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    LP Soldier 01

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    What are some of your favourite sports and what players/teams are you fans of?

    For me:
    Football
    Players: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Sporting CP/Manchester United/Real Madrid); Luís Figo (Portugal/retired), Gelson Martins (Portugal/Sporting CP); Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/PSG/Mancheser United/others), Gareth Bale (Wales/Tottenham/Real Madrid)
    Teams: Sporting CP (Portugal), Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester United (England)

    Basketball
    Plauers: Steph Curry (USA/GSW); Klay Thompson (USA/GSW); Draymond Green (USA/GSW), Kevin Durant/OKC/GSW), Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat)
    Teams: Real Madrid Basket (Spain); Golden State Warriors (NBA)

    Tennis
    Players: Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Roger Federer (Switzerland), stan Wawrinka (Switzerland), Nick Kyrgios (Australia), Maria Sharapova (Russia) Martina Hingis (Switzerland), Simona Halep (Romania)

    Cycling
    Riders: Rui Costa (Portugal), Nairo Quintana (Colombia), Alejandro Valverde (Spain), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)

    Swimming
    Michael Phelps (USA), Ryan Lochte (USA), Katie Ledecky (USA), Katinka Hosszu (Hungary)

    Alpine Skiing
    Marcel Hirscher (Austria), Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway), Anna Fenninger (Austria), Lindsey Vonn (USA), Tina Maze (Slovenia)

    Athletics
    Dafne Schippers (100/200m/Netherlands), Usain Bolt (100/200m/Jamaica), Nelson Évora (triple jump/Portugal), Mo Farah (10000 meters/Great Britain), Renaud Lavillenie (Pole Vault/France)

    Ski Jumping
    Gregor Schlierenzauer (Austria), Peter Prevc (Slovenia), Stefan Kraft (Austria)

    Snooker
    Ronny O´Sullivan (England), Neil Roberts (Australia) Mark Selby (England), Shaun Murphy (England)
     
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    brady

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    I like to play soccer... yeah that's about it
     
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    Sasuke

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    I'm a huge sports fan. I love to watch Football, Athletics, Swimming, Cycling, Track Cycling etc... also winter sports, it's really fun.
    Actually Football is the only commercialized sport that I like (parallel to my music taste btw :kappa:).
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    brady

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    Not wrong where I'm from
     
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    TobinKnowsBest

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    It makes me laugh when English people get annoyed at the word 'soccer' getting used instead of 'football'....when the word soccer originated from England :lol:
     
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    LP Soldier 01

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    The word soccer is more used in America and Down Under, right?
    In Europe I´ve always heard the word football. What Americans consider Football for us europeans is American Football and Soccer is Football.
     
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    TobinKnowsBest

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    They say it because they already have American Football and Australian Football. Some people struggle to grasp this and actually get triggered by it :lol:
     
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    LP Soldier 01

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    I know, I don´t like American Football, but I enjoy waking up early in the morning, tune in to Eurosport and watch a good AFL match. The Aussies just invented some good stuff.
     
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    Jesse

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    I have no interest in sports.
     
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    Michele

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    Football (the one and only where you kick the ball with your foot)
    Teams:

    Germany: Borussia Dortmund
    England: Liverpool // Newcastle
    Italy: SSC NAPOLI

    Players: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) // Marek Hamsik (SSC Napoli) // Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) // Edinson Cavani (PSG)
     
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    Sonic

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    Racing.
    Football.
    Wrestling.
     
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    TobinKnowsBest

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    Are Newcastle on there because of me :cry::buddies:
     
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    Michele

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    Because of you and Benitez :p
     
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    StrictlyJohnD

    StrictlyJohnD Go Texans & Rockets!

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    As you can see below my handle, I'm a fan of the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets.

    What about the Astros? Not a fan though I think it's cool that they're kicking ass.
     

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