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12-18-2007
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i guess there really is no polo club in panama although i've just found out that birdwatching is a popular pasttime there, is birdwatching a sport?
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12-18-2007
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I guess there really is no polo club in panama although I've just found out that birdwatching is a popular pastime there, is birdwatching a sport?
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No. Birdwatching is a hobby, but it is not considered a sport. Although I imagine if you wanted to make it 'extreme birdwatching,' you could include elements of rock climbing, hang-gliding and other very dangerous sports. Or, you could just run the entire time!
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12-19-2007
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haha... that's a good business idea... survivor birdwatching - only in panama... how about singing while you birdwatch... bird idol?  |
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12-19-2007
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Well Panama's favorite sport is definitely Baseball, but i have also seen people there crazy for soccer. Besides their are couples of other sports but the favorite is baseball.
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12-22-2007
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How about soccer. I think most people in the world really love soccer right. If they dont like it emm.. maybe something wrong.
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12-22-2007
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Fútbol, Everyone loves it!
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How about soccer? I think most people in the world really love soccer, right? If they don't like it, emm... Maybe [there is] something wrong?
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Yes, they all love 'fútbol,' as soccer is called there. Like the rest of the countries south of the U.S., they all love soccer. You can find all the major South American games on t.v., and the World Cup gets more press than local politics. 
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12-28-2007
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good guess michael,well americans don't have much problem because the most favorite ones match up,the other favorite soccer is gaining quite popularity and so is surfing.
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12-29-2007
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Of all these sports which are popular over there, which are the ones that Panama excels in it? I think they have good soccer players there.
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12-29-2007
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So far, the only sport that Panama has really achieved any notoriety in is boxing; scroll up or page back in this thread to catch the links. And while Panama does have a national soccer team, they aren't very good compared with the competition. A quick perusal of ESPN will show you that...
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12-29-2007
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I just checked and noticed they have good players but most seems to have retired. I checked the soccer match scores and well at least they better than ours I believe  |
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12-29-2007
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...I checked the soccer match scores and well at least they better than ours I believe |
Well, compared to Malaysia, Panama has a decent team; both compared to the U.S. are weak teams. Now, that is not to say that the U.S. has a fantastic WC team, just relatively better.
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03-15-2008
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Panama's favorite sports (in no particular order) are...
- Boxing
- Baseball
- Soccer
- Basketball
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03-20-2008
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My wife and I were in Panama during the last football (soccer) world cup and it seems that they love the game. They like to do a lot of betting on things.
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05-17-2008
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I've heard about Panama's favorite sport as baseball only and they have Baseball fever too, and they will be eagerly waiting for the next baseball season.According to me, Panama's favorite sport is Baseball.Thats it. |
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05-19-2008
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My opinion is that the national sport is baseball, but i don't like it. I would do everything for an hour of quality football with my friends. Have you tried football on beach? (A little tip: It's awesome)
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