Spain is a sports country and speaking of Spanish sports, of course, first of all we remember football - the Real Madrid and Barcelona clubs are known today even to those who do not consider themselves a fan of this sports game.
The Spaniards themselves are just crazy about football. A quarter of a million people visit the games of the best sports clubs every week. The largest European stadium, the Nou Camp, is located in Spain. Today as part of Spanish clubs best players the world, which, at times with crazy fanaticism, is followed by the whole world.
Photo: The favorite sport of the Spaniards is football The second most popular sport in the country is basketball, with its own national sports league of eighteen teams. The most successful "Real" and "Barcelona", teams from the same clubs as football of the same name. And at the 2006 World Championship, the national team of the country won.
Photo: Basketball is the second most popular sport in Spain. Cycling is also popular, mainly due to the annual Vuelta Spain, a cycling race, as part of one of the three grand tours of Europe.
Photo: Spaniards also love cycling The Spanish national bullfight, which causes quite a lot of controversy today, deserves special attention. It is difficult to call it a sport; rather, it is an art, a spectacle. And pretty tough. What causes protest among animal advocates. There is no exact answer about the origin of bullfighting. Some believe that this is a Roman warming up of the audience before gladiatorial battles, others believe that bullfighting came from the Moors, because the stabbing of a bull with a lance was part of their rite. But what is known for sure is the time of the bullfight: every Sunday from March to October you can see this bloody spectacle.
Photo: Bullfighting in Spain The Spaniards also love golf. The number of sites for this game is constantly growing in the country, mainly due to the British living in the country.
Photo: Spaniards love to play golf And, of course, it is worth highlighting the Basque sports:
A pilot, reminiscent of a very fast squash, where you don't use rackets, but play with your hands. The game consists in tossing a leather ball and in different modifications they use different methods for hitting.
Games related to rural life and labor: a competition in the felling of a tree, tug of war, lifting stones, throwing sheaves and even ram fights.