Competition field

The World of Sports

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February 4th 2008
It was hard adjusting to life without the Red Sox, the Patriots, and all of the other American sports we’re used to watching. And even harder without enjoying a few brewskies with our buddies. Here, the main sports are rugby and cricket. They have this weird variation called GridIron- it’s like 3 rugby games being played on fields that all intersect in the middle, like a star. We never ma ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more