Week 3 Day 11 Activities by Ashleigh

Week 3: It’s time to be entertained!

This week you will learn a great deal about the sports, television shows, movies, music, and people who are famous in your country. It will be a really entertaining week!

Day 11 – He Shoots, She Scores!

After a full week of sightseeing in your new country you are given tickets to attend a local sporting event. Check out the links below to see videos of athletes playing two of the most popular sports in each country.

Canada

Ice hockey - Olympic Gold Medal Game in 2002 between Canada and the United States of America [3:04 minutes]

Canadian football - Grey Cup (Championship) Game 2013 [8:52 minutes]

Chile

Soccer (football) - Highlights of game between Chile and England – 2013 [4:47 minutes]

Chilean rodeo - Example of a traditional Chilean rodeo [2:43 minutes]

Germany

Soccer (football) - Highlights of German women’s football team vs. the United States of America [2:22 minutes]

Motor sport - Footage of German Formula 1 driver, Michael Schumacher’s, the world’s most famous motor sport driver

Malaysia

Field hockey - Footage from Men’s Junior World Cup Game – Malaysia vs South Africa [2:31 minutes]

Badminton - Footage of Lee Chong Wei – the most famous badminton player in Malaysia [18:04 minutes]

United Kingdom

Rugby union - Highlights of Rugby World Cup game between England and Australia, 2015 [3:52 minutes]

Cricket - Highlights of England vs New Zealand match at Edgbaston, 2015 [1.54 minutes]

Mexico

Baseball – Highlights of World Baseball Competition Game between Japan and Mexico [4:33 minutes]

Soccer (football) – Highlights of soccer game between Mexico and the United States of America [7:06 minutes]

United Arab Emirates

Soccer – Highlights of soccer game between the United Arab Emirates and Australia [1:12 minutes]

Camel racing – Highlights of camel racing in Abu Dhabi [4:32 minutes]

South Africa

Cricket – Highlights of semi-final game in World Cup between South Africa and New Zealand [3:20 minutes]

Rugby – Highlights of 2016 Rugby Championship game between Australia and South Africa [4:48 minutes]

Japan

Sumo wrestling – Sumo wrestling competition in Fukuoka, Japan [6:54 minutes]

Baseball - Highlights of World Baseball Competition Game between Japan and Mexico [4:33 minutes]

Australia

Aussie rules football – Grand final game (2015) between Hawthorn and the West Coast Eagles [8:36 minutes]

Rugby league – Rugby league test between Australia and New Zealand [1:48:26 minutes]

Now that you know a bit more about the sports that are popular overseas, it is time to think about what is popular in New Zealand. For today, your challenge is to…

Activity 1

Take a picture of yourself participating in a popular New Zealand sport. On your blog tell us the name of the sport and why you have chosen it.

I chose basketball, because it is a very famous sport and I play basketball with my friends before.

Activity 2

Write a short paragraph describing your sporting hero. Who is he/she? Why are they your favourite sportsman? I like Simone Biles From USA, because she done a great job in Olympic.

Bonus Activity

According to the Love New Zealand website, the most popular sports in New Zealand are rugby union, rugby league, netball, soccer and cricket. In your opinion, which of these sports is the best one? On your blog tell us which sport you think is the best. Be sure to tell us why. Give us as many reasons as you can!

I think netball is the best because nestball is a good sport for girl, because you don't get hurt easily.

Bonus Blog = 6 points