10 Most Popular Sports In The World
10. American Football
American football also has around 410 million fans, effectively making it joint ninth with rugby. The sport is very popular in the United States, but there is little interest in the sport elsewhere in the world. The largest event is the Super Bowl. There are international competitions but there is little interest from other nations.
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Despite being largely a US sport only, American football players can still make very lucrative salaries and huge sponsorship deals are also available to in demand players. The sport has a high number of amateur players in America, but few people elsewhere play American football as amateurs.
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