While the national sport in Sri Lanka is volleyball,[76] by far the most popular sport in the country is cricket.[76] Rugby union also enjoys extensive popularity, as do as do aquatic sports, athletics, football (soccer) and tennis. Sri Lanka's schools and colleges regularly organise sports and athletics teams, competing on provincial and national levels.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdo
g status to winning the 1996 Cricket World Cup.[77] Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, where they lost to Australia.[78] The national cricket team of Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup in 1986, 1997, 2004 and 2008.
Sri Lanka has a large number of sports stadiums, including the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, the R. Premadasa Stadium and the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla as well as the Galle International Stadium. The country co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup with India and Pakistan, and has hosted the Asia Cup tournament on numerous occasions. It will also co-host the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Aquatic sports such as boating, surfing, swimming and scuba diving on the coast, the beaches and backwaters attract a large number of Sri Lankans and foreign tourists. There are two styles of martial arts native to Sri Lanka, Cheena di and Angampora.
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