Top 5 Popular Sports in the World

Soccer #1

   Soccer has over 3.5 billion fans and 250 million players over 200 countries. Its name was originally football. In this game, you can only use your feet unless you throwing in, or goalie. Soccer is very skilled because you need to know many tricks to get the ball away from your opponents team. 

Cricket #2 

The first game ever played in the U.S. was cricket. It has  2.5 Billion Fans. This sport was popular in America in 1834 to 1914. In this game, you use a bat and ball. 

Cricket is very similar to baseball but an older version.

Field hockey # 3  

The sport Field Hockey has 2 Billion Fans. Field hockey uses a curved wooden stick. The ball is a hardball and you hit it into the opponent’s goal. There are 11 players on each side. In the game field hocky when your hitting the ball you can only hit it with the front of the stick not the back. 

Tennis # 4 

This sport has 1 Billion FanTennis. Its a one or two-player game. You have a rack and a hollow rubber ball. In this sport, you need good eye contacted and hand coordination. Tennis is a very hard sport because you have to keep your eye’s on the ball and swing when it’s near you. 

Volleyball #5 

Volleyball has 900 million fans, and it is used with a ball and net. There are two teams with six players on each side of the net. You score points by hitting the ball on the ground of the opponent’s side.

This information I got from https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-most-popular-sports-in-the-world.html

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