According from National Geographic Travel, the top five sporting events in the world have solid global viewers. These sport competitions are tested by time and produced greatest athletes for several generations.
This list is composed of passionately followed sports worldwide, with diehard fans, claiming their favorite sport is the best and the most important one out of several sports in the whole wide world. These sporting events represent the global inclination of people with competition based entertainment. In other word, sports. This list shows the competition not only happens within the sport itself, but also with its global viewers.
These sporting events captivate the spirit of thrill, crossing the frontiers of race and class. It also proves the essence and individuality of a nation's chief sport character, showcasing beyond their land borders. Here are the five most watched sporting events in the world with a solid set of viewers around the globe:
Held every June, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a race competition that is set in the non-permanent track at Circuit de la Sarthe near the city of Le Mans on the Sarthe River. Since its first contest in May of 1923, this sporting event has a global viewers waiting for a winner-the car, driven by a team of three drivers, that covers the greatest distance within the time span of 24 hours.
The second spot for the most viewed sporting event on this list is the Olympic Games. The two-week span competition is composed of athletes from almost all over the world, competing against each other in varying fields of sports. Surely, the intense competition for gold, silver, and bronze gains a globally massive set of Olympian audiences, but the opening ceremony is the appealing event of the Olympics with audiences composed of hundreds of millions.
The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial soccer championship, which started in 1930. The final game of FIFA World Cup is indeed an intense sporting event, being the most watched single game on earth. Compared from the 2010 competition, the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil reached an increased global TV audience than the 3.2 billion reach compared to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
Another American sporting event, The Super Bowl is a constant player on this list. After the fail first Super Bowl on January 1967, it gained a solid and global fan base, making it as one of the most-celebrated professional championship in the sport industry. It is a battle of teams from the American Football Conference against the top team from the National Football Conference for the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy.
5. The National Basketball Association Finals (NBA Finals)
The NBA Playoffs round is the battle against America's greatest basketball stars and teams of the generation. Every basketball season, NBA Finals gathers a global market of audience, waiting for the crowned basketball champion. Thus, making this league not only a part of the list of the most watched sporting events, but also an annually most-awaited game of the season.
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