What sport should be left out of the Olympics?

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  1. FEND.

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    GAHHH It's the ASHES SEASON!! BRING ON THE POMS!!! <--- this has been going on for a few weeks already. No offense intended to the UK members who are passionate england supporters. I am neutral on cricket but my aussie mates have been going on like this for the past few weeks.
     
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    don't worry, it's almost over :crying:
     
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    I think they should add underwater basketweaving. :D :p
     
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    True, very tactical, but I find it quite slow-paced, and with the recent controversies in US baseball, it's getting worse and worse. Furthermore, the players aren't in action most of the time, save the pitcher and catcher, and games are typically 3 hours (2 hours is short, 5+ is long, have had some 20+ inning games before!). People have actually gone to baseball games and fallen asleep from the long game time and late time that it reaches...


    I've actually never seen that before, but my old metals teacher was always joking about that: "Can't do metals? What are you going to do then? Ethopian Underwater Basketweaving?" Have you ever seen it before? I guess they could make it more brutal, like polo, with all of its underwater savagery.
     
  5. **KZ**

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    haha....wat the hell.....weaving baskets underwater and see who weaves the most complete basket before he/she runs out of breath?
     
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    i really dont care what sports are in the olympics as long as badminton is one of the more prominent ones!
     
  7. **KZ**

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    that's bcos maybe ur country actually win medals in the OG.....while M'sia...:eek:
    so please IOC....put squash in.....
     
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    Well the only chant to be heard now is.. "WARNEYYY, WARNEYYY!!!" And after what has happened I think Shane Warne delivers when it really counts!! He deserves utmost respect despite his 'off-field activities.'
     
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    it is now (completely, well and truly)
     
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    gold is like hitting a ball and walking after it then hitting it again and walking after it.
    although golf is a game of precision i personally think that the pace is just way too ******* slow to create any excitement
     
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    the richie riches' love it....it's a boring sport....really boring...maybe the rich are too soft for more grueling sports:)
     
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    I find golf actually pretty entertaining to be honest. But it isn't the kind of sport made for the olympics truth be told. In retrospect, I would think something like the Cybersports where people compete over games like counterstrike, warcraft and so forth deserve sports in the olympics.
     
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    squash isnt in the olympics? i say it shld. haha. a tough sport. i know this is out of topic but i think sepak takraw should be in. =P chess out. ahaha
     
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    Since we are on cricket....

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    Wednesday December 6, 2006

    Princess in the house, Thai royal takes up residence in Athletes Village
    DOHA, Qatar (AP): Thailand's Princess Sirivannavarinariratana is not alone among royalty at the Asian Games.
    She is, however, the only one who took up residence at the Athletes Village.
    "It feels good that I can develop some new relationships with the other athletes,'' said the 19-year-old badminton player. "If I am not participating I will be there cheering for my team at other sports, particularly boxing.''
    The Thai princess said her Athletes Village experience is easy to deal with: "I know when I have to be a player and when I've got to be a princess.''
    She won her first gold at the Southeast Asian Games last year in Manila.
    The United Arab Emirates has eight members of Dubai's royal family in its delegation, represented in equestrian endurance, show jumping and karate. Bahrain has two sons of the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain in equestrian endurance, an event that attracted four royal members of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    The captain of Qatar's endurance team is Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who rode one of his Arabian horses up a steep ramp at the opening ceremonies to light the games' flame.
    SINGLES MINDED: Olympic badminton champion Taufik Hidayat has lost twice in Doha to No. 1-ranked Lin Dan.
    Now he's getting serious. He wants to cap a year in which he was honored as Indonesia's top sportsman with another gold medal. "This is my last Asian Games. That's why my personal target is to get the gold medal,'' said Hidayat, the defending Asian Games titlist and world championship winner in 2005.
    He lost twice to Lin in the team event, giving their rivalry on and off court growing media attention. So what are his chances in the singles? "I don't know. I wish I could beat him.'' Hidayat opened his singles campaign with a 21-18, 21-13 win over Noang Hai Nguyen of Vietnam.
    HOCKEY ODYSSEY: Kim Sang-ryul went to an Indian academy to learn the rudiments of the game in which India has won eight Olympic gold medals and remained unbeaten in six Olympics between 1928 and 1956.
    Kim then went back to impart the skills to a small crowd pursuing field hockey in his native South Korea.
    Kim's team tested its mettle in tournaments against subcontinental hockey powers India and Pakistan, which often suffered defeats against the fast-paced South Koreans. The student taught a thing or two to his erstwhile teachers. Now he's doing it again, this time with China.
    After taking South Korea's men to the 2000 Olympic final in Sydney, and a stint with the national women's outfit, Kim took up an assignment to prepare the Chinese men's team for the Beijing Olympic Games.
    The young team Tuesday pulled off the biggest victory in China's field hockey history when it stunned India 3-2 in the preliminary round, boosting the Chinese hopes of making their maiden appearance in the Asian Games semifinals. "China's got a good bunch of players, all it needed was a victory like this to boost their confidence,'' says Kim. Kim's knowledge of India' hockey tactics, and its shaky defense, came handy as China stoutly defended its first-half lead.

    IS IT CRICKET?: Cricket may soon find a place in the Asian Games, not surprisingly at the request of the subcontinental nations.
    Doha Asian Games organizers failed to convince the Asian Cricket Council to bring the game into the 2006 event, but the Olympic Council of Asia is hopeful of adding cricket to the quadrennial games in 2010.
    Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, OCA's president, says it would be wonderful to have India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka competing in the Asian Games cricket competition in future.
    Cricket last featured as a medal sport in a multiple-sports events during the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but most countries showed no enthusiasm in fielding their best lineups.
    Top-ranked Australia sent its best team, which suffered a batting collapse in the final that it lost to the Shaun Pollock-led South Africa. India and Pakistan did not include all top stars in their teams, while England simply did not field a side because the Commonwealth Games clashed with the County competitions.
    The Commonwealth Games Federation then dropped cricket from subsequent games. Cricket was also a medal sport in the 1900 Paris Olympics, when Britain beat France.
     
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    well yonex makes golf stuff lol
     
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    erm....actually i think so too....both of these sports are pretty tough to play....requires lotsa flexibility....
    if squash were in the olympics....there would be a bigger chance of winning a medal for M'sia....not just any medal....gold medal
     
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    I am not for equestrian being in the Olympics, as the horse does most of the work,

    yehhh i disagree, if you consider 3 day eventing, for dressage, the horse and rider must learn the complicated moves together, and when jumping the rider makes sure the horse takes the correct number of strides, good angle, correct pace, to make a clear over the jump. equestrainism should stay. and about the physical exercise, after a day on horse if u can walking straight afterwards is no mean feat!

    that "sport" where they skate on ice and try get large black sliding things close to a smaller one should go, its soooo dull!
     
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    That "sport" is called curling and you Scots are pretty good at it. It's pretty much lawn bowls on ice.
     
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    i think lawn bowling in olympics is ok.. but not equestrian.. ahha.. curling is ok for me as well. lol
     
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    I think MAS is quite good in lawn bowling as well....but seriously...I dont think it should be considered a sport...more of a game...
     

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