Sport in Mexico Sport in Mexico The most popular sport in Mexico is association football, followed by boxing. However, there are regional variations: for example, baseball is the most popular sport in the northwest and the southeast of the country. Basketball, American football and bull riding (called "") are also popular. Mexico City hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first time that the event was held in Latin America. Since then, the only edition of the Olympic Games held in the region was in 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes
Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games injury, Kariniauskas qualified into the final roster. Lithuania was drawn into the Group B. "All times are local (UTC−3)." Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in 2016 Olympic Games. On June 8, the twenty candidates list was published, who were invited to the training camp. The list surprisingly did not included last year European vice-champion Lukas Lekavičius. On July 16, the final Olympic roster was announced, however two of the last candidates: Artūras Milaknis and Vaidas Kariniauskas had to remain with the national team till