Can you name the Most Popular Sports in the World? by joejon3

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Most Popular Sports in the World Quiz

by joejon3

Created Nov 8, 2009 in Sports
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	Stikey:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT		8 points
	Seems like an entirely plausible list, but a source would help to improve this quiz's credibility. Also, it would be helpful if you defined "popular".

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	JDass:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 21:10 GMT		1 point
	A source would improve this quiz's credibility no end. American football and athletics are surprise exclusions.

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	giantsfreak830:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 23:21 GMT		9 points
	american football is only popular in America, and parts of Canada and Europe. Baseball is popular in America, canada, Latin America, south africa, and throughout Asia.

	joejon3:	May 18th, 2010 at 01:58 GMT		1 point
	Couldn't find the original source, but fixed it accordingly.

	godpaul25:	May 30th, 2010 at 04:52 GMT		16 points
	I guess define sport. Would say weightlifting, swimming, running, etc would all be more "popular", as in done by more people. Auto and horse racing seem popular worldwide, not sure if those are "sports". Surprised no tennis or golf for sure.

	jjs91:	May 30th, 2010 at 05:01 GMT		15 points
	whats the difference between rugby and rugby league?

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	gopaladins:	May 30th, 2010 at 07:04 GMT		27 points
	there's no way field hockey is more popular than golf and tennis.

	kizofieva:	May 30th, 2010 at 07:27 GMT		12 points
	Some sort of "Be very specific" instructions would be helpful. I understand why you don't just accept "hockey," but having typed that in without receiving an answer, I put the concept of hockey entirely out of my mind, rather than think to specify what kind of hockey.

	Broomhead:	May 30th, 2010 at 07:40 GMT		27 points
	@gopaladins: you are right, and having followed the link I just realised this is a list of most popular TEAM sports. This absolutely must be included in the quiz title.

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	juusosieni:	May 30th, 2010 at 08:02 GMT		42 points
	Teffty24: No one in Europe calls association football "soccer" and we still have to write soccer.

	Broomhead:	May 30th, 2010 at 08:19 GMT		17 points
	@teffty24: if anything, "football" should represent association football aka "soccer". After all, the numbers are with us: just check the quiz!

	dlte:	May 30th, 2010 at 09:02 GMT		12 points
	Why is "Soccer" and "American Football" on this? Just go with soccer/football" or "football/american football"...

	Flick:	May 30th, 2010 at 11:22 GMT		30 points
	joejon3. Your link is called 'Most Popular 'Team' Sports in the World. I personally would insert the word 'Team' in your heading, as this would clarify things a lot more.

	31195:	May 30th, 2010 at 14:09 GMT		2 points
	For one, athletics, swimming, and cycling are all popular sports worldwide, but if you only consider sports that use balls as being sports, then please say so. Secondly, the good majority of people worldwide refer to soccer as football. Also, "rugby" can either refer to rugby union or rugby league, so please refer to rugby union as rugby union, not just rugby. And finally, tennis and golf are very popular internationally, and American football is only popular in well, America. Please reconsider your list. However, I don't have much of a problem with the ranking you gave them.

	JoeA:	May 30th, 2010 at 14:20 GMT		0 points
	tHE person got it from sportingo.com

	Reed:	May 30th, 2010 at 15:36 GMT		5 points
	Agree with Flick, that's how your source has it as well. Also agree with dlte that "football" should be an answer for something.

	REM80s:	May 30th, 2010 at 16:17 GMT		7 points
	awful

	Steesh:	May 30th, 2010 at 16:33 GMT		7 points
	Broomhead - I guess you play league then? Because that was a moronic answer. JJS19 - There aren't a great deal of differences but some include points scoring, rules on possesion, number of players and a lack of a meaningful scrum in League. It was mostly down to a class divide in Victorian Britain.....

	Steesh:	May 30th, 2010 at 16:37 GMT		0 points
	Basically think of a sport us Brits invented and then subsequently sucked at or were changed by the Americans (bar basketball and volleyball of course).

	watson3001:	May 30th, 2010 at 16:51 GMT		12 points
	If youre gonna take rugby league then at least call the other one rugby union

	jcorney92:	May 30th, 2010 at 17:41 GMT		-1 points
	Gave it one star just for the sheer audacity of calling the most popular sport by the wrong name. Can you Americans not compramise for once?

	ChinaWhite:	May 30th, 2010 at 18:16 GMT		4 points
	compamise?

	LinuxLinus:	May 30th, 2010 at 18:30 GMT		13 points
	You probably ought to take football for soccer, since that's what most people call it.

	miko:	May 30th, 2010 at 18:56 GMT		7 points
	Please include the word "team" in the title

	XBigWill1X:	May 30th, 2010 at 19:11 GMT		14 points
	I know Americans, Canadians and Australians call it soccer, but the rest of the world, well the majority call it football so at least put football in brackets, football did exist before American football (which i do like actually).

	johnlk:	May 30th, 2010 at 19:22 GMT		5 points
	If it's team sports, it should say team sports. Obviously tennis and golf are more popular than many of these sports.

	Asian:	May 30th, 2010 at 19:26 GMT		1 point
	FOOTBALL, not SOCCER

	Sporctastic:	May 30th, 2010 at 20:01 GMT		4 points
	You could make us answer in order to fix the whole football vs. soccer troubles. But that would probably make people even more annoyed. I don't like this because your source doesn't have a clear cut way of determining what's the most 'popular.' Not your fault but maybe if someone did some research on attendance per year or something we could have a more concrete list.

	patchadams:	May 30th, 2010 at 20:04 GMT		1 point
	what about racquetball? curling? fencing? speed walking? the winter biathlon? this quiz must be a joke

	RCray7:	May 30th, 2010 at 20:16 GMT		-3 points
	accept hockey for ice hockey, and football for american football

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	ConorONeill:	May 30th, 2010 at 20:59 GMT		1 point
	Firstly, ^ idiot, secondly, i hate Football being called soccer as it is about 150 years older, and a better sport.

	mdiamond6:	May 30th, 2010 at 23:54 GMT		2 points
	FAIL

	godpaul25:	May 31st, 2010 at 00:26 GMT		3 points
	@Sporctastic - that would only make it the most watched live sports in the world. For "popular" you would have to take in television, radio, live attendance, and individual participants in the sport on a day to day level. Title of this quiz is where the fail is, and the source certainly doesn't clarify it.

	godpaul25:	May 31st, 2010 at 00:32 GMT		3 points
	and to end this whole football/american football thing, just have a bonus answer pop up when someone types in football to type in "Soccer or American Football". The "soccer" hooligans still won't be happy, but it's better than it is now

	Fidelio:	May 31st, 2010 at 01:14 GMT		7 points
	Actually, the way I'd do it is: call the most popular one "soccer/football," and keep American football the way it is now. If someone types in "soccer," give them credit for the former, and if someone types in "American football," give them credit for the latter. If someone types in "football," give them credit for both.