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Sports popular in Poland and around the world

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Sports popular in Poland and around the world
 

Football  





Football in  in different languages

Camp Nou, the stadium of FC Barcelona

Football is a team sport that is popular in almost every country in the world. It's the most popular sport in Poland. The huge fan following is perhaps due to the fact that at an amateur level, it requires very little equipment and effort to learn the basics. It starts with as simple as driving the ball into the opponent's goal post and preventing the opponent from doing so. Kids from all walks of life start playing soccer at an early age and go on to become ardent followers of the game. Football is also the highest paying team sport at professional level. The prize money for the winning team at the 2010 soccer world cup was US $30 million. The synonym of enthusiasm and zeal, football posses the number 1 ranking in the world's most popular sports. This game which has taken the world by storm.
The Poland national football team
 Basketball

 

Basketball is an action packed game combining the display of skills, strategy and athleticism in one of the shortest duration as compared to contemporary sports. Basketball gives you one of the most rigorous indoor exercises. The game originated in Canada and has a huge fan following in North America. However, it has gained worldwide popularity rather quickly - the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) ranking list has 82 countries with non-zero points after the 2012 London Olympics. Top Basketball players in the world are rewarded handsomely. In 2004, Michael Jordan made 35 million dollars.

Marcin Gortat - the only polish player in NBA



The Polish national basketball team



 Volleyball


Volleyball is also a team sport which is popular across the globe, partly due to its different variants (it can be played indoor as well as outdoors). Volleyball is popular among men as well women. Officially, the sport is played between teams of six players each. Volleyball was invented in 1895, in Massachusetts by Dr. William Morgan and beach volleyball caught up a couple of decades later.

Poland women's national volleyball team

 Tennis
 
 
Tennis is one of the top 5 most popular sport in the world, but is the most popular individual sport. Tennis can be played between two single players or two teams of a pair of players each (doubles variant). It is a sport which is equally popular among men and women. Lawn tennis is a very high paying individual sport - individual players have made more than $40 million in a year alone. Tennis is a fascinating game as well as exercise. The fact that there is no fixed time limit in the game means a player has to work hard on his/her stamina - matches between professionals often turn out to be a test of endurance. The only limiting factor in the popularity of the game is the availability of affordable tennis courts for common public. Everyone should try Lawn Tennis - the world's most popular individual sport atleast once!

Agnieszka Radwańska(5th place in WTA ranking)
Jerzy Janowicz (20th place in ATP ranking)

Questions: 
1. What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV?
2. Who is your favourite sportsman?
3. What is the importance of sports in life?

Sources:
-The Meaning of Sports by Michael Mandel
-Sullivan, George. The Complete Sports Dictionary. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1979. 199 p
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Comments

  1. PaWeŁZa14 January 2014 at 21:54

    My favorite sport is tennis. I have been playing tennis since I was a little boy. The first person who started teaching me was my dad, and thanks to him I have known this great sport. I play once – twice a week just for myself : to keep fit, and to relax. I watch tennis on TV very often. Sometimes when I have the opportunity I go to tennis matches.
    My favorite sportsman is a tennis player : Rafael Nadal. Spanish tennis player, and the current number 1. I have admired him for the very beginning. I wish that one day I will be able to watch him playing form the stadium with one of his biggest opponents Roger Federer.
    Sport is very important, I can even say extremely important. It is not just about 6 packs, and all this stuff. It is about your health and state of being. Doing sports can make you feel relaxed and fulfilled.

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  2. Unknown16 January 2014 at 14:20

    Well my favourite sport... It depends. My like to play volleyball most, but watching football is most exciting for me. My favourite sportsman is Andry Schevchenko- Ukrainian professional ex. football player. Sport is very important in our life, because it keeps us fit. Without sport people are fat and lazy, I enjoy practising diffrent sports when it's possible.

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  3. Marta Chyłek16 January 2014 at 16:32

    My favourite sports are dance, fitness and hand ball. I'm watching dance competitions but mostly on the Internet because they are not so popular in Polish TV. I am also watching handball sometimes but I'd rather like to play it than watch it.
    My favourite sportsman from the ones that are widely known is probably Justyna Kowalczyk. But as I said my favourite sport is dancing and lately my favourite dancers are Amy Yakima and Melanie Moore - winners of the American editions of So You Think You Can Dance.
    I think that sport is one of the most important things in our lives and everyone should do some kind of sport - not only when we want to lose some weight but from the very beginning, as a child for all our lives. I think that we have to understand that we have to take care of ourselves to be able to live a long happy healthy life.

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  4. Feliks Tuszko16 January 2014 at 18:09

    1. I don't have any favorit sport and I don't watch sport on tv. I like only sports which I train. The best is cycling and the second is futball. But I train only for myself. Every holidays I go for trip only with my bike and tent. This is an adventrue.
    I don't like any sportsman becasue I'm not intrested in.
    3. The most important is that sport teach how to be active not only on pitch but on the rest parts of our life.

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  5. Jakub Snycerz16 January 2014 at 21:30

    My favorite sport is of course football. I am a huge fan of the two football clubs - Legia Warszawa and Tottenham Hotspur FC. I'm trying to watch every match and if I have a chance I go to the stadium. My favorite athlete is Christian Eriksen - The Danish football player (young and talented midfielder) who left the Ajax Amsterdam and join Tottenham Hotspur. But that could change. Sport is very important in our lives. And not only watching but doing it. It is healthy, improves our condition and the pitch is perfect place to get rid of the excess of energy.

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  6. alice17 January 2014 at 00:30

    1. What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV? My favourite sport is volleyball and handball. I watch it on TV and also sometimes in reality. I also plays volleyball.
    2. Who is your favourite sportsman? I don't have one favourite sportsman I love all polish national volleyball and handball team and all of polish spotsman who make our national sport better and more known.
    3. What is the importance of sports in life? It gives us a lot of emotions and teach us self-discipline and playing fair.

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  7. Unknown17 January 2014 at 14:07

    I always have a problem with that, which is my favourite sport - volleyball or handball. I love playing both but with handball is harder because you need a large sports hall and, besides you, you need to have at least 13 people to play. To play volleyball 4 people is enough and you can play outside, not only on a sports hall. That's why I have no contact with handball now. Last time I had a chance to play it in high school. On the other hand, I really enjoy to watch matches on TV, even now, when the Polish national team participates in the European Championships. I love the whole team handball players. When it comes to volleyball, I prefer playing than watching matches. Playing gives me a lot of positive emotions, energy and now I regret that when I was younger, I didn't try to join to a section or a club to be able to play more professionally. I would like to play volleyball very well but I have not enough opportunities to practise it, only during PE classess.

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  8. Unknown18 January 2014 at 18:28

    I could say that my favourite sport is krav-maga because training it was giving me the most fun and satisfaction. I've never watched it in TV, but that's because I have never been a fan of watching sports.
    My favourite sportsman is Otylia Jędrzejczak, although she's not currently in sport business.
    Reasons for which I'd say sport is important in life is health and passion that it supports.

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  9. Unknown19 January 2014 at 00:50

    1. What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV?
    My favourite sport is obviously football. I'm a big fan of spanish club called FC Barcelona and I watch every game. I try to watch every sports event because it is something that makes me happy. I usually watch it on TV but sometimes i use live stream.
    2. Who is your favourite sportsman?
    My favourite sportsman is Leo Messi, who is a player of FC Barcelona. He is also the best player in the world, which he proved by getting 4 Golden Balls (it's a prize for being the best player). It's amazing for me how he balnce his body and make their opponents look like fools. I've read all books about Messi and this helped me understand that he is not only the best player but a great human being aswell.
    3. What is the importance of sports in life?
    It's one of the most important things in my life. I practise sports, sports is and has always been in roots of my family , it's the part of my life. I try to do it everyday, which is good for my health.

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  10. Unknown19 January 2014 at 02:35

    My favourite sport is volleyball. If I could I would watch it all the time, but unfortunately I don’t have that much time. Besides it is better to watch it live than on TV.
    I don’t have particular favourite sportsman. I like a lot volleyball players, ski jumpers, tennis players, swimmers and so on.
    Thanks to sport we can stay fit, have a good health but also spend great time with friends or even make new ones.

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  11. Anonymous19 January 2014 at 11:19

    1. What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV?
    My favourite sport is tennis and I watch it regularly on TV, for example now when is Australian Open. I root our Polish players who achieve more and more better results.
    2. Who is your favourite sportsman?
    My favourite sportsman is a tennis player - Novak Djokovic and I admire him a lot. I'm really impressed by his constant disposition and physical condition. Thanks to his posture I have changed my attitude to sport and I know that setting goals is so important in our life and achieving it is something beautiful.
    3. What is the importance of sports in life?
    Sport plays a big role on our health and helps maintain proper silhouette. For example, when I do exercises everyday I feel better and I'm in the good mood. It learns us stamina and achieving things which seem to be even impossible.

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  12. Unknown19 January 2014 at 12:25

    1.
    My favourite sport is running. I don`t know why but I like runnig. It`s a kind of freedom for me. Next I like voleyball - my younger sister is playing at team and I have to support her. I like watching voleyball, ski jumping and speedway on TV.
    2.
    Honestly I don`t have my favourite sportsman or role model who I would follow. I`m just doing what I like to do.
    3. Sport is important becouse it`s healthy but all you need to do reasonably.

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  13. Unknown19 January 2014 at 12:25

    I’m not a kind of person who likes some sports more than other. When I was younger, about 6 years ago, I was keen on football. I was a big fan of Chelsea FC, watched all theirs match and known something about all players. But when I went to high school I had too less time to me a good fan. I’m still happy when I found out that they win some game but I don’t stay current with their activity.
    My favourite sportswoman is Natalia Partyka. I’m not a big fan of table tennis, but I admire her for her will to fight with advertise. She is a great example that nothing is impossible when you are really determined.
    I think that sport teach us self-discipline, persistency and help with moulding our character. What is more, a lot of discipline show how indispensable part of success is teamwork. Furthermore, it is very enjoyable way to stay fit and health.

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  14. Unknown19 January 2014 at 18:50

    As an average Pole I like football and other sports in which polish sportsmen are good at. And of course, I like watching winning Poles without difference what type of sport it is. But except doing that, I have nothing in common with sport and being frankly, I must say I don't have any favourite sportsman.
    I know sport is really important and we have to DO something with our body. Otherwise, we will be fat and... not attractive. Sport also releases endorphins, what makes us happier. However, when I don't have any compulsion, I don't practice it. That's the truth.

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  15. Unknown19 January 2014 at 19:18

    What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV?
    I like tennis and I watch on TV, for me it's very intresting. Couple years ago I was totally football fan. I still like to watch matches but I don't watch them so often.
    Who is your favourite sportsman?
    I like tennis players - Agnieszka Radwańska, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
    What is the importance of sports in life?
    Sport isn't very important in my life.

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  16. Unknown19 January 2014 at 21:47

    I like tennis but I don't play it. I watch it on TV. My favourite sport is ski running because my best sportswoman is Juztyna Kowalczyk. She is the best because she work really hard. I also like footballers ( for example Marco Reus) and tennis players ( for example Agnieszka Radwańska). Unfortunately sport isn't big part of my life but I want to change it.

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  17. KubaF19 January 2014 at 21:53

    1. What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV?
    Generally, I am the big fan of sport so I like many kind of sports. I regularly watch football and volleyball matches, Formula One races, sometimes tennis and ski jumping. I don't like some types of athletic disciplines.
    2. Who is your favourite sportsman?
    Now, for me favourite sportsman is Robert Kubica. He is very talented driver, but first of all is very determined and ambitious. After his a terrible accident, after which he could lose his life, Kubica arose like a phoenix from the ashes and won the title in The World Race Championships 2, and became a man of a year FIA organization for a yaer 2013. He can be an example for many people.
    3. What is the importance of sports in life?
    I think sport teach us consequently, perseverance and self-discipline. Thanks to doing some sport, we aren't only in better shape, but we become better people.

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  18. Unknown19 January 2014 at 23:34

    I have three favourite disciplines of sport – boxing, cycling and ski jumping and I regularly watch each of them on TV and read about them a lot in Internet. It’s very hard for me to pick out my favourite one but I like boxer Floyd Mayweather (the best boxer in the world) and cyclist Alberto Contador (won Le Tour de France a few times).
    Sports are very important nowadays because it’s a way of rivalry in peaceful conditions. Once people were killing other people to prove that they are better and nowadays they just want to show the audience that they are better sportsmen than others.

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  19. Donka19 January 2014 at 23:53

    1. What is your favourite sport? Do you watch it on TV?
    My favourite sport is running but I don't watch it on TV. In fact practising it is okey, but watching it on TV could be extremely boring.
    2. Who is your favourite sportsman?
    My favourite sportsman is, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo ;p
    3. What is the importance of sports in life?
    Healthy. A way to reduce the level of stress. Feeling well. Lots of profits.

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