Sports in Mirani

Mirani has mainly four major sports, which are both heavily influenced by Australia and New Zealand. These are the Australian Football League (AFL), Rugby, soccer and Cricket. There are many large stadiums in Crestview and other large cities. Soccer is slowly growing larger and larger, and might soon take the lead with most participation per 1,000 civilians. There are regional events where people will compete for the best. The regional finals will be held in each division capital and then the final will be played in the capital. New stadiums and facilities for these sports are being built across the country, being either locally or governmentally funded to increase citizen participation in sport fields.

Mirani is quite well represented in international sports, a few times a year there are matches help between Mirani and Australia in Australian Rules Football, starting in 1992 and continues to this day. Mirani has several national teams, with the top 4 national teams versing the top 4 Australia. So far, Mirani has won 2, in 1997 and 2001. In the olympic games and the Commonwealth Games Mirani is the strongest in swimming, water sports and recently, volleyball. Winning gold or silver at least once since the XVI, 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The most succesful games were the XXIV 1988 Seoul Games, with 4 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze.

Mirani has a small Winter Olympic team which trains in New Holland and New Zealand, competing in bobsled and skiing.