Why You Should Care About Sport

Sports. There’s so many of them, right? Football, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Formula One, Netball, Cricket, Basketball… Some are more popular than others, and most people have a sport they consider their own. Maybe you follow Football because that’s the way of your family. Or you just love Rugby League because of the chaotic format, the wicked tries, and heartthrobs who play it.

Some of you have never followed a sport, because one hasn’t piqued your interest. Regardless, in this globalised era of ours where sport is a dominating part of the culture; sport can be utilised to build community and a fun way to consume media.

Attaching a sport to your identity or interests can broaden your horizons. You’ll extend your circle, build character, and have a new topic of conversation up your sleeve. With the insane popularity of sport, a thousand of disciplines, and plenty of team options, why wouldn’t you select a team to call your own. Pick an English Premier League team. Follow an FPL driver. Get behind a Super Rugby team. By doing that, you’ve now got something to follow and get invested in, but also, something to socialise for. You’re now a sports fan.

From here, the world is your oyster, endless possibilities of social activity have opened up to you. Start by keeping track of how your team is doing. Buy season tickets if your team’s home pitch is local, invite your friends over to watch the game, or go to the pub and watch it there. Watch a documentary. play fantasy sports games with your friends. Buy a shirt, hang up a poster, even get a tattoo. Gamble, though you probably shouldn’t.

The point is a sporting interest allows you to walk into a whole world of social activity, from casual conversations to intense get together and it doesn’t get much better than that.

Everybody has their own drink, preferably a fresh one.

The king’s cup is placed in the middle, you should get a tall, tall glass for this. A cereal bowl can also work.

Players draw from a deck of cards, their effects are as follows:

Ace (Race): Players must crawl on their hands and knees to, and then back from, a chosen point. The last player to make it back must drink.

Two (You): The player that draws this card chooses someone else to drink and can make the target drink from their own beverage.

Three (Me): The player that draws must drink.

Four (Floor): The last player to touch the floor drinks.

Five (Guys): All guys take a drink.

Six (Chicks): All girls take a drink.

Seven (Heaven): Last person to touch the highest object, or the person who touches the lowest object, drinks.

Eight (Mate): You choose someone, whenever you drink; they drink, vice versa.

Nine (rhyme): One person says a word, moving counter-clockwise everybody must say a word that rhymes. First person to take too long or not rhyme takes a drink.

Ten (Them): The enbys don’t get off scot free from five or six, anybody who doesn’t identify as a guy or gal takes a drink.

Jack (categories): You have to decide a category of things. The person on your left, then their left, etc, must name something that fits into that category. First person to stammer or blank takes a drink.

Queen (questions): Whether it’s truth or dare, or torturing your mathematically illiterate friends, if they fail to answer your question correctly, they must drink. If they get it right, you must drink.

King (‘s Cup): Come up with a rule, such as having to have one eye closed, or having to rhyme everything you say. The first three times king is drawn, the drawer pours a bit of their drink into the king’s cup. The fourth person to draw king must then drink the accumulated concoction.

How To Play - Kings Cup

IS THIS A SPORT?

Is Buzkashi a Sport?

Buzkashi is an Afghani sport which was banned by the Taliban for 20 years. The easiest way to describe this “sport” is capture the flag if the flag was a headless goat. Players must grab the carcass and get it to a certified area to win. This game gets very physical as players fight over the goat in order to win. The goal is to assert dominance and prove you are a warrior.

Considering its origins in traditional Afghani culture, and the sport’s evolution from rural pastime into televised competition Nexus concludes: Buzkashi is a sport.

SPORTS CRUSH OF THE WEEK

Carlos Sainz Jr.

This man is on his revenge arc. After being unceremoniously replaced by Lewis Hamilton in the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team for 2025, Carlos Sainz has topped the pre-season testing charts in a Williams. The smooth operator is on a rampage, even in a certified back marker car. And of course, with that famously gorgeous hair he even filmed a L’Oréal commercial while he was at it.