Sport
Further information: Sport in AfghanistanBuzkashi is a traditional horse riding sport of the region and is very popular in this province. Other sports played is football, while cricket is growing in popularity in recent years. The Province is represented in domestic competitions by the Balkh Province cricket team.
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“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)