50 sporting things you must do before you die

50 sporting things you must do before you die

50. Have a letter published in OSM
49. Watch the surfing on the Jaws wave in Hawaii
48. Take part in the Fastnet yacht race
47. Have your cake eaten by the Test Match Special team
46. Watch the Sumo in South Korea
45. Relive a great moment from a sporting film
44. Run with the bulls in India
43. Play tennis with Chris Evert
42. Watch the 'Final Four' of the 'March Madness' of the college basketball championships
41. Experience the Pasola horseback battles in Sumba
40. Buy tickets for a test at Eden Gardens in Calcutta
39. Watch the Indianapolis 500
38. Drive the Plymouth-Dakar
37. Have a day out at the darts
36. Buy a share in a racehorse syndicate
35. Go to the Highland Games
34. Play poker for a million dollars
33. Watch the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens
32. Fish for blue marlin off the Florida keys
31. Watch the Yankees play the Mets at Yankee stadium
30. Break a sporting world record
29. Play the world's first island gold
28. Watch the all-Ireland hurling final at Croke Park, Dublin
27. Watch the football world cup final
26. Streak at a top sporting event
25. Enter your team in the FA Cup
24. Follow the British and Irish Lions On Tour
23. Hire a sports star as your after-dinner speaker
22. Drive a Formula One car
21. Fly a hot Air balloon In Oz
20. Play elephant polo in Nepal
19. Get a front-row seat at a Los Angeles Lakers game
18. Play the old course at St Andrews
17. Have a flutter at the Melbourne cup
16. Dive the Blue Hole In Belize
15. Watch non-stop sport on TV for a whole weekend
14. Base jump - aka throwing yourself off a tall building
13. Ride a stage of Le Tour De France
12. Run the New York Marathon
11. Work out in the world famous Kronk gym
10. Do the Cresta run in St Moritz
9. Take part in the world's biggest mass football match
8. Watch the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne cricket ground
7. Watch a fight at Madison Square Garden
6. Ski the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuehel, austria
5. Go to watch the 100-metre Olympic final
4. Watch a Centre Court match at Wimbledon
3. Bag a seat at Amen corner for the US Masters
2. Drive the Monaco GP Circuit in your own car

1. Watch Boca Juniors Play River Plate in Buenos Aires

Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about - and it's only a couple of quid to get in

Recommended by: Gavin Hamilton

The rivalry between Boca and River Plate is the most intense in Argentine football and, perhaps, in the whole of Latin America: the game is a riot of colour, noise and energy. Buenos Aires has the highest concentration of football teams of any city in the world. River and Boca are the two leading clubs. Boca are originally from the dockland area so their support is traditionally more working class. River moved away from the area early on in the league's history to a more upmarket district, and they have a slightly more affluent fan base, hence their nickname, Los Millionarios. One side of Boca's ground, the Estadio Alberto J Armando, is very strange. It resembles nothing so much as boxes stacked on top of each other and packed very tightly together. Its nickname, La Bonbonera (the chocolate box), is appropriate. On the day of the derby it is packed with hard-core fans.

Boca and River tend to produce the big names in Argentine football. Maradona was at Boca and a lot of star names have come from River Plate, such as Hernán Crespo. Even though they lose most of their best players to Europe, there is such passion for this match that it is unsurpassed anywhere in the world.

Gavin Hamilton is the editor of World Soccer magazine

Now go and do it:

Boca Juniors' stadium is at Brandsen 805, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires. Buses go there from all over the city but to avoid confusion a taxi might be advisable. Ticket prices range from 10-30 pesos (about £2-£6) depending on which part of the stadium you sit in and children get in for three pesos (about 60p). Tickets can be bought in advance from the ticket office or at the stadium on the day. Check the club's website, www.bocajuniors.com.ar, to see when the ticket offices open as times can vary. Tickets are sold online at www.ticketek.com.ar

Five other football derbies not to be missed:

Rangers v Celtic

Barcelona v Real Madrid

Internazionale v Milan

Fenerbahce v Galatasaray

Cairo derby: Zamalek v Al-Ahli. It is the biggest match in Africa, always attracting crowds of 60,000 to the Cairo Stadium.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1182710,00.html

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El Superclasico atmosphere

english_jewel wrote:what if you were to die this second??

then ignore this thread

who is going to die this second? pity......

awalezelin wrote:

english_jewel wrote:what if you were to die this second??

then ignore this thread

who is going to die this second? pity......

u can never be sure

might have a heart attack or someone might shoot you from behind

im just playing lol

english_jewel wrote:

awalezelin wrote:

english_jewel wrote:what if you were to die this second??

then ignore this thread

who is going to die this second? pity......

u can never be sure

might have a heart attack or someone might shoot you from behind

im just playing lol

i know....

don't worry be happy

enjoy your life