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[konig 1,504]

The son will be ugly 

[bestmen 2,818]

 World’s Most Popular Sports (Ranked by 13 factors)

#1. Football/Soccer

#2. Basketball

#3. Cricket

#4. Tennis

#5. Athletics

#6. Rugby

#7. Formula 1

#8. Boxing

#9. Ice Hockey

#10. Volleyball

#11. Golf

are you ok with this ?

[Federer91 2,796]

Seems legit. Maybe some skiing instead of golf, but it's questionable.

[konig 1,504]

cricket third?, only for India and Pakistan......

[Gianlu33 4,573]

1 minute ago, konig said:

cricket third?, only for India and Pakistan......

Do you know how many people live here?  

[konig 1,504]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Do you know how many people live here?  

Too much , is like with language: the chinese is the most talk in the world or second.......the answer of why is obvious.

[VolleyRuller96 264]

2 hours ago, bestmen said:

 World’s Most Popular Sports (Ranked by 13 factors)

#1. Football/Soccer

#2. Basketball

#3. Cricket

#4. Tennis

#5. Athletics

#6. Rugby

#7. Formula 1

#8. Boxing

#9. Ice Hockey

#10. Volleyball

#11. Golf

are you ok with this ?

No handball seems pretty strange...

Plus Formula 1 more popular than Volleyball, Hockey, or Boxing  i don't really believe that

Top 5 would be pretty possible if not for cricket.

[bestmen 2,818]

Just now, VolleyRuller96 said:

No handball seems pretty strange...

Plus Formula 1 more popular than Volleyball, Hockey, or Boxing  i don't really believe that

Top 5 would be pretty possible if not for cricket.

 

 

the rest of ranking ,the handball is 22 , the explain is:

 

12	American Football	Biggest sport in USA and the most lucrative and powerful professional sport league of all sports is NFL which generates over $10 billion a year in revenue. Super bowl is the most watched sport event in US.
13	MMA	Mixed Martial Arts is getting more and more popular with the emergence of UFC. Its a big sport in Brazil, USA while spreading across Europe slowly. It highly rewarding financially and might overtake Boxing in a few years.
14	MotoGP	It is one of the motorcycle racing series. MotoGP is the premium class competition with huge TV following around the world. Mostly popular in Spain, Italy, Netherlands but growing in England, USA, Germany and Middle-east.
15	Field Hockey	Field Hockey has fallen from grace even where it was most popular India, Pakistan. It still has some varied interest but nothing like 20 years ago where it was major sport in India, Pakistan and fairly popular in Australia, Malaysia, Holland, Germany, England and South Africa.
16	Badminton	Huge popularity in Asia specifically countries like Malaysia, China, India, Korea etc. Its more of a hobby sport in Europe and Americas
17	Cycling	Very popular in some major european countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain, England and Netherlands. Tour de France is one of the most watched competition in the world. Cycling is part of school games around the world.
18	Swimming	Another fairly global sport but only attracts popularity during Olympic games. US. Michael Phelps is the most famous athlete in swimming having won record 22 gold medals in Olympic games.
19	Snooker	Its very region specific game with only China and England orgnizing major competitions in Snooker. But it is also a major hooby game which is played everywhere around the world on non-professional level.
20	Table Tennis	Professional only China, Indonesia, Malaysia and India has some interest in Table Tennis but in terms of casual playing it is one of the most played sport around the world as a hobby.
21	Gymnastics	Some interest in all the major countries like Korea, US, Japan, China and Germnay. Like many other Olympics game Gymnastic only get some news time during Olympics.
22	Handball	Some interest in european countries like Russia, France Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania and a few other easter european nations. Some countries also have semi pro-leagues but only tv coverage is during world championships
23	Wrestling	Its more of a cultural sport in some parts of the world. In US its very popular among teens growing up. It is played on fairly large level in Japan, Turkey, Russian, India and Pakistan etc  (dont confuse it with WWE Wrestling)
24	Skiing	Downhill Skiing is a big event in europe and its also one of the biggest winter sports.
25	Horse Racing	Horse Racing is fairly medium size sport in US, UK, UAE and Australia. Mainly a gambling sport

 

 

and the  Criteria used:

1. Global base & audience
2. TV  Viewership numbers
3. Number Professional leagues around the world
4. TV rights deals
5. Endorsement & Sponsorship deals
6. Average athlete salary in top league
7. Biggest competition & (number of countries represented)
8. Social media presence
9. Prominence in sports headlines on media outlets (websites, tv)
10. Relevancy through the year
11. Regional dominance
12. Gender equality
13. Accessible to general public worldwide

 

 

 

[Quasit 865]

I don't go after such lists. What about Fencing? Where else do we have 200+ participants in World Cup stages?

[bestmen 2,818]

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Tv Channels:

 

-France télévision (France 2 et 3)

-La chaine TV Alkass (Qatar)

-La chaine TV Ennahar (Algeria)

 

Newspapers:

 

-Le journal l’Equipe (France)

-Le journal The Daily Mail (London)

-Le journal Al-Assiad (Sudan)

-Algérie Presse Service (sports) (Algeria)

 

 

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Edited April 4, 2017 by bestmen