1 . How did football become the most popular sport?

There’s no question that football is the global sport. Basketball, tennis, cricket, and other sports are popular too, but nothing comes close to football.

The global fame of teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Barcelona, or Real Madrid and competitions such as the Champions League have ensured that football never dies.

    1     . The numbers are greater when compared to any other sport, and this drives the popularity of football up.

Modern football originally appeared in Britain in the XIX century. Folk football matches have been played before in many cities and towns, but never on a professional level.     2    , but football eventually blossomed as a winter sport game played in different schools.

The Rules Development

The rules were dictated by each school, and this difference made it difficult for players to look at it in any other way than a leisure game. It all changed in 1849 at the University of Cambridge that invented a set of standard rules known as the Cambridge rules of football.     3     and from that moment, a new star sport was born.

By the early XX century, football has spread all across Europe. Internal organization came in 1904, when FIFA was found by representatives of many international football associations.     4    . It took just around 50 years for football to reach its apex, especially in the UK after England won the World Cup in 1966.

England’s international success boosted the popularity of the sport in the country. The Premier League as it is now was established in 1992, but it was still present in another format before it. From the 1990s onward, it became a truly impressive piece of football machinery, becoming the world’s top football league in the process.

    5    . Of course, the Champions League is right up there in terms of revenue and fans, putting Europe’s top football clubs against each other.(377words)