Sport in Bahrain
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Sport in Bahrain is popular and widespread. Association football is particularly popular, as are certain forms of racing, and rugby union
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and full rugby union are played in Bahrain, with the Bahrainis having their own national sevens team.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
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Rugby union
Rugby sevensRugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
and full rugby union are played in Bahrain, with the Bahrainis having their own national sevens team.