Sport in Africa as soccer) is the most popular sport in almost all African countries. African club teams compete in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. African national teams compete in the Africa Cup of Nations and also in the African Nations Championship for local teams. Ice hockey is a minority sport in Africa, in which only a handful of African countries participate. Rugby union is popular in South Africa and other countries as Morocco, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast. The major competition in the continent is the Africa Cup that contains the teams in the first level of African rugby,
Sport in Thailand Sport in Thailand This article presents an overview of the Sports in Thailand. Football has possibly overtaken Muayma Thai as the most widely followed sport in contemporary Thai society. Thailand national football team has played the AFC Asian Cup six times and reached the semifinals in 1972. The country has hosted the Asian Cup twice, in 1972 and in 2007. The 2007 edition was co-hosted together with Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. It is not uncommon to see Thais cheering their favouirite English Premier League teams on television and walking around in replica kit. Another widely enjoyed pastime, and once a