Sport
Most Popular Sports In The World
All types of sports are very popular in the world, but this sport can we call it the most popular in the world? It is not surprising that Americans football, or what some call “soccer” is the most popular sport in the world to play and watch. An estimated 3.5 billion people either watch or play football. World Cup itself is one of the most quoted sports television, and many countries are tuning in en masse to see the team play in their country.
The sport is popular in England, Australia, New Zealand, some African countries, some Caribbean countries and is the most popular sport in the countries of India and Pakistan. Not so surprising, but there are about a billion players and observers of tennis throughout the world. Tennis tends to be popular in rich countries, including America, Asia, Australia and Europe. There are four major tennis tournaments, called “Grand Slam” in which players play many countries.
Volleyball is very popular in the United States, where the sport originated, as well as in Brazil, Europe, Russia, China and Japan. Volleyball is a popular sport in schools in many countries due to play as a team of care that she and her lack of need for specialized equipment.
Table tennis as a competitive sport is popular in many countries but is especially popular in China, Korea and Singapore.
After these sports, we have a triumvirate of more mainstream American sports, including baseball, golf, football and basketball, with each sport attracts between 400 and 500 million players or spectators around the world.