Top Ten Most Famous and Popular Sports

The Top Ten
1 Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch with a wicket, a set of three wooden stumps sited at each end.

Requires more strategy than baseball, which is just about wildly swinging with a bat. Has formats like T10 which get over in 2 hours and Tests which take 5 days to complete so there is something for everyone to enjoy. Has greater number of countries playing it and more fans than baseball.

Number 1 in the world

Awesome game

2 Basketball Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard at each end.

Very popular sport

3 Soccer / Association Football

This is the game of greats

How is cricket higher?

4 Football American football is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

I love football, Probably because I was born in a household of football fans... and my brother who played in highschool. GO SEAHAWKS!

Football, American football, what's the difference?

5 Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each.
6 Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.
7 Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding.

Everybody knows this in the USA! This should be number 1!

8 Golf Golf is a club and ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes from a range of 80 to 600 yards on a course in as few strokes as possible.
9 Hockey
10 Table Tennis Ping-pong, or table tennis, is a sport where players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table.
The Contenders
11 Swimming Swimming is an individual or team sport and activity. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with events in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.
12 Rugby
13 Boxing Boxing is a martial art and combat sport in which two people wearing protective gloves throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring..
14 Competitive Dance

4 words: I do I love

15 Australian Rules Football Australian Rules Football, commonly referred to as Aussie Rules or AFL, is a contact sport that originated in Australia. Played on an oval-shaped field, it involves two teams of 18 players each, with the objective being to kick the ball through the opponent's goalposts to score points. The sport is distinguished by its fast pace, high level of physicality, and unique kicking and catching techniques. Australian Rules Football has a large following, particularly in Australia, where it serves as a significant cultural event and has spawned a professional league, the AFL.

I'm a proud aussie my self and growing up in Australia, this sport was everywhere. I couldn't think of a better sport to watch and play in this country.

16 Field Hockey Field Hockey is a team sport played on a grass or turf field, involving two teams of 11 players each. The objective is to use a curved stick to hit a small, hard ball into the opponent's goal. Originating in the British Isles, the sport has gained global popularity and is especially well-known in regions like Europe, Asia, and Australia. Field hockey is played both recreationally and professionally, and it is an Olympic sport with a strong emphasis on speed, skill, and teamwork.
17 Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" and "doubles".
18 Ice Hockey Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.
19 Softball
20 Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring strength, flexibility, balance and control.
21 Snowboarding
22 Formula 1 Formula One is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group. The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. ...read more.
23 Squash
24 Skateboarding Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. Skateboarding can also be considered a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation.
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