^Aeberhard, Danny; Andrew Benson, Lucy Phillips, et al. (2001). The Rough Guide to Argentina. p. p.198. ISBN1858285690. ""displays of traditional gaucho skills (destrezas criollas)""
^“Banglapedia: Kabadi”. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 2008年11月22日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2008年7月21日閲覧。 “Ha-du-du was given the name kabadi and the status of National Game in 1972.”
^“Puerto Rico Act 64 of 2000, S.B. 1856” (PDF). Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico. p. p.1 (2000年4月11日). 2008年7月14日閲覧。 “In 1966, the Public Parks and Recreation Administration and the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee awarded official recognition of the “paso fino” horse riding sport as the autochthonous sport of Puerto Rico.”
^“La Charrería "Nuestro Deporte Nacional"” (Spanish). Mexican Department of Tourism. 2009年2月8日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2008年7月14日閲覧。 “El año de 1933 fue muy importante, ya que el general Abelardo L. Rodríguez, emite un decreto presidencial, dando a la Charrería el título de único Deporte Nacional.”
^“About Ireland: What is Glima?”. wisegeek.com. 2008年12月7日閲覧。 “Glima is a type of folk wrestling and the national sport of Iceland.”
^“Antiguans and Barbudans”. everyculture.com. 2008年7月10日閲覧。 “Cricket, a left-over from the British rule, is the national sport of Antigua and Barbuda.”
^“Football in Italy”. justlanded.com. 2008年12月6日閲覧。 “Football or soccer ( calcio) is Italy’s national sport and by far the most important in Italy, occupying almost the entire first half of each issue of La Gazzetta dello Sport.”
^Basra, Sukhwant (2008年3月11日). “No National status, except in NCERT textbooks”. dnaindia. 2008年7月15日閲覧。 “The status of hockey as the national sport is not enshrined in any official proclamation by the Government of India. The NCERT textbook for Class XI does [...] state that India’s national game is hockey and that, in a way, does make for an official take on the issue.”
^“Citizens: Sports: Hockey”. National Portrait of India. Government of India. 2008年7月22日閲覧。 “Hockey, the National Sport of the Country is one of the most religiously followed games in India.”
^“Tesfa Ethiopian Running Charity”. Danielle Sellwood, Sportsister The Women’s Sports Magazine. 2008年12月7日閲覧。 “In Ethiopia running is a national sport”
^“[http://www.sense-of-home.com/thenetherlands.html Karen Venhuizen
A Figure Skater in a Speed Skating Country]”. Barry Mittan. 2008年12月7日閲覧。 “Holland is famous for its ice skaters, but the national sport of the Netherlands is speed skating, not figure skating.”
^“Games”. Guyana Tourism Authority. 2008年6月6日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2008年7月21日閲覧。 “Cricket lovely Cricket! One cannot miss out on Guyana’s national sport without participating in a game of cricket while in Guyana.”
^Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto (1999). “A Cuban Belle Époque”. The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball. Oxford University Press. pp. p.76. ISBN0195146050. "Baseball is so ingrained in Cuba that it has thrived as the "national sport" through forty years of a bitterly anti-American revolution."
^“Batting For Grenada”. Grenada Life. Grenada Board of Tourism. pp. p.38 (2007年3月). 2008年7月21日閲覧。 “in the first Grenada Cricket Classics [, h]eroes such as Sir Viv Richards, Joel Garner and Curtley Ambrose came together to promote what is considered by many to be the national sport in Grenada.”[リンク切れ]
^“History of Jamaica”. Jamaican Embassy, Washington. 2008年7月21日閲覧。 “The legacy of Britain also lives on in Jamaica in many ways [...] the game of cricket is the national sport.”
^“UN lacking balance on small-arms issue”. James A. Swan, Ph.D. 2008年12月8日閲覧。 “This is especially strange since the UN also has a major facility in Switzerland, where target shooting is the national sport.”
^“Scientists call for national flowers”. China Daily (2005年8月9日). 2008年7月21日閲覧。 “If you ask a Chinese person what the national wine is, you will no doubt be told it is Moutai. When asked what the national sport is, the answer will be table tennis.”
^“Sport, Fitness and Leisure”. New Zealand Official Yearbook. Statistics New Zealand (2000年). 2011年6月7日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2008年7月21日閲覧。 “Traditionally New Zealanders have excelled in rugby union, which is regarded as the national sport, and track and field athletics.”
^Mølster, Odd (1996年). “Skiing and the Creation of a Norwegian Identity - part 2”. News of Norway, issue 2. Norwegian Embassy, Washington. 2008年7月21日閲覧。 “the national sport could become a fine weapon in time of war. In 1943, Norway's resistance movement won an epochal victory — on skis, of course”
^Adamkus, Valdas (2005年7月28日). “Address at Charles University, Prague”. President of Lithuania official website. 2008年7月24日閲覧。 “Lithuania is a country that loves basketball. It is our national sport and we are proud to be reigning European Champions.”