"Sports and games are vital for the physical and mental improvement of an individual. They have a few constructive outcomes like expanded blood stream, further developed fixation, and ability to think, among others."


1. Soccer: 3.5 billion fans

There is no doubt that football is at the top of the most popular sports in the world. About 200 years Pr. Cr. The earliest known form of soccer was played in China during the Han Dynasty in a game called Cuju, literally translated as Kick Ball.

Modern football was founded in 1883. After the formation of the Football Association (FA) in England, which unified the rules of the competition. The sport grew rapidly in popularity throughout Europe, and the international governing body FIFA was founded in Paris in 1904.

Today, soccer is played at the professional level all over the world, with approximately 250 million people playing it regularly at the amateur level. Top footballers these days earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year and are highly regarded by millions of loyal and passionate fans.

The Brazilian team is generally recognized as the country's most talented football team and has led the World Cup tournament with five victories in the competition's history. Today, the game of soccer has a huge fan base of over 3.5 billion fans worldwide.

2. Cricket: 2.5 billion fans

Number 2 in the list of most popular sports in the world is Cricket. The game is believed to have started as a children's game in England as early as 1550, and later became an adult sport that grew in popularity.

Cricket is very deeply grounded in North America, the Caribbean, South Africa, and New Zealand. Australia, New Zealand, India, and Pakistan have the greatest game today, which is additionally twofold awesome of 2016. Country group. More than 2.5 billion Cricket fans live in India and Pakistan.

3. Field hockey: 2 billion fans

Although field hockey was not inaugurated as an Olympic sport in 1908, in Africa, as in other continents, until 1968. Dominated India and Pakistan.

The sport has been played since the Middle Ages in the Netherlands, Scotland, and England. In the 19th century, the English public school system became popular.

Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan, a sport that has an unbroken record of winning four World Cups to date. The sport's more than 2 billion fans are mostly from Pakistan and neighboring India.

4. Tennis: 1 billion fans

Emerging as the 4 most popular sports in the world, tennis began in the 12th century in Northern France. Modern tennis was developed in Birmingham, England [1859] and the first tennis club was established in 1872.

The world's oldest tennis competition, the annual Wimbledon Championship, which began in 1874, has since crossed the Atlantic Ocean to America. Tennis is a global sporting activity played by people from all walks of life, with top players winning millions in prize money and lucrative sponsorship deals.

Popular tennis tournaments such as the US Open, Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon attract millions of viewers every year. The sport is watched by 1 billion fans worldwide.

5. Volleyball: 900 million fans

The 5th place in the most popular sports list in the world is supported by volleyball. Four years after the invention of basketball in 1895, Mintonette, as it was formerly known, was developed as an indoor sport that required less physical activity than basketball.

In the last decade, the sport has become especially popular in Russia and Eastern Europe. Men's volleyball was officially introduced in 1964. In the Olympic Games. Because of its popularity, beach volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1996. Volleyball has a huge following of 900 million fans worldwide and is mostly enjoyed by older players who want to stay fit.