Since its founding, the sport has expanded to 40 countries and nearly 600 teams, according to the governing bodies.
, the sports’ two governing bodies in North America, both announced the new name of “quadball” this week, which is set to go into effect this summer. The International Quidditch Association plans to adopt the new name, too, the organizations said.
There were two reasons for the name change, per the governing bodies: The sport wanted to separate itself from “Harry Potter” authorRowling has increasingly shared views that
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