6.Table tennis
Table Tennis is played between two players(Singles) or between two teams(Doubles) consisting 2 players in each team. Players use to hit lightweight ball using table tennis racket. ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) is the governing body of world Table Tennis. ITTF have currently 217 members. ITTF was founded in 1926.
The game is also played in Olympics,the game is popular in popular in African,American,Asian and European countries with about 800 Millions Fans.
7.Baseball
Baseball is a bat and ball team sport which is played between two teams, Both team consist 9 team members. IBAF (International baseball Federation) is the International governing body.Now 118 nations are member of IBAF.
The Game was first played in the mid of 19th century and now it’s popular in America,Canada and Japan with about 500 Million Fans.
8.Basketball
Basketball is a team sport game played by two teams consisting 5 players each side. Basketball is played on a rectangular court with a basket at each end. players have to shoot ball in a basket to gain points. FIBA (International Basketball Federation) is the International Governing body of basketball. FIBA was founded in Geneva on 18 June 1932. A total 213 nations are now members of FIBA.
The game was first played in US in 1891,and now one of the popular sports having 450 millions of fans all over the world.
9.American Football
American Football is a team sport played between two teams consisting 11 players each side, over a rectangular field and has a goalpost at both ends.
The game was first played in 1869 and now it’s one of the most popular game in America,and a bit in some other countries with about 350 Millions fans all over the world.
10.Golf
Golf is the most popular sport played by an individual. Golf is Sport in which players (Golfers) use different types of clubs to hit balls into holes.
The game was first played in Scotland in 15th century and now played in almost every country however not too much popular in every country but yet it have 300 Million fans all over the world.
We have considered the population plays an sports and number of fans the sports have while ranking the top 10 sports of the world. So,Tell us which is your favorite sports or do you play all of them.
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