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The power of sport lies in the community, in us cheering for the people on the field and the track. Do you get swept up in the moment when a stadium erupts and ROARS with a cheer or an anthem? Whether it is U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A or Scotland The Brave, "Liefling" (Darling) if you are a Blue Bulls supporter in South Africa, or the Rammerjammer-rammer-jammer-yellow-hammer cheer if you are in Alabama.

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These are the things that bind us - the Mexican waves, the team jerseys - a sea of red Manchester United fans is almost as impressive as the team below on the pitch - and the sense of being part of something bigger.

I love how we rally together - when You-Know-Who called a fellow American and a footballer a son of a b*tch because he kneeled to show support for his own community back home, other players kneeled in subsequent matches. They tweeted. The phoned television and radio shows, they SUPPORTED. Along with the coaches and fans. And this makes US great. Not because we are rebels, but because we are brothers and sisters.

When countries were fled due to all sorts of reasons, the International Olympic Committee gave refugees their own flag to compete under in Rio. Because that's how we roll. We are one. And sport transcends all the other drama of live to unify us. Even President Mandela said so - and the roars and tears and pride the day when Mr Mandela walked out on the rugby field at the Rugby World Cup in Johannesburg wearing a Springbok jersey had such an effect on the New South Africa that people are still talking about it with a far away look in their eyes.

Canada has their hockey season - and unless you have been to a hockey match or seen how the Canada comes to a stand still when big teams play, you have no idea of esprit de corps and national mania. Girls - and some guys - even coined "hockey butt" as a phrase in Canada to describe, well....uhmmm, a bonus of playing AND watching the hockey players do their thing on the ice.

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When Phil Hughes died of a cricket related injury, Australians lined the streets, gave him an official funeral and grown men cried like children.

And this is our magic - we are brothers and sisters in the sports community. We quarrel about teams, we know better than the coaches, the selectors and everyone else, but at the end of the day we are family and we put our differences aside.

Welcome to the SportsPodium family. Tell us in the comments below about your favourite cheer or anthem - AND of course who your favourite team is.

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