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A sports rivalry is intense competition between two athletic teams. This pressure of competition is felt by players, coaches, and management, but is perhaps felt strongest by the teams' Fan s. The intensity of the rivalry varies from a friendly competition on one end to serious violence on the other that, in one case (the Football War ), was suggested to have led to military conflict. Team owners typically encourage rivialries as they tend to improve game attendance and Television Ratings for rivalry matches, but a rivalry that gets out of control can lead to fighting, Hooliganism , and Riot ing. Many factors can lead to a rivalry developing. Simple geographic proximity is frequently sufficient to foster a rivalry. Frequent meetings in important games can also lead to a rivalry. Social and political tensions can also be played out by proxy in a sports rivalry, such as when Glasgow 's Sectarian Differences are expressed in the Celtic - Rangers Derby or when the Spanish - Catalan political conflict spills over to a Real Madrid - FC Barcelona soccer match. Rivalries of the friendlier sort are common between College Athletic Programs in the United States and often involve pranks that rival student bodies play on each other such as by stealing the other school's mascot or painting school colors somewhere on the opposing school's campus. =Famous sports rivalries= Original
Since before 1820
Baseball ''See List Of Major League Baseball Rivalries '' Basketball National Basketball Association Rest of the World
Professional football (American) College athletics See College Rivalry . Canadian football
Association football (soccer) Curling Club rivalries
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Ice hockey National Hockey League International
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Rugby union Test Matches
Super Rugby National Provincial Championship
Formula 1 Australian Football League Traditional Rivals Local Derbies More Recent Rivals Past Rivals
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