Anyone who discounts sports as a low-brow waste of time is underestimating the great communal experience of going to a game. Yesterday, at the Commonwealth Stadium, I watched Austria take on Gambia in the FIFA under 20 World Cup. Most of the crowd were "neutrals," so it was fun picking a favourite and cheering them on. There were some teenage boys in front of us having a whale of a time, cheering for Gambia, making wise-cracks, generally entertaining those around them. They struck up a conversation briefly with the two young children behind them, extending the good cheer. They were never crude or threatening. The whole mood was fun. Enjoying sports and the sun.
Austria won 2-1 by the way.
And incidentally, out of completely idle curiousity, I looked up the weather in Gambia for today. As it so happens, the daytime high for Banjul, Gambia is 31. Which is exactly the same as for Edmonton.
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