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Traditional games of Italy has the same name as in the history of traditional art and culture of Italy. Italy has its parts in the famous sports in the world. Italy has a good reputation and successes in the field of sports and games. football, volleyball, basketball and cycling are the most famous sports in Italy also swimming, water polo and tennis are also the successful sports in Italy.

Football:

Football is one of the famous traditional games of Italy and is the second most successful team in the world. Italy also won 2006 FIFA world cup award four times. Italian word soccer which also means ‘kick’ taken name after name of   game football. It is name as soccer or football  in different countries with different name according to the language. Children also use to play this game in the streets with their families and friends. The history of football also gives us a lot of information about why this game is so popular today. The game brought in Italy by the Romans in which members should be divided into two teams and each team has eleven members and every team has to score on their opposite team. In football hands can also use with feet. After some years revival of Italy brought big changes not only in arts and culture but also for the sports and games but today football is very changes from the past. in the past team consists of 27 peoples and the game was about 50 minute long and today the games contains forty five 45 minutes in 2017 Italy national team loss the match and it was the first time in the sixty years that Italy didn’t makes the world cup. The news is published in the newspaper such as la Gazzetta delo sports and it was one the most selling newspaper in Italy.

Basketball:

Basketball is one of the traditional game of Italy and in Europe Italy is one of the main country for basketball team along with Spain, France and Greece. It is a game in which both teams has a five player and large size ball or football and hoop of net slightly higher from the ground and each team has to bounce the ball into the hoop and the other has to stopped other one.so like that both the teams has to score against their opponent team and the team with the greater score will declared winner.

Cycling:

Cycling is one of the well known games in the traditional games of Italy. Italy has won the cycling  national championship in the world more than any other country except Belgium. The world most long cycling race held in may every year. Beside these Italy has some famous aquatic sports such as swimming, water polo, surfing, diving etc.

Water polo:

Water polo is a famous traditional game of Italy. It is game kind a same like football but it is played in the swimming pool. Same like with two teams and each team has to score against each other. Italy men’s water polo team competition controlled by the aquatic game founders. Italy men’s water polo has won 8 Olympic 7 world championship’5 world cup, 11 European championship and 3 world league medals.

Fizah Sheikh

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