Top 10 Greatest Sports Countries
Sport has no boundaries and it is really so. People play sports in all countries and there is no difference if you are rich or poor, what is the color of your skin, what climate is in your country, it is possible to find a kind of sport that will be interesting for you. Let’s have a look at the list of the greatest sports countries.
Top 10 greatest sports countries
USA
The USA is a real sports nation and American citizens are fond of baseball, basketball (they won the World Cup in 2014), golf, athletics, and American football.
Australia
Australians choose such kinds of sports as swimming, rugby, cricket, tennis, rowing, cycling, and field hockey. Australians are usually fond of competitive sports and there are a lot of famous sportsmen who are Australians.
Great Britain
There is the best cricket team in Great Britain and a lot of famous football clubs. Britain shows good results in Olympic games — in cycling, rowing, boxing. More than that, there is an annual tennis championship in GB, Wimbledon, that attracts many tourists.
Spain
They have a soccer team that is among the 10 best soccer teams in the world and a number 2 ranked basketball team. Football club Barcelona is famous all over the world and has a lot of fans.
Russia
Russia is a country that is famous for such kinds of sports as ice hockey (they have been ice hockey world champions), biathlon, weightlifting, and wrestling.
Italy
This country can boast great results in such kinds of sports as volleyball, football, and tennis.
Canada
Canada is an ice hockey country and it is considered to be the strongest one in this kind of sport. Other popular kinds of sports there are tennis and baseball.
Sweden
Sweden occupied the third place in the Hockey World Championship, it is the home of the talented golfer Henrik Stenson, and it has great results in cross country skiing and downhill skiing.
Germany
Germany is good at football. German football team became the defending champions in FIFA World Cup 2014. Germans gave the world such famous sportsmen as Michael Schumacher (7 times F1 champion), Steffi Graf (22 times Tennis Grand Slam winner), and Sebastian Vettel (4 times F1 champion).
France
There are such popular kinds of sports in France as rugby, football, basketball, swimming, skiing. France hosts one of the most prestigious tennis competitions, The French Open. More than that, there is a French Handball team that won the 6th world title.
