is melbourne australia the sporting capital of the world

I dont think so mate New York city London 1a 1b not to forget Manchester Liverpool Madrid and there football teams

Toronto is the hockey capital of the Universe dont ya know even thought the Leafs have won nothing since 1967 41 years without a championship most of those years not even getting on into the playoffs but hey they are the Leafs of Toronto and the building is till packed even with a bunch of losers playing go figure sports crazies lol

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melbourne has f1-cars and bikes aussie open tennis grand slam we are the home of aussie rules football melbourne cup horse racing biggest race in oz

I know mate Sydney and Melbourne are on my visit list soon I as I have 10000 bucks I dont need lol London has tennis track and field football and cricket and some hockey it is hard to compare seperate Cities and countries for that matter because each city or country has its own sporting events the Germans have skiing hockey football track and swimming although I will give you the fact that downunder produces more swimmers and better swimmers. I think if anyone else answers us in this thread each will have reasons of their own for there city or country

cheers mate

yeah you have a point but it is good to hear what other people think get a bit of feedback

me I love Australian rules football they are mental cases who play that game there are no rules lol and it is a dirty sport with hard tackles and mean hits gotta love the mentally disturbed lol

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greatest game on earth do you follow anybody

no we dont get to see it a lot over here the odd time the put a game on at 4 am and if I am awake I will watch it

I would say Melbourne actually. They have pulled 100,000 crowds to soccer, afl, cricket, rugby, the games for a city of 3-4 million that is 1 in 30-40 going

you said it

you jest captsheridan of course. Aussie rules having hard tackles? hah! a mob of ballet dancers the lot of em.
If you want to see hard tackles have a look at a game played by real men, namely rugby league.

*paddedbag hides*

yep the only game you have to go backwards to go forwards makes sense LOL

I rather watch union than league but afl is where its at

I am not very interested in football but it must be the top sport in the whole world. Most of the best teams in the world are in the UK. I must admit that Australia is a great sporting nation - but not at football.

I would have to agree with mekon, it probably started from the UK. Historians aside the Brits made it a Gentlemans game. Generally a honourable sport on the field anyways, not so much with the unruly fans of the last 15 years.

@mekon

we did make it to the finals of the last world cup

@Fozzy your a bit off base with you unruly fans of the last 15 years comment, you would be more accurate to have said unruly fans of 25yrs ago! 99% of fans over here are fairly well behaved,its not perfect, but probably never will be.

Nagila Romeo53

and fine results against the best opposition it took to get there. lol.

How long before they came home again?

Never mind I acknowledge that in most sports Oz rules or is in the top 5.


AHFA

It would appear the U.S. is the sporting capital of the whole world if the world series baseball is to be used as an example. This is surely U.S. self importance at it's most galling!

nagila quark

yeah we do love sports and for a country of 20 million we don't do bad on the world stage at most sports


AHFA

ohhh but what happened at the cricket....

we lost for a change you do get sick of winning all the time

but not 2 times... and gilly.. I think he did too much the other day!!

maybe he's to old lol

they better kick em next time in Brizzy.. The best dont like being over run by imports

it's a nothing series anyway if we win we win with we don't who cares

Geezz I am glad you aren't the motivational coach romeo lol
Having a bad day?
I will just have to care for you if we win or lose. C'mon aussies!

@padded

yeah but what does it mean nothing

In the big scheme of things probably not.

In was good to see Tendulkar get his first 100 in a one day match in Australia, amazing to think he has never done it before.

one of the best of all time players

@gedmen,
We pride ourselves no more than you folks from the UK or Australia.Self importance is not our motivation,good sportsmanship is.
My goodness,I'm the only American to have commented on this page.America and Japan are the only countries that play baseball that I know of.I'm sure Abner Doubleday would turn over in his grave if the UK ever brought itself to play American baseball.

@nogds9 sorry bud,I thought the forum had gone a bit flat the last few days so I thought I'd spice things up by 'throwing a curve ball' into the mix, no great offence was intended.
Do the U.S. Canada & Japan ever compete against each other in a 'world series' or the like?

@gedmen,
none taken,just thought I'd speak up for the Americans.
I didn't know Canada played baseball,they've got some damn good football.I think there have been all star games between Japan and Americans.To bad there isn't a real World Championship.Would love to see the Britt's play.
Personally I like lacrosse and enjoy Aussie rules football,when I can get it.Peace man.

@nogsds9 you forgot to mention Cuba they have some awesome players and there are a lot more coming from just north of the 49th some who have been mvps of their league