40 National Sports
1 Pakistan – hockey
2 Bhutan – archery
3 Canada lacrosse (officially, though ice hockey is more popular)
4 Bangladesh kabbadi (team tag game)
5 Iceland glima (form of wrestling)
6 Anguilla boat-racing
7 Afghanistan buzkashi (players on horseback compete to carry an animal carcase to a goal)
8 Ireland hurling (hockey-style game)
9 Thailand – muay Thai (form of boxing)
10 Japan – sumo
11 Bulgaria – weightlifting
12 Wales rugby union
13 Norway Nordic skiing
14 Uzbekistan kurash (form of wrestling)
15 Finland pesδpallo (baseball-style game) (rallying, javelin and ski-jumping also popular)
16 Iran – wrestling
17 USA – baseball
18 Sri Lanka volleyball
19 The Philippines – sipa (ball kicking game), arnis (martial art) (basketball is most popular)
20 UAE camel racing
21 Columbia tejo (metal discs are thrown at targets which explode)
22 Spain – bullfighting
23 Switzerland hornussen (baseball-style game)
24 England football
25 New Zealand rugby union
26 Korea tae kwon do
27 Jamaica – cricket
28 Venezuala baseball
29 China table tennis
30 Mexico charrerνa (rodeo-like team sport)
31 Turkey yagli gόres (oil-wrestling)
32 Taiwan badminton (or baseball)
33 Papua New Guinea rugby league
34 Chile – rodeo
35 Malaysia – sepak takraw (similar to volleyball, but using the feet)
36 India hockey
37 France – cycling
38 Brazil capoeira (martial art)
39 Ethiopia distance running
40 Cuba – baseball
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