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Harry Potter's favourite sport, quidditch, is now being played in about 40 countries.

The players might not be able to fly on broomsticks, but they remain true to the text, by running with them.

Tiphaine Pasquereau, a member of the Olympians Paris team, explains that the broomstick makes it a bit more challenging.

Quidditch teams try to remain independent of Harry Potter fandom.

However, they still use a lot of the original language from the story like; swaffle, sweep and Golden Snitch.

Given that the Golden Snitch is a flying gold ball, teams must make some changes.

This role is played by a neutral player, who's dressed in yellow with a tennis ball in a sock fixed to their shorts.

The sport allows mixed gendered teams and includes skills from several sports.

Paul Bonnet is proud of this.

Quidditch federations compete regularly in international matches.

They would like to be recognised like other sports.

But many still think of the game as a Harry Potter fan club.

Tess Harmand would like this to change.

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