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Many sports were imported from other countries. European immigrants brought tennis, golf, bowling and boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Even today some formerly "foreign" sports like soccer are gaining American fans. In 1994 the U.S. hosted the World Cup for the first time ever.
    許多的運動是從外國引進來的。歐洲移民把網(wǎng)球、高爾夫、保齡球和拳擊帶進了美國。橄欖球和棒球則源自其它的歐洲傳統(tǒng)比賽。只有籃球是真正源自美國本土。即使在今日,一些原本是外來的運動例如英式足球也吸引了許多的美國運動迷。在一九九四年,美國首次負責舉辦世界杯足球賽。