Sports by country (1983: Doomsday)

ANZC
With the destruction of Melbourne, Australian Rules Football suffered a devastating blow. Supporters throughout Australia fought to keep the sport alive, and it has now resurfaced as one of the ANZC's three favorite sports. Franchises are located in Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Bunbury, Canberra, Darwin, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart and Jervis Bay. The AFL is headquartered in Canberra.

Rugby league and rugby union are the other two most popular sports in the ANZC.

The professional National Rugby League, though not established until the late 1990s, has become very popular within the last ten years. It is headquartered in Auckland, with franchises in Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Canberra, Christchurch, Darwin, Fiji, Hobart, Jervis Bay, Newcastle, Samoa and Townsville.

Rugby union has a storied history in both Australia and New Zealand. Organizers decided to professionalize the sport in 1995 to allow for better competition with rugby league for players. While rugby league is set up on the AFL/American franchise model, rugby union's domestic competitions are set up by province, as seen in the annual Super 12 competition, comprised of provincial sides from Australia, New Zealand and Samoa, plus the nations of Tonga and Fiji. The ANZC sends three sides, Australia, New Zealand and Samoa/Hawaii to compete in the Five Nations Series against the United American Republic and Oceania (Fiji, Tonga and other islands). There has been discussion about making it the Six Nations Series, by inviting a side from RZA or New Britain.

Soccer has surpassed basketball as the fourth most-popular sport, boosted by the national team's success in regional World Cup qualifying. ANZC athletes are approaching world-class status in several Olympic sports, such as swimming and track and field.

American football lives on in the ANZC, its growth fueled by expats and refugees from the United States. The American Football League was founded in Samoa in 1991. Teams from across the Commonwealth and its associated states participate. American football has certainly not surpassed the traditional sports of Australia and New Zealand, but it has become an important niche sport. The AFL is considering a change in name (to avoid confusion with Australian rules football) and location (to move away from remote Pago Pago).

Alaska
More to come....

Alpine Confederation
Before the national soccer side stunned the sports world by upsetting Brazil in the 2006 World Cup final, ice hockey and skiing were the most popular sports. They still are, but soccer is considered a close third.

Brazil
Soccer is by far the most popular sport; Brazil's national side has been the top-ranked team in the FIFA World Rankings since 2007, and is a heavy favorite to win the 2010 World Cup. Most of the world's top footballers - including Adriano, Kaka, Luis Fabiano, Maicon and Robinho - play in Brazil's domestic league. Two of the best post-Doomsday players - Ronaldo and Ronaldhino - also hail from Brazil.

After soccer, volleyball is the most popular sport, followed by basketball and motorsport.

Brazilian entrepreneurs, most notably former racing champion Emerson Fittipaldi, are at the forefront of a move to restart the Formula One auto racing series no later than 2012.

Jiu Jitsu - spearheaded by the Gracie family - is a martial-arts based sport that has been growing in popularity not just in Brazil but throughout the world, due to exhibitions in ANZC, Singapore, Mexico and Alpine Confederation.

Canada
The Canadian Hockey League - considered to be the successor to the old National Hockey League - is by far the most popular league in the country. There are seven teams, including a recently admitted one from Aroostook. The teams are: Curling and lacrosse are also popular.
 * The St. John's Senators (they took the name from Ottawa's former team)
 * The Corner Brook Royals
 * The Nova Scotia Voyageurs
 * The Charlottetown Princes
 * The Gaspe Canadiens (named after the Montreal Canadiens)
 * The Iqaluit Nunavummiut
 * The Houlton Americans (Aroostook's team)

Celtic Alliance
Within former Ireland, Gaelic games (football, hurling and camogie) are the most popular, followed by soccer, rugby union, cricket and boxing.

Within the portions of the country formerly part of the United Kingdom and France, soccer is by far the most popular sport, followed by rugby union and cricket. Gaelic games have no following, although their national federations continue to attempt to establish them among the youth.

Golf has made a comeback of sorts in recent years, particularly as the famous St. Andrews Golf Course was salvaged and restored in 2008.

Chile
Soccer is by far the most popular sport. Chile has also done well in the sport of tennis. Marcelo Rios was the top-ranked world men's player for six years, garnering favorable comparisons to such legends as Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, until a back injury forced him to retire in 2004 at the age of 27. Rodeo, skiing, surfing, and basketball are also popular.

Cuba
Baseball is the most popular sport by far; Cuba is considered to be the top baseball nation in the world. Soccer is also popular, as the national team came close to qualifying for next year's World Cup. Basketball is a popular winter sport.

Deseret
In keeping with the traditions of Deseret's dominant religious body, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka Mormonism), no athletic competitions of any kind are contested on Sundays (a tradition that dates back to Brigham Young University's participation in U.S. intercollegiate athletics).

BYU has approached universities in the NAU and West Texas about some type of resumption of intercollegiate athletics, at least on a regional level.

Dinetah (Navajo Nation)
More to come....

Dominican Republic
Baseball is also the most popular sport in this country; its national team is second in the world, and is the leading source of players for professional clubs in Mexico.

East Caribbean Federation
In a region where baseball and soccer are extremely popular, and considering that East Caribbean's soccer team recently qualified for the World Cup (and has one of the top footballers in the world in Dwight Yorke), the most popular sport right now is cricket. East Caribbean is the top side in the world, ahead of the ANZC, New Britain and Indonesia.

Japan
Little is known about the sports scene post-Doomsday, but Siberian officials noted that baseball was being played in the reclusive nation, and Siberian sports officials were also known to have sent soccer coaches into the country. Cuban officials have approached Japan's baseball federation about playing a series of games sometime in 2010. Japan is said to be more receptive to joining FIFA, especially given its good relations with the ANZC and the Phillippines, than to joining the League of Nations.

Kentucky
Intercollegiate basketball and horse racing were two of the most popular sports in the former state of Kentucky pre-Doomsday. People's love for those two sports persisted over the years; basketball has been the national sport since the Commonwealth became an independent nation, and the recent reopening of Ellis Park in Henderson represents what officials hope is the rebirth of the horse racing industry.

Mexico
Soccer remains the top sport here. The top division of its domestic league is considered the third best in the world, after the top divisions in Brazil and the UAE. The Mexican national team is considered to be a contender to reach the World Cup finals in 2010.

Baseball is a close second in popularity. The Mexican and Nacional Ligas are considered to be the successors to the United States's Major League Baseball, and have the top talent in the world besides Cuba.

Other sports that have gained interest are basketball and American football, in large part because of the presence of many American refugees. American football has been played on the intercollegiate level in Mexico since its beginnings in the country. Most of the Americans came from states where intercollegiate football was held in the highest regard, and have transferred that loyalty to the Mexican universities.

Municipal States of the Pacific
The MSP's Central Committee announced plans on April 26, 2009 to create a Pacific Baseball League for the MSP's member cities. Play is scheduled to begin in 2010.

New Britain
Soccer proved to be the one sport that all ethnic groups had a passionate interest in, and has been a very important social unifier for the entire country. Rugby union, very popular in England and former South Africa, has garnered a tremendous following in its own right; New Britain's national federation has approached the ANZC about joining the Five Nations Series. Other sports garnering interest include cricket and tennis.

Nordic Union
Ice hockey is by far most popular, in all member nations. Norway and Sweden's national teams have competed with the Alpine Confederation in recent years to be the top national side in the sport. Cross-country skiiing also is a popular winter sport, both participatory and spectator. Soccer is the most popular spring and summer sport.

North American Union
more to come....

Pais del Oro
Soccer helped unify this country in its early days. It remains by far the most popular spectator sport. Its national team has qualified for the World Cup.

Puerto Rico
Baseball is the most popular sport in a country that sends its best players to the Mexican professional leagues. Soccer and basketball are also popular.

Saguenay
This country may have broken away from Canada, but it still shares a love of ice hockey with its now-rival nation.

Singapore
Its soccer team is one of the best in the Asia/Oceanic region. It also hosts a popular domestic six-team soccer league. Its athletes in badminton and table tennis are considered to be the best in the world.

Socialist Siberia
Sport is strictly controlled by the government, which seeks to develop world-class athletes in every Olympic sport, both individual and team. Domestic ice hockey and soccer leagues are very popular, and some national players have found their way into European hockey and ANZC's domestic soccer league.

Superior
The government sponsored bills in 1997 to finance professional leagues in baseball, American football and ice hockey; the football league is the most popular of the three.

Union of South Africa
More to come...

United American Republic
Soccer, as in most other countries, is not only the most popular sport but deeply engrained into the culture. The UAR's World Cup victory in 1990 is fondly remembered by fans. UAR citizens also enjoy and watch a variety of other sports, including basketball; the UAR has won the past three FIBA (Federation de Basketball Association) World titles. Rugby league is growing in popularity and stature. Tennis, field hockey, motorsport, men's volleyball, polo and golf are widely played and watched as well.

Vermont
People generally like to participate in activities and sports more than watch it, but amateur leagues in baseball and ice hockey are popular. There is talk of the resumption of intercollegiate athletics. Prospective franchise owners of a Manchester franchise in the Canadian Hockey League have raised the idea of an professional regional league, consisting of teams in Canada and Vermont, along with Aroostook, Saguenay and possibly Superior.

Victoria
Ice hockey is the most popular sport in this survivor state from old Canada. The Victorian Hockey League, created from the remnants of the British Columbia Hockey League and expanded, currently has twelve teams, these are:

Island Conference
 * The Comox Valley Chiefs
 * The Alberni Bulldogs
 * The Cowichan Capitals
 * The Nanaimo Clippers
 * The Campbell River Eagles
 * The Victoria Grizzlies

Mainland Conference
 * The Prince Rupert Sea Wolves
 * The Powell River Kings
 * The Everett Silvertips
 * The Port Angeles Ravens
 * The Mt. Vernon Giants
 * The Bellingham Ice Hawks(Current Cromwell Cup champions)

While there is no organized league, baseball is also popular in the Washington territories.

Virginian Republic
The government looked to sports as a way to help increase the morale of its citizens (and, for that matter, its own military, many of whom enjoyed the domestic leagues as much as the citizens did). Football, baseball, basketball, track and field, tennis, wrestling, swimming, volleyball and golf each have government-sanctioned organizations that oversee their respective sports. More to come...

West Texas
American football is still king in this part of old Texas. High school football on Friday nights is a near-sacred tradition in the country. A six-team semi-professional league that plays games on Saturdays and Monday nights is also very popular. Soccer - popular on both the high school and semi-pro levels - has solidified itself as the second-most popular sport, with baseball a very close third. Most people, however, consider themselves fans of all three sports. Basketball is the most popular indoor sport.