport and the effect of British colonialism

[Randall]

South America is crazy for football, apart from that volleyball and tennis are pretty popular.

Basketball too, that's one of the biggest sports around the world and real big in Europe as well. Handball is pretty unique to Europe and fairly big.

Is basketball big in Europe?
Never read anything about it
It's often held up as the reason west Indian cricket is so short of fast bowlers now.

Yep. Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, France are powerhouses, also very popular in the Balkans

Obviously I know of the riders but gets little or no maintenance coverage.
It is bizarre how sport is so fractured across the continents.

[TheMalteseDart]

The one that surprises me a lot is India in terms of their success in football. Of course Cricket and hockey are their biggest sports, but people in India absolutely love watching football and it's definitely grown over there massively in recent years, but their national team have never come close to qualifying for a World Cup, not saying i expect them to do well on the international stage but Asia doesn't have a huge amount of depth at the top, you have Japan and South Korea who are banker qualifiers every year, as well as Australia who play in Asian qualifiers, but other than that it's not great and India haven't made leaps at all considering their population

China are the same, but maybe the domestic league being a big league over their now might see growth in the next decade, though they have qualified for World Cups in the past

[Randall]

I'd forgotten hockey was big on the sub continent
The dutch and Germans as well I believe

I honestly didn't know india was big in india or China
Not mainstream

[tungsten tossers]

I'd forgotten hockey was big on the sub continent
The dutch and Germans as well I believe

I honestly didn't know india was big in india or China
Not mainstream

Is India big in India?

[Randall]

I'd forgotten hockey was big on the sub continent
The dutch and Germans as well I believe

I honestly didn't know india was big in india or China
Not mainstream

Is India big in India?

It's quite large I believe

[The Thorn]

I'd forgotten hockey was big on the sub continent
The dutch and Germans as well I believe

I honestly didn't know india was big in india or China
Not mainstream

Is India big in India?

It's even bigger in China. When you see the figures you'll flip.

[Randall]

Which sports are big in japan?

[The Thorn]

Which sports are big in japan?

Baseball definitely, it might be bigger in Japan than in the US. Sumo as well obviously.

[Randall]

Which sports are big in japan?

Baseball definitely, it might be bigger in Japan than in the US. Sumo as well obviously.

Is it really?
No reason why I would know that really
More popular than soft tip darts?

[Wolflanternbumbag]

My name is Randy Randall and I am a nosy neighbour.

[sennafan24]

My name is Randy Randall and I am a nosey neighbour.

[tungsten tossers]

Which sports are big in japan?

Sumo and Alphaville

[Randall]

Which sports are big in japan?

Sumo and Alphaville

Alphaville?

[The Thorn]

Which sports are big in japan?

Sumo and Alphaville

[The Ginge Reaper]

Which sports are big in japan?

Sumo and Alphaville

Alphaville?

Oh ffs!

[tungsten tossers]

My name is Randy Randall and I am a nosy neighbour.

[Randall]

Am I misreading something?

[TheMalteseDart]

Which sports are big in japan?

Most combat sports, feel like they're pretty much good at everything now, always have a few tennis players, decent football team, did well at rugby world cup

[Captain Hobo]

Australia seems to have embraced everything although football seems to be at the bottom of the list and like America they seemed to want to set themselves apart with aussie rules

Hobo, what is the split in popularity/participation between the team sports in Australia?
Cricket
Rugby
Football
Aussie rules etc

And has there been a shift?

Cricket is popular everywhere in summer, although less so among 'Aussies' than when I was playing. Indian migrants are keeping a lots of clubs going in my area (Melbourne) assume Sydney and Brisbane are similar.

Both codes of Rugby are mainly played in NSW and QLD. The main winter code in all other states is Aussie Rules.

Rugby is traditionally mainly played by Private Schools and upper classes and League is for the working class and much more popular overall.

[Tommo]

Which sports are big in japan?

Synchronised bukkake.