Yemen's mountains provide many opportunities for outdoor Sports, such as Biking, Rock climbing, Hill climbing, Skiing, Hiking, Mountain Jumping, and more challenging Mountain climbing. Mountain climbing and Hiking tours to the Sarawat Mountains and the Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb, including the 5,000 m peaks in the region, are seasonally organized by local and international alpine agencies.
Football is a popular Sport. The Yemen national football team competes in the FIFA and AFC leagues. It also hosts many football clubs.
The coast of Yemen and Socotra island also provide many opportunities for Water Sports, such as Surfing, Bodyboarding, Sailing, Swimming, and Beach Soccer. Socotra island is home to some of the best Surfing destinations in the world, from north to south of the island, located 200 to 300 km off the coast of Somalia. Surfing tours in Socotra are seasonally organized by local and international water sporting agencies.
Yemens biggest sports event was hosting the 20th in gulf cup in aden and abyan in the south of the country on 22/11/2010. Yemen was thought to be the strongest competitor but was defeated in the first 3 matches of the tournament.[76]
Yemeni national team have never won a championship though it has a big collection of arab soccer stars.
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