Sport in Chile conditions for winter sports, Chile has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, taking place in Sochi, Russia, Chile will be represented by Noelle Barahona, Eugenio Claro and Henrick Von Appen in the Alpine skiing; Dominique Ohaco (Slopestyle) in the Freestyle skiing and Yonathan Fernández in the Cross-country skiing. Sport in Chile Sports in Chile are performed at both amateur and professional levels, practiced both at home and abroad to develop and improve, or simply represent the country. Football is the most popular sport in Chile, and is played for a range of reasons.
Sport in the Cook Islands similar to the sport of Samoan cricket or kirikiti). Most villages have teams and they compete in a league, following the end of the soccer season. It is popular among the older generation. Women's netball is a very popular sport in the Cook Islands, and the country has one of the world's top 10 teams, which competed in the 2007 Netball World Cup. Sport in the Cook Islands Rugby league is the most popular sport in the Cook Islands, with soccer and rugby union as the next most popular/played sports. In September 2009, the country hosted the 2009 Pacific Mini