What are the five most played sports in the world?
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BASKET BALL, FOOTBALL, TENNIS, RUGBY & GOLF.
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Basketball, soccer, swimming, paintball and bowling.\nWat about you?
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Soccer! Its worldwide.
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Super Bowl games. I guess also soccer as the 2nd on my list.
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I can't decide.  I've played football, soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, and even did a bit of karting, but they're all so much fun that it's hard to choose just one, so I guess all of the above named sports are fun!!!
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Cricket.. Basketball.. Football.. actually.. anything that requires me to run.. move.. do something.. i am up for it.. i cant watch it.. i have to play it.. hmm.. so my favorite would be hmm.. the sport itself.. that is.. any sport..
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please name the sport for which u want the information.
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The national game : Hockey, \nThe popular game : Cricket
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according to the article that i found: football, cheerleading, ice hockey, baseball, and soccer are the top five.  the article is a very interesing read, hope it helps.
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I would say Football. Baseball lost so many fans with their strike a few years back, it will never have the same popularity it once did. Basketball season is too long, and there's been far too many antics off court by players to make it a serious game any more. Football has by far the most fans, as proven with Superbowl Sunday... it has the highest cost for commercials, and more drunk driving tickets are given on that day than any other.
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Actually I have provided the same answer when someone asked what's the best sport.\n\nWell, here is again. First, we need to understand we have to use how many people participate this sport. Second, the data has to be relevant and credential to be evaluated. Third, it should not be biased.\n\nThe most popular sport in the world is Volleyball in terms of how many people participated.\n\nThe following is the list:\nVolleyball\nBasketball\nTable Tennis\nSoccer\nBadminton\nTennis\nBaseball\nDragonboat Racing\nTeam Handball\nHockey\n\nIn 2002, there were 998 million of people participated this game. Not to count how many people who watched the game.\n\nCheck the following website for this information!\n\nAmerican football is not even on the list!
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It is a 'No Brainer'... Soccer is by far the very best sport of the three listed in the question.  American Football is a distant second.  It can be fun to watch but the games take far too long and more often it is BORING!  It is fun to shoot hoops or play a pick up game of Basketball but basketball is a joke.  Ice Hockey, Baseball and Lacrosse are the best team sports as well as Soccer... Soccer can improve its exposure world wide by relaxing the offsides rule which in my opinion will lead to more scoring.  Soccer also needs to do more to limit the clutching and grabbing as well as the diving.
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i'm counting the days!! football (soccer for those of you in the u.s.) is the most popular sport in the world, and the most beautiful game
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Shahz you have no idea what you're talking about. Soccer is currently the global sport. Basketball and Rugby(yes Rugby) aren't far behind. As for the top American sport: Football.
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Rugby, Cricket, miscelaneous martial arts, video game championships, Golf, Billiards,skateboarding, hang gliding, competitive eating, and soon baseball will have a world cup and not be in the olympics.  More I'm sure, but can't think of at the moment.
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The World Cup is the largest sporting event besides the Olympics, where 32 nations compete in the game of football (soccer according to Americans) in order to determine the world cup champion.
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Football (soccer), is famous worldwide because it is one of the oldest sports around.  It originated in Europe (somewhere), and has been transplanted in every country a European has landed.  Baseball, basketball, football (American), rugby, etc., are all becoming more popular, but they have only been around for a couple of hundred years, and, for the most part, only in one or two countries.