Sports

Argentina is one of the most popular South American’s countries because of its first-rate sportsmen and women.
The most important sport is football. The Argentina National Football has won two football World Championships, an Olympic Gold medal, 14 South American Championships, one Confederation Cup and 6 Youth World Champions Cups. Football has its own celebrities, including Diego Maradona.
Basketball is also a very popular sport in Argentina, the Argentine Basketball team also won the Olympic Gold medal in 2004, and one of its personalities is Emanuel Ginobili.

Football
Football in Argentina is part of our country’s culture. That sport is played all over the country by most boys everywhere and by grown-ups in the indoor football fields that can be found almost everywhere. Argentina has won many Championships including World Cups and Olympic gold medals.

Basketball
Basketball is also a very popular sport. Argentina won the first World Championship in 1950; the sport gained country-wide popularity after Argentine National Team’s successes of the 2000.

Rugby
Rugby in Argentina is still largely amateur, however, there are many professional players. The Rugby Argentine National Team, popularly known as Los Pumas, has proven itself capable of scaring and more than occasionally defeating rugby giants.
Probably the best known players are Hugo Porta, current Pumas captain Agustin Pichot and current coach and former player Marcelo Loffreda.

Tennis
Tennis has become since the 1970s with Guillermo Vilos and later with Gabriela Sabatini in the 1980s, quite popular among people of all ages. Argentina won the World Team Cup three times.

Field hockey
The Hockey National Team, popularly known as Las Leonas, conquered the World Hockey Cup in 2002 and the Olympic Silver medal in 2000. The men’s team hasn’t been able to win any international tournament, except for the Pan American Games in 1971 and 2003

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