Top 10 Most Successful Countries in Olympics

God when creates something, he has a very vital reason behind it, when he does something it is with perfection, when he makes a decision, he is firm like an iron, what God does, it’s something we cannot comprehend. Everything created by God has significance, everything in this world has a reason, people who look quite ordinary aren’t ordinary, they have a talent, hidden thought but they have a talent. You may have a lot of extra ordinary things in you but there are many common things which you lack, and someone whom you think of as quite ordinary may have those common things in him. Humans are very talented; the only problem is that they do not get a proper chance to present their qualities to the world. This is why many talent hunts, competitions and championships are organized on national and international level; an event which is organized on international level, which provides pace to so many talented people to demonstrate their qualities is known by the name of Olympics.

Everything in this world has an origin, nothing came out of blue. Olympics being the biggest talent platform have a very interesting history which is related to the Greek mythology. The origin of Olympic is dated back to 800 BC- 400 AD, it was an event which was held in Greece after every 4 years, the ancient Olympics was quite alike the modern Olympics. The ancient Olympics was actually held in the honor of Greek god Zeus, the story says that the children of the Greek gods used to compete with each other therefore in the memory of those events the ancient Olympics was held in Greece which included a variety of games, but only a free born Greek was allowed to participate in the game. The ancient Olympics cease to take place with the arrival of roman culture in Greece, a Christian named Theodosius put a full stop to the ancient Olympic.

The modern Olympic started in the 19thy century, the mentor of the modern Olympic was Pierre de Coubertin, a young French man who was an aristocrat. The first event of the modern Olympic took place in 1896 in Athens, a total of 13 nations participated in it. Today after more than a century Olympics is recognized as the most prominent international event, in this event more than 200 nations pay their respect and participate in all the games. Every contestant gets a chance to present himself but not everyone wins, there are few who prove themselves as the best and they are ones who are addressed as the winners, each participant represent a country so the top ten most successful countries in Olympics are:

10. AUSTRALIA:

Australia has attended all the Olympics events and has won 441 medals. 1956 Australia took 3^rd position and in 2000 Australia stood 4^th in the world ranking. Australia has come under the top ten countries in Olympics for the last 5 events. Australia is very good in rowing, cycling and athletics; Australia has won 3 gold medals in field hockey and 168 medals in swimming.

9. HUNGARY:

Hungary first appeared in Olympics in 1890 and till 1968 it rose to come under the top five countries, Hungary has earned 482 medals which includes 250 medals in fencing, canoeing, wrestling and swimming. Hungary is excellent in athletics, swimming, canoeing and fencing.

8. EAST GERMANY:

East Germany joined the Olympics race in 1968 and within a few decades rose to come under the list of top ten most successful nations in Olympics. East Germany participated in the event for 11 times and has managed to achieve 521 medals. In athletics East Germany has 38 gold medals. East Germany is very magnificent when it comes to swimming and rowing, and is pretty well in gymnastic and canoeing.

7. SWEDEN:

Sweden is the country which has won medals at every Olympic Games since 1908. In 1912 Sweden stood second with 65 medals. Sweden has won 620 medals; athletics, canoeing, shooting, wrestling, Nordic skiing are its strongest departments.

6. ITALY:

Italy took part in all the Olympic events since it started with the exception of one event this was held in 1904. The performance of France has been remarkable in Olympic, Italy has won 629 medals up till now. Italy holds the world record for the highest number of medals received in fencing. The specialty of Italy in Olympic is fencing, cycling and athletics. In cycling Italy has received 26 gold metals till now.

5. FRANCE:

France’s performance at Olympics is very splendid; France has won 765 medals in Olympics.  France holds the record for the highest medals in both cycling and croquet. The best performance of France was in 1900 when France won 101 medals and stood first and its second best performance was in 1924 when France stood 3^rd.

4. GREAT BRITIAN:

Great Britain is one of the four countries who have participated in all the Olympic events held up till now, this country has won 802 medals till now in Olympic games, the best performance of great Britain was in 1908 in which they won 146 metals and stood first globally. In 1996, the performance was low but as 2008 arrived this country reached the top 5. The cyclists who hold the records for the most medals in the history also belong to this country.

3. SOVIET UNION:

Presently Soviet Union does not participate in Olympics but if we slant an expression on the previous performances and the medals earn by Soviet Union then despite the fact that Soviet Union doesn’t exist on the globe comes under the top ten successful nations in Olympics. Soviet Union’s participation started in 1952 and continued till 1988 but in this brief period it has won 1334 medals. Soviet Union appeared in 9 summer Olympics and took first position in 7 events, out of 9 winters Olympics Soviet Union stood first in 2 events.  Soviet Union won 71 gold medals in athletic, 83 gold medals in gymnastic, 68 in wrestling and 44 gold medals in weight lifting.

2. GERMANY:

The performance of Germany at Olympic has not been consecutive but however when ever Germany participated, it broke the stage. Germany didn’t participate in the events occurring from 1968 to 1988 but when Germany came back in the fields in 1936, it gave a thrilling performance. It was the best performance of Germany in which the nation won 89 medals and took first position. Germany has own nearly 1600 medals in total, Germany is very good in swimming, rowing and athletics, it is pretty decent in wrestling too. Germany is a record holder when it comes equestrian.

1. AMERICA:

America is by far the most successful country in Olympic; America has won so many medals in Olympics that 29% of the country’s medals are won through the Olympics. America has won more than 2500 medals till now; the best performance of America was in 1904 when this country won 239 medals, which is the highest number of medals ever won by a country in Olympics. The strong points of America are swimming and athletics.

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Top 10 Facts about Lance Armstrong you dont know

Ideal system means that work done given by the system is 100%; all the input has been converted into the work done, which means that there was no resistance present in the system, no friction existed, no heat loses were present. Idealism doesn’t exist in this world yet we consider ideal system. Question arises why do we study ideal system if it has no reality in it? Why study something which has no existence? We study idealism so that we can find out the efficiency of our work. If you say that you got 99 marks, it’s useless un till or unless you say that you got 99 marks out of 100. The 99 marks are a stigma of excellence if you achieves 99 out of 100 but the same 99 marks are nothing but bullshit if you achieve 99 marks out of 1000.

We always need inspiration in life; we always need someone or something to look upon. We always need goals and tasks in life, we need a mentor, and we need enthusiasm in our life, because without influence our lives are just an empty sheet of paper. You want to be a writer, great but when was the first time when you realizes you wanted to be a writer; you want to be an actor, amazing but when did you decided that you want to be an actor; you want to become a soldier, that even more better but when did that happen; you want to start you own business, brilliant but who told you that going for employment is not a stable thing; you want to be a doctor but why? There are so many questioned and the list goes on and on, the answer? Well there is only one answer for it, there Is this one moment in life when you get so much impressed by a profession or by the person who has that profession that you yourself want to acquire that profession.

This is the story of the former American cyclist, Lance Armstrong; when he won the Tour de France for seven consecutive times, he became a source of inspiration for many people, watching him so many youngsters decided they too want to get into the same line of profession. He is not just a symbol of success but of life as well, he survived cancer. He was a living legend; he was a symbol of hope. He had his name written in the golden book of history till the day he confessed that he had used certain drugs and illegal ways to win the title of Tour de France and then USADA decided to strip him off all the titles he has. He became a symbol of deception, treachery and dishonesty. All this happened when this world came to the fact that was hidden for so long, there are many other things you do not know about Lance Armstrong, the top ten things which you do not know about him are:

10. HE OWNS A COFFEE SHOP:

In Auston, Texas, he owns a coffee shop named “Juan Pelota Cafe“; many people visit his coffee shop at Texas with the hope that they may get a glimpse of Lance Armstrong there. But if we set aside the fact that Armstrong owns the coffee shop and consider the quality of this café, well it is said that Juan Pelota Café provides one of the best coffee and sandwiches in town.

9. HE IS A TERRIBLE EMPLOYER:

His staff complains that he is not a good a good boss, they even say that they loath the day of their life in which they took a job which was under Armstrong’s care. He is said to be a bully, very much distant, his temper is not at all good and he is definitely not an easy guy to deal with.

8. HE BECAME A FATHER ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE:

When he suffered from cancer, then after his treatment which included surgery and chemotherapy, it was assumed that he could not become a father but he did. His girl friend Anna Hansen conceived his child one year after the started dating; his girl friend gave birth to a boy who was in the perfect condition.

7. HE SUED UNCOUNTABLE PEOPLE:

Lance Armstrong is an arrogant, defiant, aloof, autocratic, imperious and conceited person, there were lot of people who knew about his doping, his friends or other acquaintances but he sued everyone who tries to blackmail him. Armstrong himself admits that he has sued so many people that he no longer remembers the number, if any tried to get cross with Lance, he/she had to pay a very high price for it.

6. HE THINKS CHEATING IS NOT A CRIME:

Lance is in a way confused, he admits that that he did was wrong and he deserves to be punished but these are just the words. He does not thing that cheating is crime, he even checked the literal meaning of cheating in the dictionary to satisfy his soul but at the end of the day what he did was wrong, he admits it or not.

5. HE HAS 5 CHILDREN:

He married Kristin Richard in the year 1998; his first and only marriage produced 3 children, one boy Luke David and twin girls names Grace Elisabeth and Isabelle Rose. The couple then parted. After few years he started dating Anna Hansen and soon his girlfriend became pregnant with his fourth child, followed by his fifth child who was born in 2010.

4. HE DEFEATED DEATH:

At the age of 25 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer which had by then spread into his lungs and brain. The doctor made it clearly that the chances of his survival were of 50% and his condition was very serious, he was coughing blood the first time he went to visit the doctor. The doctor did the surgery immediately but made it clear that even after the surgery the chances of survival were 40%, but he did survive after the chemotherapy. In 1996 he was declared as cancer free, after his treatment he made a charity foundation for cancer patients

3. HE CALLS HIMSELF ARROGANT:

It’s another thing to call someone arrogant but it is a complete different thing to admit that you are arrogant. Lance Armstrong accepts the brutal but true fact that he is cruel; he called himself defiant and distant. He is a very warm blooded person and he has no problem with it.

2. ARMSTRONG’S TEAM KNEW ABOUT HIS DOPING:

Lance Armstrong’s team doctor Michele Ferrari plays a very vital role in Armstrong’s doping fairy tale, Armstrong has clearly said that Ferrari knew about his doping, not only him but several other doctors of the team also knew about it. The management also had some doubts regarding his doping but all this tests came clean.

1. HE DOPED:

During his interview at Oprah, when asked why he did such a disgraceful thing, he replied that he was very obsessed with winning, he wanted to win the tournament at any cost and he knew that he won’t be able to win the tournament without the help of medications and drugs. He became very bewitched and driven with winning that he confused the right with the wrong, he did all he could to win the title, which he did at the cost of losing his soul.

Top 10 Best Batsman in World Cricket-The Greatest

Cricket is the most renowned game in world; its origin is dotted back to the 16^th century however the international matches started in the 18^thcentury. Cricket is game which is played by only two object; a bat and ball, the main motive is to take as much as runs as possible and the team with more runs wins the match. Cricket is played between two teams and every team has 11 members. The members are categorized into three; the bowler, the fielder and the batsman.

The definition of a batsman provided in the dictionary is the player at bat in cricket or a person who bats or whose turn it is to bat or a person who is specialized in batting. These definitions are very limited, the person who at batting during the match is not just  person, he is someone who holds thousands of heartbeats, he is someone who is capable of ruling million hearts, he is someone who can bless a nation with happiness and he is someone who can break million heart. People are usually very emotional and their emotions get attached with everything they love, the people who love cricket get attached with this game emotionally, Winning or losing is just a matter of luck but the vast audience who is watching the match take it to their heart when their team loses, all their hopes are tied to the batsman who is on the lead and their eyes remain transfixed to ball which has the key to the trophy.

The batsman are also a source of inspiration for many people, many young man grow up watching these batsman play and this thing triggers a ray of hope in their hearts that they too would one day play for their country and become like their role model. History has seen many batsman, all of them were some extra ordinary but there were and still are some batsman who have this amazing charm, who have cricket in their veins, who are born to play cricket, they have this connection, this passion and enthusiasm who makes them unusual. When they play, they do not play just a match but every hit is as important for them as breathing is for humans. So the top ten best batsmen that the we have in the cricket world are:

10. SURESH RAINA:

Suresh kumara raina is an Indian cricket player; he was born in uttar Pradesh but later moved to Kolkata. He made his debut at the age of 18 in a match against Australia. The lefties are usually very extra ordinary people and raina too is left hand batsman which is the reason for his extraordinary performance as a batsman. He is currently standing on threshold of his career as he is only 26 years old, he is no old enough but he has the potential to change the face of cricket history. He is considered as one the best batsman in world, he was also a part of the Indian team when they won the world cup in 2012.

9. RAHUL DRAVID:

Rahul dravid is former Indian cricket player and is among the best crickets India has seen. He started playing cricket at the age of 12 and scored a century in a match at his school, he later appeared in the under 17 and under 19 cricket. He is one of the greatest batsmen not only in India but in entire world; he used to be the captain of the Indian team in his time. he was selected as the player of the year by ICC in 2004, in October 2012 he became the  third highest run achiever in world, he holds a world record for the 19 partnerships with tendulkar and all those partnerships gave centuries. He once played the longest innings in world which was of 12 hours and gave 270 runs in return. He has been honored at the 7^th dradman award and Padma Bhushan award. He retired from the cricket world in 2012.

8. JACQUES KALLIS:

Jacques kallis is a South African cricketer and is a very dynamic batsman; he made his debut at the age of 18 in 1993 and made his proper test debut in 1995. He is the only batsman in the world to score more than 13000 runs in ODIs; he has an average of over 50 runs. He was the ICC player of the year in 2005 and leading cricketer of the world in 2008. He is the fourth highest run scorer in the world of all time.

7. WALLY HAMMOND:

Wally hommand was an English test player who was born on 19^th June 1903, the period of his career was from 1903 to 1965. He was the best batsman in the world during 1930s and is still a legend, he only played 85 matches in his career but he owned the record of the highest runs in the test cricket till 1970. He used to the captain of England and scored more than 50,000 runs in his test career. When he was a child he had an old bat which belonged to a soldier, according to Hammond this was the bat which taught him how to play the dynamic strokes he used to give during the matches. He died of a heart attack in 1965.

6. C.H GAYLE:

Chris Gayle is a West Indies cricketer who captained the team from 2007 to 2010, he made his debut at the age of 19 for Jamaica, and next year he made his international debut. He is one of the marvelous splendid batsmen in the world, and is among the only four batsmen to score triple centuries. He comes under the list of the six players who have managed to score more than 150 runs a couple of times. He is famous for making centuries, centuries are said to be his bookmark.

5. KUMAR SANGAKARA:

Kumar sangakara is a left handed srilankan cricketor; he captioned the team from 2009 to 2011. He was ODI cricketer of the year for 2011; he was among the top ten widsen cricketers of the year 2012. He currently number 2 in the ICC world ranking.

4. RICKEY PONTING:

Rickey ponting a former Australian cricketer, he is not only a batsman but he is someone who has this spiritual connection with the bat he holds and ball he faces, he remained the captain of Australian cricket team from 2004-11, he was involved in the Australian cricket team all three times they won the cricket world cup. He made his debut in 1992 as aTasmanian at the age of 18. In 2006 and made his test debut in 1995, he received the highest rating that has ever been given to a batsman in the past 50 years, he is the only player who has won 100 test matches, he has scored 13,000 runs which takes into the 4 top players, he has received 28 awards which included ICC captain of the year 2007, ICC player of the year 2006 and 2007, ICC test player of the year 2006, He retired from cricket on 29 November 2012.

3. BRAIN LARA:

Brain Lara is a West Indies player and is absolutely authentic. Many people know him for the world record he created of 400 runs not out against England, he is often ranked on the top in batsman ranking and also regarded as the best batsman of all time, and he owns the record of the highest number of runs in an over in test cricket. His performance of 153 not out was rated as the second best performance ever in the history of cricket. He has been included in the ICC hall of fame.

2. SACHIN TENDULKAR:

Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 and is an Indian cricket player; he is the greatest living batsman that we have in cricket world. He has scored 30,000 thousand runs in international cricket which includes 100 centuries. He has played 657 international matches in his career. He made his debut at the age of 16 which makes him the youngest player in India and third youngest all over the world. He has been bestowed with sir Garfield sobers trophy. On December 2012 he retired from ODI cricket and has already retired from t20.

1. SIR DONALD BRADMEN:

Donald Bradman was an Australian cricketer and is the most enormous test batsman of all time; his batting average was 99.94 which is a very great achievement for any player. He made his debut at the age of 19. He included in the ICC hall frame in 2009 after his death in 2001.

Top 10 Richest Sportsman in World 2013

Who would have thought that sports could make you play in millions? What people thought earlier was to work hard, study and make money. Sports were something to relax your mind, take a load off in short a recreation activity. It was never actually considered a serious profession until 20th century when cricket and polo started to change the scenario. Yes, we did have gladiators and may be that is what inspired to the rest of the world to take a closer look at what sports have to offer other than some physical rush and a break from usual monotony. But then came a wave of glamour in sports and athletes started to be given high status quo. And the wave brought other changes to focus on sports and sportsmen of course! Soon these sportsmen had the best of everything- money, girls, cars, limelight and what not. And it still continues girls drool when Messi scores a goal or when Ronaldo comes on TV. Guys just gape wide eyed when they see enviable cars and sexy ladies with these men which is in fact the new breed of celebrities. They are not actors or politicians, they are sportsmen! They have the best of both worlds and live the high life. And yet, when they enter they don their jerseys, people go all gaga over them.
Take a look at the top 10 richest sportsmen in the world:

10. Lionel Messi

Today’s top player Messi with his total worth of $32.2 million was born on 24 June 1987, in Rosario and belonged to a poor class family. He started playing soccer at the age of five for Grandoli a local club coached by his father. Later he became a part of local youth power house and because of his skills came to be known as “The Machine of 87”. At the age of 11, Messi suffered a disease growth hormone deficiency and FC Barcelona offered him a contract that they will pay his medical bills if he was willing to move to Spain and play for FC Barcelona. He has been awarded with many awards and recently received best soccer player award.

9. Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher retired German Formula-1 driver widely known as greatest F-1 driver of all time, born on January 3 1969. He is richest F-1 driver with total worth of $ 34 million. He holds many records including seven-time Formula-1 World Champion; he began with carting and joined F-1 in 1991. He retired from F-1 in 2006 but stayed with Ferrari as an advisor. In survey conducted by FIA Schumacher was voted as the most popular Formula-1 driver of the season among Formula-1 fans.

8. Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez is an American baseball third baseman for New York Yankees of MLB and was born on July 27 1975 and is considered one of the best baseball players of the time. He is number 8 in the list of wealthiest sports person with a total worth of $ 35 million. He has 14 100-RBI seasons in his career, more than any other player is the history and is youngest one to hit 600 homeruns. He has the richest contract in baseball history by Yankees of $ 275 million for 10 years. He gave $3.9 million as a charity to University Of Miami to renovate their baseball stadium. He loves to buy and collect art in his free time.

7. Christiano Ronaldo

Christiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer and plays forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as a captain for Portuguese National team. He was born on February 5 1985 and become the most expansive football player in the history because of his transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid of worth $ 131.6 million in admission to his contract with Real Madrid who pays him € 12 million per year.  He started his career as a youth player for Andorinha and caught the attention of Manchester United in the year 2003. He won many honors for his club and was awarded with European Golden Boot in year 2008 and 2011.

6. David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English footballer and has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan and England National Team and holds the appearance record for outfield player. He was assigned as captain of England team on 1 September 1996 and he continued to serve as a captain for 6 years. He married Victoria Beckham and had for children, he is richest footballer with a total worth of $ 40 million.

5. Phil Mickelson

Philip Alfred Mickelson in an American professional golfer born on June 16 1970, he was born in San Diego. Although right handed he plays golf left handed and started playing Golf under his father’s supervision before his school life, he turned professional in year 1992 after completing his graduation and won many PGA tour Tournaments and was elected into World Golf Hall Of Fame in November 2011. He became face of USA in amateur golfing and won a scholarship and went to Arizona State University and won three NCAA individual championships. He has been ranked among top 10 golfers but never number 1 in world ranking. His playing style is often describes as aggressive and he is ready to take risky shots wherever possible. According to estimates he was the second most paid athlete of USA with a total worth of $ 46.5 million and is on number 5 in the list of wealthiest sportsperson of the world.

4. Roger Federer

Roger Federer is considered to be greatest tennis players of all times, he is Swiss a tennis player and is ranked number 2 on the list of ATP worldwide. He holds many records including consecutively holding world’s number 1 position for 237 weeks and 302 weeks overall. Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland on 8^th August 1981 and is married to former Women’s Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec. There is a tough competition between Federer and Nadal both have been playing against each other since 2004 and both of them holds top two ranking on ATP, they are only pair of man to be on top two for four consecutive years. He is an all rounder player known for his speed and fluidic style of play. He is number four on the list with total worth of $ 47 million.

3. LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James was born on December30, 1984 in Akron to a 16 year old mother Gloria who raised him on her own but later allowed him to move in with family of Frank Walker who introduced him to basketball when he was nine years old. He gained national attention during his junior year when Ryan Jones described him as “the best high school basketball player in America right now” in SLAM Magazine. He is known as “King James” and plays for Miami Heat of National Basketball Association as small forward. He has achieved nine times NBA All-Star. He is ranked as most disliked athlete; he runs his own charity foundation and is an active supporter of Boys and Girls Club of America. With height of six feet and eight inches he has been called the best physical specimen in sports. He makes his place in the list because of his assets of $ 48 million on number 3.

2. Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia on august 23, 1978. His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, which they saw on a restaurant menu. He earned national recognition during his high school days at Lower Merion High School. He is commonly known by name “Black Mamba” and has played his entire carrier only for Lakers, and is all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history and at 34 years he became the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points. He is believed to be second best shooting guard after Jordan in NBA and is considered as a complete player. He stands number 2 in list with a total asset of $ 53 million.

1. Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods is American professional golfer and world highest paid athlete and most successful golfer of all time. Woods was born in Cypress on December 30, 1975 and grew up in Orange country and was introduced to Golf by his athletic father Earl. He became a professional golfer in August 1996, and he became youngest player to win tournament The Masters by 1977. Woods become youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam. He has always focused on developing his game and gain excellence in his game. He has broken a lot of golf records and has been awarded Player of the Year ten times, and has won 14 professional major golf championships. He was credited as player of the decade in 2009 and was introduced to California Hall of Fame on 20 August, 2007. Tiger Woods is on top of the list with assets of nearly $ 100 million which makes him the richest sportsman in the world despite being part of a game that isn't as popular as some other sports.

Top 10 Most Popular Sports in the World

Sports are important part of our life. People have a passion of sports throughout the world. Some of them also earn a lot of money with the help of this passion and people who do not play enjoy watching their favorite sport. In India, there is a monopoly of Cricket. People of India are highly passionate towards Cricket. Here is the list of top ten most famous sports in the world :

10. Golf

Golf is placed on tenth position in the list of top ten most famous sports in the world. It is not so popular in middle class because it needs a spacious ground. The equipment’s used in this game are so expensive. Tiger Woods is the most popular player of this game and he is the richest player in the world. It is also very popular in India. Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhava are most prominent Indian Golfers. the combination of ball sport and club is golf.  In this game different variety of clubs are there, and each club is use to hit the ball in a different manner. The target is to place the ball inside the holes on the ground by hitting them with the clubs.

9. Rugby Football

Rugby Football stands on ninth position in the list of top ten most famous sports in the world. Rugby league is more famous than Rugby Union as there is some more excitement in Rugby league. IRB (International Rugby Board) is the controlling body of Rugby Football. This sport is most famous in the African and Australian continent.  IRB also organize the World Cup of this sport. Rugby is a type of football game and the name of the game is derived from the school of U.K, rugby school.

8. Volleyball

Volleyball is placed on 8^thposition in this list. There is a ball in this game which is to be pushed across the net with the help of hands. There are six members in each team. This sport is very famous in India among army persons and youth also. FIVB is the controlling body of this sport on International level. It is a game played in a team of six players. The main aim of the game is to make a goal by placing the kicking the ball in the team premises. In colleges and schools, we cannot ignore the popularity of Volleyball.

7. Table Tennis

Table Tennis is on the seventh position in the list of world’s most famous sports. It is also known as TT. It is most popular among youth. It is an Indoor game and can be played in a small area. There is a mini racket and a plastic ball in this game and each player push the ball towards the opponent with the help of a mini racket. This sport is available in most of the schools and other institutions as it require very less area. It is most famous game of China and it is the national sport of China. The controlling body of Table Tennis is ITTF.

 6. Basketball

Basketball slips on sixth position in the list of top ten most famous sports in the world. This sport is also very famous among the youth of India especially in schools and colleges. The United States of America is said to be Father of this sport. In this game, there are two nets on each side of the rectangular area and the players of a team has to jump the ball in the net of opponents.

5. Baseball

Baseball comes on fifth position in the list of most famous sports in the world. The basic idea of Baseball is like Cricket. It is not so popular in India because of monopoly of Cricket in our Country. Baseball also gave a plenty of legends to the world. Baseball is quicker in result than Cricket. That is why it is more popular in some countries.

4. Hockey

Hockey stands on fourth position in the list of most famous sports in the world. Hockey is the national sport of India but the popularity of hockey in India is less than that of Cricket. Like Cricket and Football, Hockey also consists of two tems and there are 11 players in each team. The time period of a game is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Each team has to send the ball into the goal of opposition with the help of a stick. There is goalkeeper to protect the goal from the ball.

Major Dhyanchand of India is famous as ‘ THE WIZARD OF HOCKEY’. Like Football and Cricket, Hockey also has a world cup tournament in every 4 years.

3. Tennis

Tennis is the third most popular sport in the world. It is not so popular like Cricket and Football but in more than 25 countries, its popularity is more than Cricket. There are two type of Tennis, one is singles and other is doubles. Female players also play this sport. This sport needs only a racket and tennis ball. Roger Federer, Serena Williams, ets are renowned personalities of this sport. More than 2 billion people love this sport worldwide.

2. Cricket

Cricket is the second most famous sport of the world. There are two teams in this sport and each team has 11 players. There are many activities in this sport like batting, bowling, fielding, etc. If one team bowls, other has to bat and scoring runs by running between the wicket and scoring boundaries. This sport is controlled by International Cricket Council (ICC). The Indian authority of Cricket is BCCI. There are different versions of this sport i.e. One Day International (ODI), Test cricket and Twenty 20.  50 overs game is called one day match, 20 overs match is T20 and five day unlimited overs match is Test match. India is the two time winner of Cricket World Cup in 1983 under the leadership of Kapil Dev and in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Glenn Mcgrath, Brett Lee etc are living legends of this sport. Indian Premiere League is started in India to improve the popularity of the shortest version of this game. The concept of IPL is so good and the players and other officials associated with IPL earn a lot of money and viewers also enjoy to watch the legends playing together in a match. We can say it is the most famous sport in India.

1. Football

Football, also known as Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Millions of the people have a great passion towards this game. There are two teams in his game and each team has 11 players. Most of the countries of the world play football on national as well as international level. One of the reason of its popularity is that there is no need of extra package or accessories in this sport. FIFA is the controlling body of international tournaments and competitions of this sport. The biggest event of Football is World Cup which held after every five years. More than the Quarter of the population of the world is mad for this sport. That is why this sport is considered as the most popular sport in the world. Players like Maradona, Ronaldo, Messi are treated like the real life heroes.