Top 10 World’s Most Popular Sports

Top Ten Most Popular Sports in the World:

1. Football

This sport has 3.3 to 3.5 billion fans. Spread almost all over the world. In fact, the U.S. used to not like football, are now beginning to like football / soccer sport. Audience who watched David Beckham’s actions began to increase.

2. Cricket

In a country in India and Sri Lanka, cricket became the number one sport. Fans of this sport reach 2 to 3 billion people.

3. Field Hockey

The Hockey sport that popular in Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia is hockey field, not the indoor hockey or ice hockey. The game is similar to football, but the players are using batons (sticks). The number of hockey enthusiasts in the world between 2 to 2.2 billion.

4. Tennis

Tennis is only popular in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. African population is less fond of this sport. The number of tennis fans expected to reach 1 billion people.

5. Volleyball

People of Asia, Europe, America and Australia are happy with this sport. Number of volleyball fans reaches 900 million people in the world.

6. Table Tennis

The number of table tennis fans worldwide is estimated equal to the volleyball lovers and spread across Asia, Europe, Africa and America.

7. Baseball

This sport is only popular in the U.S., Japan, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. But, the fans reached

500 million people in the world.

8. Golf

In the U.S., and European Canada, golf has become a popular sport. Only elite people can enjoy this kind of expensive sport. The Fans of golf around the world are about 400 million people.

9. American Football

As the name implies, this sport is only popular in the U.S. The way the game is almost similar to rugby, just a little different. In the U.S., football defeat soccer based on its popularity. Fans reached 390 to 410 million people in the world.

10. Basketball

Basketball is a very popular in the U.S. and Canada. Basketball fans around the world no more than 400 million people.