4. World’s Most Watched Sports Tournament

Football facts
Football is one of the oldest known sports known to humankind with records found dating over 2,000 years in China. Greece, Rome, and parts of Central America have also made claim to have started this sport and with such a long history, it is only natural that there are some very crazy interesting football facts which any fan would like to know.
2. World’s Most Popular Sports
The total population of the world as of June 2018 stood at 7.5 billion or 750 crore and what if we tell you that as per a survey conducted the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 2001, 240 million (24 crore) people from aroundthe..globe..play..Footbal..regularly.
3. Pele The Legend
Did you know that Pele was just 11 when he was discovered by the scouts and by the age of 16 he had already started playing professional football. If this is interesting, here is a bonus football fact for you that at the age of 17 he played his first FIFA World Cup (1958) and scored 6 goals helping Brazil win their first.WorldCup.
4. World’s Most Watched Sports Tournament
The FIFA World Cup is the most watched sports event in the world and it was estimated that World Cup 2018, which was played in Russia, had a combined viewership of 3.572 billion (357.2 crore people) which means almost half of the world’s population watched the tournament.