Football Article
The world's most popular sport
Soccer is the world’s most popular sport. No other sport is being played and watched by so many people. The question is however if soccer (or football as it’s called in Europe) will continue to be the number one sport for ever. I personally think that it will.
Unlike for example ice hockey, it can be played all over the world, and with fairly cheap equipment. American football hasn’t quite taken off outside America, a lot of people feel that the rules are too complicated. Plus not a lot of kids in the poor neighbourhoods of South America are likely to be able to afford the necessary equipment to play American football.
To make a long story short, there isn’t really another sport that could challenge soccer as the world’s most popular sport.
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What's your take? Write a comment (93 comments)
uh soccer is number 1 thats all i gotta say
and i live in the USA
You Guy don't Know crap. american football and amerian Basketball Should Be the Best Sports but Nobody can contend with the united states. i mean who would want to Be à fan of the Sport if you sucked at it or your Country does. becuase the Greatest athletes are from those two Sports. If you think about its true like Chris Pau, derion, Kobe, carmelo, allen iverson, Ray Lewis, Darren mcfadden,terrel owens,LT,Brian dawkins, andre dawkins,micheal Jordan, and the Best athlete in the World is Lebron James!!! He is 6'8 and 275 pounds that is faster than almost any player in futbol and has such good body control when he jumps. He is one of the highest jumpers in the world and he is so strong!!!!! Have lebron and lionel messi play every sport and see who wins!!!!!
WORLD BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD IS SOCCER (football) for sure theres no sport that can beat it. estimates 3.5 BILLION people plays and watches it. WORLD FAMOUS AND BEST SPORT EVER!!!!!!!!!
World Cup is biggest event in the world.
cmon home dogs imm 13 and i even know that soccer is the best sport and rugby so called mans game is for loosers all it is is a bunch of guys chasin a football
SOCCER(Football) is the best sport in the world and no one can say anything about it. I love basketball as well but baseball is just shit.
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american football blows all you did is bang heads with eachother and warm up by banging your head on a locker
All types of sports are popular globally, but what sports can we call THE most popular in the world? Some of the answers may surprise you.
It's no surprise that football, or what Americans call "soccer" is the world's most popular sport to play and to watch. An estimated 3.5 billion people either watch or play football. The World Cup is the global championship of the sport and this tournament is played every four years. The World Cup itself is one of the highest rated sports on television, with many countries tuning in en masse to watch their country's team play. Football is popular in all of the UK, Europe, Asia as well as South America. However, with so many other sports being popular, the Unites States still lags behind in their interest in "soccer".
Next, we have cricket. This sport which consists of a bat and a ball, has been around for hundreds of years and originated in England. The sport is popular in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, some African countries, some Caribbean countries and it is the most popular sport in the countries of India and Pakistan. An estimated 3 billion people watch or play cricket each year.
The next most popular sport is a sure surprise, and that is field hockey, with an estimated 2 billion players or watchers, mostly in Asian countries, European countries, Australia and around Africa. This sport tends to be played in high schools in the United States, usually by girls only.
Coming up next is tennis. Not so surprising, but there are an estimated 1 billion players and watchers of tennis around the world. Tennis tends to be popular in richer countries, including the United States, Asian countries, Australia and Europe. There are four main tournaments in tennis, called "Grand Slams" at which players from many countries play. The first is the Australian Open, then the French Open, Wimbledon and then the US Open in late August. The Grand Slam tournaments tend to get the most attention during the tennis season.
Next we have volleyball.
soccer isthe best deal with it