Sport in the Falkland Islands Sport in the Falkland Islands Sport in the Falkland Islands is restricted by the islands' low, and generally scattered, population. Nonetheless, it has been able to send teams to the Commonwealth Games, and the Island Games. The islands have produced one sportsman of note, Louis Baillon, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in the field hockey team. Race meetings are held from time to time, especially as many islanders still own horses. A wide variety of sports are played in the Falkland Islands including: rugby union , Badminton, Clay pigeon, darts, karate, marathon, golf, field hockey, netball, yachting, squash,
Sport by the Whole Wide World From the Bottom of the Heart" were awarded people who showed courage and heroism while rescuing passengers of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which had more than 100 Russian tourists on board. They are: Deputy Mayor of Isola del Giglio Mario Pellegrini and Isola del Giglio's Port Official Giovanni Rossi. The next upcoming festival is to be held in Taganrog on August 31, 2013. Among the famous presenters of the awards in 2012 were: Nikolai Valuev, Natascha Ragosina, Svetlana Zhurova, Riccardo Fogli, Sergei Trofimov, Uliana Donskova, Tatiana Gorbunova. Sport by the Whole Wide World Sport by the Whole Wide World