Sport in Asturias Asturias abroad and the sport in the region. Sport in Asturias Sport in Asturias has always been dominated by football. Other popular sport activities include basketball, cycling, handball, volleyball, roller hockey and rugby union. Asturias has also hosted a number of international events such as group stage games during the 1982 FIFA World Cup, series of the Davis Cup World Group, international roller hockey competitions, several cycling states of La Vuelta and several matches of the Spanish national football team. Asturias is also famous for several traditional sports, being the bowling the most important one. Association football is the most
Sport in Astana Skating World Cup. The President's Cup tennis tournament annually held at the National Tennis Center Daulet. In 2014, Astana will open the National Paralympics Training Center for paralympic athletes in Kazakhstan. Although bandy is the only team sport in which Kazakhstan has brought home World Championship medals, it has just started to be played again in Astana. The city has organised both national championships for youth in rink bandy and in regular bandy for adults. After having been based in both Almaty and Oral, the seat of Kazakhstan Bandy Federation is now the in capital. Sport in Astana Astana is