Sports

The national sport of Maldives is Football. Well , naturally , because football is almost everywhere in Maldives.It plays a big role in a lot of people's life and you can see it almost anywhere in the Maldives. School kids playing near a park or field , matches switched on the television and of course  , the euphoria when the National Team plays.

However , Football is known widely around the world and is far from being a local sport. There are a lot of other sports that are played in the Maldives.

Bashi is a game usually played by women .

Played using a tennis racket , the goal of this game is for a player from one team to hit the ball backwards , above the net , while all the members from the other team tries to catch the ball.
Broken fingers are not rare , for obvious reasons .

This sport is still active in the Maldives , there are even championships taking place all around . 

Another sport that's active is a sport called Thimmugoli. Its sort of like baseball , except that you dont use a bat , but a stick to hit a ball as far as you can and run around the 3 ( not four , yes ) bases before they catch it. Its entirely different from  baseball with various rules , but the normal activeness is seemingly going down because of all the modern influence , which is greatly seen in Maldives. 

There are also a lot of other sports which seemingly disappeared prior to the great development in Maldives.