Sports have become popular all over the world. Target audiences , attendance , figures and people who are earning the revenues are the certain criterias used for measuring how popular the sport has become. The sports have brought a significant change in the lives of sportspeople , athletes and the sports lover people.
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The top popular sports of the world are as follows:
a) Soccer
b) Field Hockey
c) Volleyball
d) Table Tennis
e) Baseball
f) Basketball
g) NFL
Soccer
Soccer is one of the toppest sports in the world as it has huge followers who play and watch the match. It has the largest fan following worldwide and it is loved by most of the people. Total 208 countries play soccer game. It was started in Great Britain during the 19th century.In this game there are eleven people in two teams. In this game each team tries to win by kicking a football into the other’s team goal. It helps in promoting spirit throughout the team.
Field Hockey
Field Hockey is the third most popular sport in the world established in the 3rd century BC. It has 2 billion fans. It is played in countries like Asian, European, African and Australian. It is the national game of India. It has grown since the medieval period. It has grown passion for the youth. Muddy and grassy field is required for playing hockey.
Table Tennis Table Tennis is the sport where players use a small ball and a bat for playing. It is similar to playing indoor badminton . It is played online in every country by youth as well as the aged people . Professional platform is not required for playing this game. At the professional level it is restricted to South Asian countries such as China, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Baseball
Baseball is the simple bat ball game where two people from each team play together.In one team there is batter and in the second team there is bowler. In the USA and Japan baseball is played as a street level outdoor sport. They are passionate about this sport and pursue their career in the baseball field.
Volleyball
Volleyball is a very easy game. Volleyball was introduced in 1964. A ball and a net is needed for it. It has followers of 900,000,000.
Basketball
Basketball has 400,000,000 followers. Skill and athleticism are needed for playing basketball. Success is achieved by practising more. Flat and smooth surfaces are needed for playing indoor basketballs whereas rugged exteriors are needed for playing outdoor basketballs. Outdoor basketballs can be used for shooting the hoops on flat The asphalt and concrete surfaces are very poor.
NFL
The NFL is one of the North American football team.It has 400,000,000 fans and has revenues of 10,000,000,000. It consists of 62 people in each team National Football Conference and American Football Conference. It is the highest professional level of American Football in the world.
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