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1. There are many sports on TV. Name one. Have you ever watched this sport on TV? If yes, how was it? Do you watch this sport on TV often? If no, why not?
2. Have you ever played this sport? If yes, how was it? If no, what sports have you tried and liked?
3. What sports events do you watch on TV regularly or do like to see reported in the news? Who is your favorite player or team? Why?
4. Tell me about a national or international sporting tournament that will be televised on Japanese TV this year. When is it? How popular will it be? Who will it be popular with?
5. Will you be watching? If yes, what are you looking forward to? If no, why not?
6. What is the most gripping sporting match you have ever watched on TV or in person? Who triumphed? How? Why did this match matter to you?

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Question 1

Basketball is really popular in the Philippines. Many people like to watch both local and international basketball on TV, but my family just never got into that. I never like basketball, so I never watch it on TV.

Question 2

I've played basketball as part of PE class back in school, I was actually pretty good at it, but I still didn't like it. I've tried doing judo and fencing and I really liked it, I was even part of my university's judo team! But I got seriously injured and had to stop.

Question 3

I never watch sports on TV. I don't even have a TV anymore. I just watch YouTube or Netflix.

Question 4

Well, the olympics is happening this year, if it doesn't get cancelled due to the corona virus. If it pushes through, everyone all over the world will be watching the events on TV.

Question 5

I probably won't be watching since I'm not interested in any particular sport.

Question 6

I don't watch sports on TV. But when I was still doing judo, we would join competitions and watch matches while we waited for our turn. I remember a girl doing an amazing move where she did a perfect osoto nage then quickly shifted to an armbar when they were both on the floor. She got an ippon for the osoto nage. It was amazing to watch because I have been thinking of combining those two moves for a couple of weeks before the match and I saw her execute it perfectly.

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