Puerto Rico

Sports

Baseball is very popular in Puerto Rico. There is a 6-team professional winter league, in which many ball players from American and National league teams participate. There were 50 games played in the league's six ballparks in 2002. Horse racing, cockfighting, boxing, and basketball are also popular. Puerto Rico, which has its own Olympic Committee, sent a delegation to the 1980 Olympics in Moscow despite the US boycott. Other annual sporting events include the Copa Velasco Regatta, the first leg of the Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle, and the International Billfish Tournament in San Juan.