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Sport in Uzbekistan
Sports, recreation and tourism in Uzbekistan - participation in sports tours and events, visiting unique natural places, combining with great rest. Learn about the organization and conduct of local sports competitions in Uzbekistan. Interesting events from the world of professional and amateur sports: kinds of sports, sports blog, sports recreation, sports news, top 10 most popular sports in Uzbekistan. Uzbek people were known for their strong wrestlers, called palvans. They participated in the formation of Uzbek national sports. Among them are: turon, boyqurgan, kurash and belbogi kurash.
With independence of Uzbekistan, a lot of opportunities for further development of above mentioned national sports opened. Uzbekistan was able to share its sports with the rest of the world. Every country has its own national sports. For example, in Japan they are: karate, judo and sumo. In Korea they are: sirim and taekwondo.
China is famous for its wu-shu and in USA originated popular in the world basketball and baseball. In case of Uzbekistan there are national sports such as: boyqurgan, turon, kurash and belbogli kurash. These types of Uzbek sports are now popular not only in Uzbekistan, but internationally. Significant role played inclusion of these sports in the program of Asian Games. From that time, they became known in other countries. 
Out of all Uzbek national sports the most popular is kurash. There is International Kurash Association and local Kurash Federations in about 50 countries worldwide. Starting from 1999, a series of kurash world championships were held. Recently kurash was considered to be included in the program of Olympic Games.
American Sports and Games
Americans pay much attention to physical fitness and have traditionally done well in many kinds of sports. There is a large choice of sports in America. People participate in swimming, skating, squash and badminton, tennis, marathons, track-and-field, bowling, archery, skiing, etc. This can be explained by the size and variety of the country. Another reason for the popularity of sports in America is the love of Americans to competition of any kind. One more reason is that Americans use sports activities for teaching social values, such as teamwork and sportsmanship.
The top four sports in America are American in origin: football, baseball (often called 'the National Pastime'), auto-racing (especially NASCAR), and basketball. Soccer is not as popular in the US as in most other countries, but the US did host the World Cup in 1994. Soccer continues to grow in the US, and is currently one of the most played sports amongst youth. Ice hockey is also popular. The United States became the centre of the two most popular Western combat sports— boxing and wrestling. The United States has produced many champion boxers. The United States created the three popular board-based recreational sports — surfboarding, skateboarding and snowboarding. National competitions are held in all three; snowboarding is included in the Olympic Games. Triathlon, which includes swimming, bicycle-racing and long distance running, has been invented in America, too.
There are sports facilities in every school. American college sports are nearly as popular as professional sports, particularly college football and college basketball. American colleges often support sports programs, including track-and-field, water polo, football and baseball. Every high school offers its students many sports, such as wrestling, rowing, tennis and golf. There are no universities for sports in the USA, but students of any higher educational establishment are trained in different kinds of sports. Many universities are famous for their sports clubs.
Indeed, sport is a part of life of an average American.