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Yea I always thought Chinese invented soccer..

because I watched a lot of Chinese dramas.

Of course haven't you seen the movie Shaolin soccer?

I don't know if those pictures represent "soccer", there were nothing to indicate any goal posts or even a goalie. All I see is a bunch of men kicking a ball.

I would say the Chinese invented kick ball, but not soccer the game.

Wonderful, our people invented one of the most boring sports in the world...

It doesn't matter, we invented GUNPOWDER, the COMPASS, PAPER, and all sorts of stuff.

It doesn't prevent westerners from cannibalizing our achievements

I don't like soccer, track and field is more suitable.

Basketball is about the only sport that amuses me.

Soccer is not boring -__-

The most boring sport to watch is baseball

wow..this is nice to know, one more thing to be proud of

Both soccer and baseball are equally boring. But at least in baseball the games don't end with low scores like 1 - 2, 1 - 0 or even sometimes 0 - 0 lol

lol, i agree.

No, that would be golf.

Baseball is a great sport you just have to understand how the game works to appeciate it. THere is so much strategy and tension.

Soccer is fun to play and its very exciting to watch the world cup because of the national pride involved.

Golf I bet is fun to play although I never had the opportunity.

I think races are pretty boring to watch

There are plenty of boring sports.

All sports are boring.

Soccer is fun to play, boring to watch....

There are some sports I enjoy playing. None that I like watching.

golf is the most boring sport in the world. (play and watch)

Baseball and cricket is the runner up (play and watch)

Ping Pong i like to play, but i hate to watch. Same wih tennis and squash

Soccer not that boring.

Basket Ball fun and entertaining.

swimming, only women swimming.

Vollyball, i love it

Snowboarding, i love it. But not skiing

dodge ball, its cool.

pool funu but hate watching it

badminton its cool too

i am too fat to run, so i hate it and watching people run in the olympic, (excpet the 100 m race) i fall asleep

Diving, is good

And whats those sports invented by the indians but played by the brits alot like soccer, where they ride a horse and they have to get that ball in a goal as well with a hammer like stick. BORING.

HandBall, boring.

Archery, cool, but hate watching it on TV.

F1, boring, its always micheal that wins.

ahh thats all i cna thinhk off.

Cricket is possibly one of the most boring sports to watch.
Games can last a few days.

I agree with ya.

Anyway I think a lot of cultures have their own version of soccer before the British.

not true Du

what about martial arts, archery, shooting

You guys are so off topic!! Create a thread in the Sports section or something...Next person off topic on how Soccer is a Chinese Invention gets a warning!

^ yes sport is really boring.................





















espcially reading about how chinese invented soccer. Thats even more boring! BORRRRING

BOO CUONG!! stop encouraging them...

Anyways...


from http://library.thinkquest.org/6314/history.html#China

So there you go. There were goal posts..

lol

its not like china was the first people ever in history to play football, it probably goes all the way back to cavemen

The three favorite sports that I like to watch are Baseball, Football (NOT Soccer bah!), and Golf so fu-k you

Hockey, Basketball... they're TOO MUCH. Damn fun to watch for about 5 minutes, but I get dizzy from all the action after a while. I like sports that are more laid back, you could grab a beer and use the toilet without missing a thing. It's tiring to be glued to your seat, your eyes permanently fixated on the TV screen for 2~3 hours. And it's good way to freak out others and convince them that you're a psychopath.

This wasn't ever a surprise. Almost every civilization at one time or another have a sport that involved kicking a round ball, but it was the British that put the sport in to play and standarized it with rules and how the game to be played in the 19th century. At first it was played with kicking and using hands, then it splitted into two, football (soccer) and rugby.

I think every sport is fun if you play it. Right now I gotta say soccer is my favorite sport. The one sport where any country around the world can play. And I love catching up with the latest news in the world of Football in Europe and Asia.

Football is the most boring for me now. Maybe a game of catch at the beach or park, but definitely can't stand watching it. And I used to play football in high school, what a waste of time and injuries.

Basketball, fun to play with friends, but boring to watch those overpaid "African-American" jumping around.

Volleyball - fun to play, but I have no clue about the official games and stuff, so never watch it.

Golf - Fun to play and watch.

Tennis - good for a saturday morning game with your buddy, but boring to watch.

Baseball - fun to play, but so boring and pointless to watch.

Ping pong - is this even a sport? If this is a sport than they better make foosball a sport too.

Did the Chinese set-up the rules, the format of football? If they didn't, that's hardly a claim for invention of this beautiful sport.

It was the Brits who made the rules, the format, the organization of the pitch, and the concept.

Like fiji said, I'm sure in all civilizations, there were pasttimes involving a ball.