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==Sports== {{Main|Marshall Islands Athletics|Marshall Islands at the Olympics|Category: Sports in the Marshall Islands}} Major sports played in the Marshall Islands include volleyball, basketball (primarily by men), baseball, soccer and a number of water sports. The Marshall Islands has been represented at the Olympics at all games since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Marshall Islands were represented by two swimmers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/noc-profile-marshall-islands.htm |title=Team Marshall Islands Marshall Islands β Profile |date=27 July 2021 |publisher=Olympics.com |access-date=24 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071432/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/noc-profile-marshall-islands.htm}}</ref> ===Soccer=== {{See also|List of association football clubs in the Marshall Islands}} The Marshall Islands have a small club [[soccer]] league, including [[Kobeer]] as the most successful club. One tournament was held by ''Play Soccer Make Peace''. The island of [[Majuro]] has a small football association.{{cn|date=April 2025}} The Marshall Islands is the only country in the world that does not have its own [[List of men's national association football teams|national team]], which would be organized by the [[Marshall Islands Soccer Federation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66991995 | title=Marshall Islands: The last country on Earth without a national football team | publisher=BBC | date=10 October 2023 | accessdate=10 October 2023 | archive-date=October 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010083254/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66991995 | url-status=live }}</ref> The Marshall Islands is therefore the only sovereign country in the world that does not have a record of a national football match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oceaniafootball.hpage.com/non-fifa/marshall-islands.html |title=Football |website=oceaniafootball.hpage.com |access-date=2018-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906161725/https://oceaniafootball.hpage.com/non-fifa/marshall-islands.html |archive-date=2018-09-06}}</ref> ===Baseball and softball=== [[Softball]] and [[baseball]] are held under one sports federation in the Marshall Islands. The President is Jeimata Nokko Kabua. Both sports are growing at a fast pace, with hundreds of Marshallese people behind the Marshall Islands Baseball / Softball Federation. The Marshall Islands achieved a [[silver medal]] in the [[Micronesian Games]] in 2012, as well as medals in the SPG Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3849-0-0-0&sID=40447&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5044883 |title=Marshall Islands Baseball / Softball Federation β Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee β SportsTG |website=SportsTG |language=en |access-date=2018-09-06 |archive-date=2018-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906161726/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3849-0-0-0&sID=40447&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5044883 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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