Argentina+Sports

=Argentina sports= =By Gabe B & Anthony M=

In Argentina there are many sports played. USA and Argentina have a lot of sports in common and we actually play them a lot too. But some of them have different names like soccer in in Argentina is called Futbol. Some of the most popular sports are rugby, soccer, golf, rowing sailing, cycling, Martial arts, Bowls, Volley Ball, swimming, and spear fishing.

In Argentina they have an excellent soccer team. They have only one won world cup which shouldn't have counted since it was a handball in the box. People refer to this as the "hand of god".

Another very popular sport in Argentina is Polo, they won the first Olympic gold metal in 1924.Polo is played by teams of four on horseback. Players use long wooden mallets to hit a wooden ball the size of a tennis ball towards a goal at the other ends of the field.



Here is a video of the soccer star on the Argentina soccer team Lionel Messi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR2zbvv-OYM





Another popular sport in Argentina is snowboarding. There are many different mountains to go to in Argentina like Cicero Castor. The picture above shows one of the professional snowboarders from Argentina her name is Jenny Jones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYfoYA1rrc