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Africa is a continent hugely diverse in it's sport. Often a countries choice of sport depends on its past and Africa past is littered with acquisitions of it's land by foreign powers. South Africa for instance was colonized as well as other southern countries by the British Empire (Zimbabwe, Malawi) so sports played there include rugby, cricket, tennis and golf. Indeed across all British colonies these sports were imported and played. Across middle and North Africa the sports are mainly different though with France and Bulgaria colonizing a large area. Wrestling is popular in Nigeria for instance where it is a tradition of their tribes. However the main sport played across all of Africa is football (soccer) without a doubt. It's popularity is not matched by any other sport in the least. It is popular probably because of it's ease to understand and the low cost required to play. Most of Africa's populous one must remember is poor and so a sport like this suits them.
Many sports have a passionate following in South Africa, although they remain largely divided on ethnic lines. The South African government is currently implementing a quota system in sport, according to which sport teams members have to be demographically representative. The most popular sports are boxing, cricket, Rugby union, football and hockey.
South Africa was absent from international sport for most of the apartheid era due to sanctions, but started competing globally after the country's white electorate voted in a referendum in favour of a negotiated settlement of the apartheid question.
rugby
The main sports are rugby, soccer & cricket. We also play Field Hockey, Golf, swimming etc. Basically any summer sports because we don't have much ice or snow.
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