Sport in Ireland were scrapped in 2009 after opposition from unionists and soccer fans. The Ireland national cricket team play One Day Internationals at Stormont in Belfast and at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. Ireland also plays Intercontinental Cup matches at the Woodvale Road ground, and has played test cricket at Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. Sport in Ireland Sport in Ireland plays an important role in Irish society. The many sports played and followed in Ireland include association football, Gaelic games (including Gaelic football, hurling and camogie), horse racing, show jumping, greyhound racing, basketball, fishing, handball, motor sport, boxing,
Sport in Vanuatu successful Vanuatu Bid to host the 2017 Pacific Games and is currently working with the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for the establishment of the Melanesian Games in the near future. Cricket is also become very popular in Vanuatu from last decades. Vanuatu National Cricket team is associate member of International Cricket Council of ICC East Asia - Pacific region. Vanuatu has been runners up of ICC East Asia Pacific (EAP) cup against Papua New Guinea. Sport in Vanuatu Sports in Vanuatu are played throughout the country. Association football was and is the most popular sport in the country. In 1988,