GLOBAL AND CANADIAN SPORTING TID BITS

as posted on the Dog River Howlers Rugby Club's facebook page - www.facebook.com/dogriverhowlers?fref=ts
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Most Played Global Sports
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1. Soccer
2. Cricket
3. Field Hockey
4. Tennis
5. Volleyball
6 Table Tennis
7. Baseball
8. Golf

Most Popular Global Sports (playing and viewership)
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1. Soccer
2. Cricket
3. Tennis
4. Baseball
5. Basketball
6. Table Tennis
7. Field Hockey
8. Volleyball
9. Rugby
10. Golf

Active Participation Rates Of Canadian Sports
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1. Golf - 2.1 million
2. Ice Hockey - 1.8 million
3. Swimming - 1.1 million
4. Soccer - 950,000
5. Basketball - 850,000
6. Baseball - 750,000
7. Volleyball - 730,000
8. Downhill/Alpine Skiing - 700,000
9. Cycling - 650,000
10. Tennis - 600,000


Single Most Watched (TV and live) Sporting Event Globally
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1. 2011 Cricket World Cup Semi Final between Pakistan and India - 1 billion people
2. 2006 FIFAWorld Cup Final between Italy and France - 715 million people
* This compares with 47 million for the 2012 Super Bowl game between the Giants and the Patriots

Single Most Watched (TV and live) Sports Event In Canada
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A confirmed 16.6 million Canadians watched the whole 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey gold medal game between Canada and USA, roughly one-half of the country's entire population. A groundbreaking 26.5 million Canadians watched some part of the game, over 80 percent of the country's 34-million-person population

Rugby World Cup Tournament Audience (live and on TV)
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The largest international sporting events in the world, surpassed in scale only by the FIFA World Cup, the Olympics, and the Tour de France. The first World Cup, in 1987, had a cumulative world television audience of 300 million; its successor, the 1991 event in England, reached 1.75 billion. South Africa's 1995 tournament reached 2.67 billion, and the 1999 Welsh-hosted event reached 3 billion.The 2003 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 3.5 billion, and the final, between Australia and England, became the most watched rugby union match in the history of Australian television. The event was broadcast in 205 countries. The 2003 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 3.5 billion. The 2007 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 4.2 billion. The viewing numbers for 2011 were similar.

Sporting Leagues That Generate The Most Revenue
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1. NFL - 9 billion
2. Major League Baseball - 7.2 billion
3. NBA - 4.2 billion
4. India Premier League Cricket - 4.1 billion
5. English Premier Football League - 3.1 billion


Number Of Global National Sporting Federations
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1 FIVB Volleyball 218
2 FIBA Basketball 212
3 IAAF Athletics (Track & Field) 211
4 FIFA Football (Soccer) 205
5 ITF Tennis 203
6 ITTF Table Tennis 197
7 FINA Aquatics 190
8 AIBA Boxing 190
9 IJF Judo 187
10 WTF Taekwondo 179
11 WKF Karate 173
12 IWF Weightlifting 172
13 UCI Cycling 163
14 IBF Badminton 156
15 IHF Handball 155
16 ISSF Shooting 154
17 FILA Wrestling 153
18 FITA Archery 137
19 ICF Canoe-kayak 137
20 FEI Equestrian 134
21 FIG Gymnastics 130
22 ISF Softball 126
23 WSF Squash 125
24 FISA Rowing 118
25 FIH Field Hockey 117
26 ISAF Sailing 116
27 FIE Fencing 115
28 IBAF Baseball 112
29 IRB Rugby 110
30 ITU Triathlon 106
31 UIPM Modern Pentathlon 102
32 IGF Golf 101
33 FIRS Roller Sports 85