Wikipedia: National sport

National sport
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Several countries have either official or unofficial national sports. Many countries have a traditional or official national sport that differs from the one that is currently the most popular. Other countries have no clear national sport, with many that are popular.

List of Countries' National Sports

Afghanistan - Buzkashi
Argentina - football
Austria - skiing
Barbados - cricket
Belgium - football
Bhutan - archery
Brazil - football
Canada - lacrosse is the official summer sport and ice hockey is the offical winter sport, but hockey is by far the sport most closely followed, and most closely linked to national pride.
China - table tennis
Cuba - baseball
Dominican Republic - baseball
Estonia - basketball
Fiji - rugby
Gambia - wrestling
Hong Kong - Dragon boat racing
Iceland - glima
India - field hockey is the official sport, but cricket is the most popular
Iran - wrestling
Ireland - hurling & Gaelic football
Italy - football
Japan - sumo wrestling is traditionally viewed as Japan's national sport, but baseball is today more popular, and football is rapidly increasing in popularity
Korea - Tae kwon do, but StarCraft has sometimes sarcastically been refered to as the national sport
Lithuania - basketball
Mexico - Charrería
Nauru - Australian rules football
New Zealand - rugby
Norway - Skiing
Philippines - basketball
Russia - Sambo
Samoa - rugby
- Note: In American Samoa, American football is more popular.
Soviet Union - chess
South Africa - football has historically been most popular with blacks, rugby with Afrikaners, and cricket with British-descended whites
Spain - bull fighting is traditional, but football is the most popular
Thailand - Muay thai
Tonga - rugby
Turkey - kirkpinar, but football is the most popular
United Arab Emirates - Camel racing is traditional, but football is the most popular
United States - baseball is generally named as the "the American national pastime"
Uzbekistan - Kurash
Venezuela - baseball
Wales - rugby