Sports of Senegal
Africa
Originating in Senegal
Sports whose history and codification began here.
Widely played in Senegal
Basketball
From United States
A five-a-side team sport in which players score by throwing an inflated ball through a 10-foot-high hoop.
Draughts
From Iraq
Ancient two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board (8×8 or 10×10) where pieces move diagonally, capturing by jumping — first to eliminate opponent or trap all pieces wins.
Football
From United Kingdom
The world's most popular team sport — two sides of eleven aim to score more goals than the opponent using any part of the body except the arms and hands.
Freestyle Wrestling
From United States
Olympic wrestling style that allows attacks on both the upper and lower body — takedowns, throws, exposure and pins score points across two 3-minute periods.
Oware
From Ghana
West African MANCALA-family board game. National game of GHANA (Akan people). 2-player strategy game using 2 rows of 6 pits + 48 seeds. Ancient — possibly 4000+ years old. Considered solved mathematically (2002) — first-player win with perfect play. Popular Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Caribbean.