As the coronavirus forces us to stay #GlobalFromHome, at Stranger’s Guide we thought we’d look at sports around the world. With stadiums in many nations empty, now is a time to start investigating new leagues or sports, and perhaps even try out an unfamiliar skill or two.

1. Listen to a Cricket Podcast

2. Check out some Japanese baseball games

3. Homespun sports time

READINGS

In rural Ireland, particularly the hurling strongholds of Galway, Clare, Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny and Tipperary, especially at the height of summer, you will likely see children carrying hurleys and helmets. You may even see the pastoral pucking around that I remember from my ’90s childhood in the parks, playing pitches and gardens. You will see streets lined with bunting and flags in club or county colors. The pubs you drink in will have framed yellowing photographs of vintage hurling teams and signed jerseys on the walls. If you find yourself seated at the bar next to a local on a summer Sunday, you need only ask, “What did you make of the hurling?” to wind them up and watch them go.

—Eimear Ryan, “Good Sports” Stranger’s Guide: Ireland

DID YOU KNOW

The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed till 2021. But the Olympic Channel has just launched two new ways to get a “rings” fix—a stream of highlights from the opening and closing ceremonies of years past, as well as our favorite, showcasing classic final matches.