Sports
Football is popular in Tirana County. Tirana has several notable football clubs such as KF Tirana, Partizani Tirana and Dinamo Tirana. There are several other clubs in Tirana County such as Besa Kavajë in Kavajë, founded in 1922 and KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë in Rrogozhinë, founded in 1964. Major sports venues in Tirana are the Qemal Stafa Stadium, Selman Stërmasi Stadium and the Asllan Rusi Palace of Sports.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)