Woah, woah, haha.
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Woah, woah, haha.
those might be more popular attendance-wise. but basketball is the only "big" sport besides soccer that can easily be played on the street / at schools. I think in terms of players basketball could destroy those sports.
ESPN3 has had it for years.
the BBC recently added this feature when Wimbledon started this year and it's pretty awesome to instantly rewind or go back to Live (or highlighted bookmarks like a Goal or something).
weekend_warrior
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Cricket and ruby more popular then basketball? lol
I don't know
davidsaurus
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America has NBA. It's played all of the country, and is one of the most popular sports in the country. I don't think it's such a big deal in France...so I mean, if you want to convince yourselves that then go ahead but I don't think US beating France at basketball is noteworthy.
CrunchinJelly
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Wow at those Russian tracksuits.
Yes. Cricket is the national sport of India and Pakistan and it is watched and played all over the world. It's easily more popular than basketball and, according to most of my Google searches, it's the second most popular sport worldwide.
Sarcastic Response
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Actually Track and Field is now the 2nd most popular sport in the world after Soccer.
I used it a fair bit during Wimbledon, I was impressed *then*.
Considering the population of India, Pakistan and bangledesh, plus every other nation that plays cricket...
Don't worry, my fellow Americans. Jose Ramirez is about to avenge our men's freestyle team.
Don't forget Dork Nowitzki.
It's a good thing France isn't representative of the rest of the world.
By TV viewership, cricket is far and away 2nd. A cricket match was the most watched sports broadcast last year.
Erm quite not. It's popular in all of Europe, South America and Africa. And there is a decent following in NA and Asia.
davidsaurus
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Table tennis is great, I used to play it a lot and it's quite fun to watch. However, it's rather annoying that basically every nation has an asian player playing for them. It would be nice to have more diversity in playstyles and just in general every match feels like china vs china.
lol.
yeah the 1st guy, he did 37.8, Phelps did a 37.2 split and in swimming you roughly add 6/7 tenth for the flying start. (The 3rd guy did 37.7, Lochte also 37.7)
Just the last two French guys were really quick 37,3 and 36.8 (fastest of all).
but it was great to see the French getting one back for the one 4 years ago and Aussies were shockingly slow, best 100m relay team ever Thorpe called them
you'd be surprised... this is why americans think its all about basketball when they just laugh off every other sport outside
Lol, I was going to say this. Plus you have Bangladesh, so that's another 150 million.
certainly a lot of fans. South Asia helps a lot.
Buba Big Guns
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Uhhhhh...just look at the parity in the world cup and other international tournaments.
The US is the overwhelming favorite in ball by far.
LyleLanley
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You guys are all wrong, I can only name athletes in handball therefore it must be the most popular sport in the world.
Jezbollah
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Cricket shits all over Basketball in terms of popularity worldwide. I believe it's second in terms of viewers/attendance.
The new version of this gif coming?
I've always loved how he's Vegeta and suddenly becomes Goku.
/nerd
davidsaurus
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Lol, not really. It's very big in south america and all of europe. It's growing in US and other countries as well.
FRANCE.
Gotta love the guy on the left going "Not bad." in the very end.
*whoosh*
you have no clue what you are talking about. Only the EPL and La Liga ? Soccer is by far the most popular world sport.
Is this a joke?
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