Sport in South America

Sport in South America

There are a wide range of sports played in the continent of South America, the most popular being Football.

Other popular sports include Basketball, Tennis, Golf Volleyball, Hockey Beach Volleyball and Motor sports.

Football

South American nations have regularly performed well in football competitions, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina have all won the World Cup on at least 2 occasions. [ [http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/winners.htm World Cup Football winners list for every year ] ] The South American teams have won more World Cups than the rest of the nations on earth combined.

South America is home to the longest running international football tournament; Copa América which has been regularly contested since 1916. The continent has produced many of the most famous and most talented players including Pelé, Diego Maradona and Alfredo Di Stéfano.

Basketball

Basketball is particularly popular in Argentina, one of the most important achievements was Argentinas gold medal in the Mens Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Motor Sports

The continent has produced two of the most famous Formula One Grand Prix drivers Ayrton Senna of Brazil and Juan Fangio of Argentina. Brazil has hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix every year since 1973 and Argentina has hosted Formula One on 21 occasions.

In World Rally Championships Argentina has hosted the Rally Argentina since 1980.

Rugby Union

Rugby is becoming more popular in South America, following the recent successes of Argentina in recent Rugby World Cups the popularity of the game has spread across the continent. Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Peru all having Rugby federations. [ [http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/rugby/Rugby_in_South_America.htm Rugby in South America ] ]

Tennis

South America has produced a number of talented Tennis players such as 4 times grand slam winner Guillermo Vilas, US Open winner Gabriela Sabatini, 2004 French Open winner Gaston Gaudio and double Olympic Gold medalist Nicolás Massú.

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