sorry 4 the Americans but cricket is the most played,watched and the most popular
sport after soccer.its unusual popularity impact has increased after the coming of tmenty20 into the battlefield.
hockey is the third.
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Second most popular sport after Football/Soccer is Cricket :
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Second most popular sport after Football/Soccer is Badminton
Second most is Cricket.
Third most is Field Hockey.
Complete list of top 10 can be seen on : mostpopularsports.net
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According to a 2010 survey the most popular (keyword) sport in the world by fan count is:
#1--Football (soccer).
#2--Volleyball.
#3--Basketball.
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1. Soccer (association football, also known as futbol in various Spanish-speaking countries)
2. Cricket
3. Rugby
4. Field Hockey
T5: Baseball
T5: Basketball
There are often minor variations in this list. IMPORTANT NOTE: if you see an answer stating volleyball (998 million players) is the most popular, you have been tricked by this completely false website:
Hockey is the second most popular sport in the world.
Cricket is the worlds 2nd most popular sport as it has a huge following in populated countries such as India
Soccer is the second most popular sport in the world. It comes right behind Golf, and is right ahead of baseball.
It got to be Soccer.
basketball
Yes
Soccer is Chiles most played sport, but tennis is Chiles second most played sport
Second played sport may be boxing.
Yes it is the most played indoor sport in the world, and second in popularity only to soccer
Volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world.
The second most popular sport would be baseball. Although it is second for most popular SEEN, it is first for the most PLAYED sport.
No, but it is the most played sport (or popular) in the world.
Rugby
soccer. In Italy they call it football Soccer is a team sport..Maybe tennis.. The most popular individual sport in the world, if we are talking 1 v. 1 person is Judo. It ranks second behind Football (Soccer) as the most popular sport in the world also.
volleyball