What's your national sport?

@stvasile (7306)
Romania
November 30, 2006 1:22pm CST
For Romania, the national sport is called "Oina". It's somewhat like the baseball, but I don't 5really know the rules..
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@mturker (174)
• Israel
26 Feb 07
In Israel it's football (Soccer, actually, not the American variety)
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
26 Feb 07
I was expecting a traditional jewish game for Israel... At least that's my view of your country: that you have strong traditions.
• Brazil
15 Feb 07
For Brazil, the national sport is called "Soccer"
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
15 Feb 07
I don't think the English inventors FOOTBALL ever called it "soccer". I consider this name an american invention ment to make this sport sound inferior to their own so-called football.
@cristi20 (2139)
• Romania
17 Dec 06
yes you're right.It is played with a similar ball as the baseball one.
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
17 Dec 06
Steaua - FC STEAUA BUCURESTI was founded following to a decree signed off by Mihail Lascar on the 7th of June 1947, on behalf of the National Ministry of Defense of Romania. In the summer of 1946, a few generals and high officers of the Romanian Army were seriously considering starting up a military club and an Army's football team. A few months later, in the spring of 1947, their endeavors led to the formation of the so called "Sports Association of the Romanian Army". The first leader of the football team was also its skipper, Stefan Septville and the newly emerged team had its first ever training camp. Despite the fact the new team had to take a play off for promoting to the second Division, it was brought up to the top Division, as a replacement for the team Carmen, which was excluded form the top football of Romania. The first coach of the team in its first season in the top Division was Coloman Braun-Bogdan. Soon the team was named CCA and won its first ever domestic title in Romania in 1951, under the helmet of Gheorghe Popescu, one of its honorary founding members. Between 1951 and 1961, CCA won 5 more domestic titles, till its name was changed to STEAUA, in the summer of 1961. What did STEAUA bring as an innovation to Romanian football. Steaua has always promoted the skillful, free flowing and spectacular football, played at an amazing pace, which brought the nickname "The Speedsters" for the mid 80's team . That STEAUA team became the first ever Eastern European club to win the highest trophy of the European Football, the "Cup of the European Championships" (or UEFA Champions League as it is known today). In the 1990's, our club's team won the domestic championship of Romania for 6 times and represented the country 3 times in a row in the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition. All together, STEAUA BUCURESTI trophy cabinet is by far the richest in the country, as our team won 23 domestic titles, 20 National Cups and 5 Romania's Supercups.
I know the ball, but I've ever seen the game...
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• Portugal
17 Dec 06
In Portugal the nationla sport is soccer. regards.
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
17 Dec 06
I find it kinda wierd that nations proclaim a national sport one that comes from another country, no matter how popular that is...Football is the best example...
@nicolai (288)
• Philippines
12 Feb 07
In the Philippines, Basketball is our National Sport... just like NBA in U.S
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
14 Feb 07
A friend of mine from Phillippines said "our national sports here in my country is sipa or sepak takraw"... So...Who;s wright?
• Canada
14 Feb 07
in canada i guess its hockey....
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• Canada
14 Feb 07
Its actually lacrosse, oddly enough. Hockey is Canada's national winter sport.
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@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
30 Nov 06
Officially, it's baseball. But, in reality, American Football is much more popular. Followed by NASCAR.
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Nov 06
Thanks for your response. Here nobody really plays "oina", just a bunch of people...
@nehakalley4 (1918)
• United States
30 Nov 06
In India its hockey but you will find cricket fans the most in India
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Nov 06
Thanks for responding!
• Indonesia
4 Dec 06
for indonesia maybe national sports is bulutangkis... as called " badminton".
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
4 Dec 06
I know Asian rule this sport, but I had no idea it's a country's national sport...
@ducktales (273)
• India
30 Nov 06
for india its hockey but all love cricket... so it should be made national sport...
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Nov 06
Thanks for responding!
@fffdile (421)
• Italy
30 Nov 06
In Italy the most popular sport is football, and also the most practiced one
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Nov 06
Footbal is the most popular sport around the world...I'm trying to find out what the official national sport is...
@marco87rc (586)
• Italy
30 Nov 06
Soccer - Soccer
In italy the national sport is soccer.. Bye
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Nov 06
Are you sure?
@vinaykant (812)
• India
4 Dec 06
in india the national game is hockey. We were world chapian in hockey.
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
4 Dec 06
Congrats on being world champs! Keep up the good work!
• Canada
11 Feb 07
Lacrosse is our national sport here in Canada. (You would think it would be hockey but it isn't)
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@R3fl3XioN (3187)
• France
28 Dec 06
Hmmm, I don't know. Maybe it is football [soccer for american]. I play Badminton and in France, it's not famous :(.
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• India
28 Dec 06
my country is india...its national sport is hockey
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@chaitu007 (1338)
• India
28 Dec 06
our national sport is hockey
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@miryam (6505)
• Italy
29 Dec 06
In Italy socce soccer and soccer.....but now the volley and basket is at the 2 post........
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@ayaanah (232)
• India
28 Dec 06
i wann amore abt oina ours is cricket
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@BlaKy2 (1475)
• Romania
4 Feb 07
Oina is a Romanian ball sport, similar in some ways to baseball. It was first time mentioned during the rule of Vlaicu Voda in 1364, when it was spread all across Wallachia and it used to be a game of the shepherds. At the first edition of the Olympics (1896), Romania offered to send two Oina teams, but it was turned down by the International Olympic Committee, because oina was not played in other countries. In 1899, Spiru Haret, the minister of education decided that oina to be played in schools in Physical education classes and organized the first annual oina competitions. Romanian Oina Federation was founded in 1932, and reactivated at the beginning of the 1950s. Today, there are two Oina Federations: one in Bucharest, Romania and another one in Chisinau, Moldova. here are two teams, one "at bat" ("la bataie") and one "at catching" ("la prindere"). The game begins with the team "at bat", with one of the players throwing the ball while another player of the same team has to hit it with a wooden bat ("bâta") and send it as far as he can towards the adversary field. After that, the player has to run on the "culoarele de ducere si întoarcere" that are to be found in the adversary field before the adversary receives the ball from his co-players. # ame weight of the ball: around 140 grams for both # Longer and slimmer bat for Oina # A game takes only 30 minutes for Oina # Oina teams have 11 players; Baseball teams have 9 players
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