Sports of Africa

There are many different sports that are played in Africa. However, soccer, rugby, and cricket are the most popular sports overall. We don't tend to hear about a lot of sports in Africa. When it comes to the Olympics we hear about African's doing extremely well in the track and field sort of sports but we don't realize just how good they are at soccer, cricket, or rugby.

Soccer is by far the most popular sport in Africa. The soccer team in Africa is nicknamed Bafana Bafana (meaning the boys, the boys/GO BOYS GO BOYS).



Cricket  is traditionally the sport that is most popular among the white and Indian south African communities. However, many different races now are a part of cricket. The national cricket team is nicknamed The Proteas.



Rugby is most popular amongst persons of Afrikaner descent. The rugby team of Africa,  The Springboks, have had much success since the early 20th century.