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Old 08-22-2014, 05:25 AM
 
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The most popular team sport in Australia is football…Australian rules football. Outside Australia its pretty much confined to countries in the South West Pacific, so it’s not going to threaten soccer globally any time soon. But that hasn’t dimmed enthusiasm for it locally.

So what sports are there, well known or not, even quirky and obscure, that originated or evolved into a distinct variation of another sport, in your country?
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Old 08-22-2014, 05:29 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Well, hockey, obviously. Also Lacrosse.

I've read that American football, is a modified version of Canadian football, which was a modified version of British rugby.



Um...Ringette.....and .....5 pin bowling?
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Old 08-22-2014, 06:02 AM
 
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i've read that american football, is a modified version of canadian football, which was a modified version of british rugby.

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Old 08-22-2014, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Scotland
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Scotland - rugby 7s, golf, curling, first international, and first league system, highland games.

And of course ''organised'' football/soccer

BBC News - Scottish football 'more than 500 years old'
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Old 08-22-2014, 09:27 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Finnish baseball - the most boring rednecky sport ever invented. It's boring to play and watch. And the guy who invented it was a nazi.
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Old 08-22-2014, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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Finnish baseball - the most boring rednecky sport ever invented. It's boring to play and watch. And the guy who invented it was a nazi.
I've always wondered... was it actually inspired by baseball at all or by cricket or was it thought up independently?
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Old 08-22-2014, 09:42 AM
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Location: Surrey/London
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Football, cricket, rugby, rounders, baseball, tennis, table tennis, golf, countless others.
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Old 08-22-2014, 09:46 AM
 
Location: Finland
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I've always wondered... was it actually inspired by baseball at all or by cricket or was it thought up independently?
Yes, it was inspired by baseball and the "kingball" game played here in the late 1800's (a similar game). Some traces can be found into cricket learned from English sailors.

Nowadays it's only big in a few rural communes. Of the 20 largest cities in Finland only two (Jyväskylä and Seinäjoki) have a representant in the National League.
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Old 08-22-2014, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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Yes, it was inspired by baseball and the "kingball" game played here in the late 1800's (a similar game). Some traces can be found into cricket learned from English sailors.

Nowadays it's only big in a few rural communes. Of the 20 largest cities in Finland only two (Jyväskylä and Seinäjoki) have a representant in the National League.
Sounds like a big decline in popularity...
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Old 08-22-2014, 09:49 AM
 
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Baseball!
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