Posted on 09/11/2019 1:06:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Today we are going to take a look at the top 10 most popular sports in the world. But before we do that it is important to know the importance of sports and criteria that should be used to make a ranking of sports.
Sports play an important role in our lives. From early childhood years where we take sports very seriously to the later years in life where we consider it as a hobby, fitness ritual, and sometimes even a profession. Today in every part of the world some sport is passionately followed. People take their sporting heroes as their role models and often have an emotional attachment with their favourite sports stars and sports teams. People in different regions of the world have different favourite sports. This makes ranking sports quite a challenging and difficult job. This is exactly why it is hard to ascertain the reliability and accuracy of different sports lists out there.
Here, it is important to know exactly what do we mean by most popular sports. The word “popular” could mean “most-watched sports,” “most played sports,” or “most revenue-generating sports”. But in all honesty, it would be unfair to rank the sports by popularity, if we take just one or two criteria. Therefore, we have decided to use 15 different criteria in order to rank the most popular sports in the world.
Criteria Used for Ranking:
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You should move to England.
You should move back to Canada.
I would think that having a beard would be grounds for DQ.
Auto racing should be on the list. I read that more people watch auto racing than football or baseball. Aerobatics also draws huge crowds.
That's the only time I have ever touched a soccer ball.
Absolutely. By far. The rest aren’t even close.
And your hands didn't fall off?
Ditto for the NFL.
I stopped reading at criteria #12 - gender equality.
In less than 10 years, online/computer gaming (e-sports) will be number one.
That was back when SNL was actually funny.
Sure they meant Field Hockey——it’s very popular around the world.
Hilarious.
Ridiculous, but probably true.
Believe it or not, there is a cricket team in Compton, Calif., a low-income community that is predominantly black and Latino. They call themselves the Homies and the Popz and have played against teams from Britain, Australia, Afghanistan, etc.
“Soccer / Association Football”... is that futbol or football?
There was talk of building a Cricket Ground, here in Plano, which of course, has a large Indian community.
I’ve endeared myself with my Indian co-workers, because I can talk Cricket with them.
Soccer, the sport that teaches the virtually worthless skill of foot/eye coordination.
I had to look up your reference, but, yes I see your point.
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