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The Premier League. Association football is the most popular sport in almost all countries of Europe. European national teams have won 12 of 22 editions of the FIFA World Cup. Italy and Germany have won four titles each, followed by France with two titles and England and Spain, which each won the World Cup once.
Historical European martial arts. The first page of the Codex Wallerstein shows the typical arms of 15th-century individual combat, including the longsword, rondel dagger, messer, sword -and- buckler, voulge, pollaxe, spear, and staff. Historical European martial arts (HEMA) are martial arts of European origin, particularly using arts formerly ...
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Tennis is the second most popular French sport in terms of the number of licensed players with 1,111,316 licensed tennis players in France (2012). France holds the tennis Grand Slam tournament Roland Garros. Some current French high-level players include Gaël Monfils, Richard Gasquet, Lucas Pouille, Caroline Garcia, Alizé Cornet, and Kristina ...
Gaelic games are present across the world. This sign in Sorrento, Italy, advertises that Gaelic games are shown in the bar. Gaelic games (Irish: Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders.
This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total. Esports in Europe (16 C) Sport in Europe by country (98 C) Sport in Europe by sport (52 C) Sport in Europe by region (7 C) European people in sports (60 C)
The most popular sport in Italy is football. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Italy's national football team is one of the world's most successful teams with four FIFA World Cup victories (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006) and two UEFA Euro victories (1968 and 2021). [ 3 ] Italian clubs have won 48 major European trophies, making Italy the second most successful country in ...
Cricket in Europe by country (31 C) Cue sports in Europe by country (15 C) Cycle racing in Europe by country (48 C) Equestrian sports in Europe by country (36 C) Field hockey in Europe by country (34 C) Floorball in Europe by country (15 C) Golf in Europe by country (32 C)