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The World Cup |
34
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49
% |
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The Olympics |
10
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14
% |
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Rugby World Cup |
7
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10
% |
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Cricket World Cup (50 over) |
1
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1
% |
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Champions League |
0
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0
% |
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AFL season and Grand Final |
5
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7
% |
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State Of Origin |
9
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13
% |
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English Premier League |
0
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0
% |
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Other |
3
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4
% |
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actually i saw somewhere that the tour de france is the most watch sporting event... not sure if it meant annually or included the olympics etc. but still you can see why, every man and his dog in france gets out and stands by the side of the road, not to mention massive numbers watching broadcasts.
for me though the RWC is the one i look forward to the most.
but i think the olympics would shade the soccer WC in terms of total viewers!
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aussietomo wrote:Quadrennial:
World Cup of Football
Summer Olympics
Annually:
Le Tour
Superbowl
Wimbledon
Cheese Rolling cheese rolling is quality entertainment, well deserved fourth!
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The largest sporting event each year by way of paying spectators is the US Open tennis. Not saying it is the greatest, too subjective. Have to say the Olympics just gone in Beijing was for the most part exteremely boring. Too many events that are rubbish. Beijing also didn't seem a great place to party and hence lacked the carnivale atmosphere enjoyed in Sydney, despite all the $bns the Chinese spent. I find soccer too difficult to score and though watched many matches of last world cup and Euro, found myself getting too many cups of tea or doing something in between. The best sporting event this year from spectator/atmosphere perspective, has to be the Mens Wimbledon Final, even though Fed lost 
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Major Rennie wrote:The largest sporting event each year by way of paying spectators is the US Open tennis. Not saying it is the greatest, too subjective. Have to say the Olympics just gone in Beijing was for the most part exteremely boring. Too many events that are rubbish. Beijing also didn't seem a great place to party and hence lacked the carnivale atmosphere enjoyed in Sydney, despite all the $bns the Chinese spent. I find soccer too difficult to score and though watched many matches of last world cup and Euro, found myself getting too many cups of tea or doing something in between. The best sporting event this year from spectator/atmosphere perspective, has to be the Mens Wimbledon Final, even though Fed lost with you bout the soccer, love the highlights but i cant sit and watch the whole game
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Major Rennie wrote:The largest sporting event each year by way of paying spectators is the US Open tennis. Not saying it is the greatest, too subjective.
( Yeah? US Open? Never knew that. I guess 2 weeks in New York would be pretty massive. For pure theatre and tradition it's hard to go past Wimbledon for the greatest tennis tournament .... But in terms of the greatest I think the Soccer World Cup - not too many sports can boast such interest in qualifying for the main tournament, let alone the tournament itself!
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anyone who said State of Origin needs to get a passport and see the world...
heck take a drive out of NSW or Qld
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bateman wrote:anyone who said State of Origin needs to get a passport and see the world...
heck take a drive out of NSW or Qld and your choice bateman ? surely not that joke of a world cup of yours ? 
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I love state of origin as much as the next bloke, but the world cup is the only actual sport that the world plays (maybe basketball too). So there for its the biggest.
Superbowl is blown out of proportion by arrogant yanks
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arsenalbroncos wrote:I love state of origin as much as the next bloke, but the world cup is the only actual sport that the world plays (maybe basketball too). So there for its the biggest.
Superbowl is blown out of proportion by arrogant yanks depends on the criteria a personal choice for me ... would involve a lot of League of course but I know outside NSW & QLD my choices wouldn't rate too highly .... but other then the olympics & cricket world cup etc.. I barely have a passing interest in anything else
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the superbowl 
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tour de france for mine..its physically and mentally the most challenging event in the world....
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the football world cup for sure, its something that the whole world gets into and is unmatched by anything else
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lol I love how in the poll the football WC is simply called the WC, kind of arrogant but ah well I spose it is the World Game.
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