People are crowding into the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Banners are flying. Flags are waving. Everyone is talking at once.
Th calico champions from Rome and Milan are about to meet. Calico is the Italian name for soccer. Every Sunday, from October to May, teams from big Italian cities play one another.
“Evviva!” (Hurrah!) A great roar echoes through the stadium as the game begins. Soccer is the favourite sport in Italy, and probably throughout the world. In many countries in Europe, South America, and Asia, soccer is the national game.
In Canada, ice hockey is the national sport. This game was first played on Canada’s frozen lakes and ponds. Now, hockey is popular in western Europe, Russia, the U.S.A., and Japan.
Cricket, the United Kingdom’s favourite summer sport, is also popular in Australia, the West Indies, and Pakistan.
Americans play all kinds of ball games, such as football, baseball, and basketball. American children love to roller-skate and ride bikes. In Japan, the favourites are volleyball, baseball, and table tennis. Very large wrestlers compete in sumo wrestling, another popular sport in Japan.
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