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Sports and recreational activities in Australia are popular and widespread. It is said Australia has one of the highest levels of participation and numbers of spectators in the world. This, though a generalization is not too far from the truth as is evident from the country's level of achievement in the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games as well as other international sporting events. The performance of Australia in water sports and team sports is particularly commendable. Though a wide variety of sports are played and followed, the most popular are swimming, Australian Rules football, golf, soccer, rugby football and cricket. Studies suggest, the biggest sports in Australia, measured on parameters like interest, participation, attendance and media interest are swimming which has the maximum popularity at 61%, Australian rules 54%, cricket 54%, tennis 52%, and football or soccer 50%, rugby league 42%, and rugby union 40%.

Canberra the capital of Australia is no different from the rest of the country. The sports that are popular in Canberra are discussed below.

Rugby: Rugby Union football is the most popular sport in Australian Capital Territory in and Canberra. The most important provincial rugby competition is the Super 14. The Act is represented by the Brumbies a Canberra based rugby union club at the super 14. Of all the Australian teams, only the Brumbies have won a Super Rugby Title, in 2001 and 2004. Rugby League is the second most popular game in Canberra and the ACT.

Cricket: Australia has had a long history of superior performance in the world of cricket. Cricket in Canberra and the Act region is governed by the Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association which was formed in 1922. Canberra is also home to the very famous Manuka Oval which hosts the Prime Minister's XI annually.

Soccer: This game too has a sizeable following among the Canberra Socceroo fans (the Australian national soccer team). In Canberra the governing body of soccer is Capital Football also called the Australian Capital Territory Football Federation Incorporated.

Major Sports venues in Canberra
ACT Racing Club Canberra
Canberra Stadium Canberra
Gold Creek Country Club Canberra
Royal Canberra Golf Club Canberra
Australian Institute of Sport Canberra
Capital Golf Club Canberra
Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club Canberra
Womens Golf NSW Canberra
Booroomba Rocks Walk Canberra
Corin Forest Mountain Retreat Canberra
Magpies Belconnen Golf Club Canberra
Yowani Country Club Canberra
Brindabella Valley Trails Canberra
Fairbairn Golf Club Canberra
Murrumbidgee Country Club Canberra
Canberra International Golf Centre Canberra
Federal Golf Club Canberra
Queanbeyan Golf Club Canberra
Golf Courses in Canberra
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