On the Line - virtual journey through Spain, sport Basque handball Spanish people love sport. Footballers are treated as celebrities and heroes. Top league soccer teams include Barcelona, which heads the table, Real Madrid, and Atl tico de Madrid. The Spanish national team is also well respected and known all over the world.
Golf is very popular.
Spain has nearly 200 courses. Most of these are located around the Mediterranean coast and are as busy with tourists as with locals. Fishing is a common sport for many Spanish people because Spain has 75,000km of rivers where you can find trout, salmon and pike. Even the royal fish, sturgeon, can be caught in some areas. Sea fishing has become more widespread, and the fish caught from each coast differ greatly.