Maybe most of us are asking what are the most popular and
favorite sports of the world since all individuals are unique and we have our own favorite
sports. When you search online for listings of world favorite and most played sports you
may probably see that soccer or football is always on the top of the list.
Most of the listing that I searched and seen in the internet whether it is based on a lot of fans that talk about it or most participants or whatever the meaning of popular sports, World Soccer is always on the top of the list. Soccer or football is very popular all over the world this team sport maybe is the most watched, the most played and the most talked about. Of course it also depends on what criteria you use for popularity.
After Soccer the next sports in the list are:
Contemporary this sport was first known in 19th century in the country of United Kingdom and it was first called Lawn Tennis. From that time tennis gained popularity all over the world. Places like USA, Europe, Australia, India and some other part of the Asia love this sports in fact it has 0.33 billion followers. This sport apparently offers the most watched sporting career for beautiful women like Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova who is known to be the 'TEEN TENNIS PRINCESS'.
This sport is the second most popular sports in the world
followed by soccer .It was played first in Southern England and it had
developed to be the national sport of the country. It is a bat and ball game
played between two teams of 11 players. In India subcontinent this is the most
popular sport which has a 1.5 billion population. A lot of crazy fans are
following this sport like in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. This
sport is always on the top three listings of most popular sports in countries
like Australia, England, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, New Zealand,
Afghanistan and Mauritius.
This is always been the favorite and most popular sport in
the USA, China, Russia, in the Philippines, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Italy,
Spain, and Puerto Rico. The famous National Basketball Association in America
with 30 teams playing is the richest and probably the most watch basketball
league in American Sporting action all over the world. It is said that NBA
action attracts audiences in excess of a billion.
Volleyball
This game is very famous in the USA and almost 100 countries
play this game professionally. The sport may not be the most played and most
popular sport in any countries but still it certainly enjoys a popularity
ranking in almost all nations. This game is always on the list of favorite
sports all over the world. Today the ruling country in volleyball is Brazil.
Baseball
Is a bat and ball sports which is played by two teams of
nine members each. This sport originates is US and it is invented by Alexander Cartwright of New York. The sport is the richest pastime of the American.
Baseball becomes very popular in countries like Japan, Korea, Cuba, Taiwan and
many other countries. The researcher said that the total baseball population is
600 million.
This game is very popular in New Zealand and many other
places. This team sport often referred to as Rugby, it is a game of full
contact which originates in England in the early 19th Century. A tournament
called "Rugby World Cup is held every four years and the team who wins the
tournament will receive the "Webb Ellis Cup".
One of the most popular sports in the United States it is
close to English Soccer and Rugby Football. Half of the nation’s populations of
306 million really like to play this game. A huge bunch of fans in US, Canada,
Japan, The Caribbean and Europe is being crazy about the sport. National
Football League is the richest amongst the world sporting league netting $6.2
billion annually.
In its name Ice Hockey, is a team sport played on ice, it is always on the top list of the sports played in the US, Russia, Canada, Norway and other country with winter season. Ice Hockey is very popular throughout the season. NHL or the National Hockey League is the most popular league among all other hockey leagues.
Table tennis is just another world’s favorite sports. This
is first called ping-pong. This sport is the second most famous sport in China
but internationally it has limited audience. One of the advantages of this game
is, it requires only a little space not like the other sports and almost
schools clubs and recreational center have a table-tennis court.
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