The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

here is the illustration of a bar graph displaying the

number

of adults who participated in various kinds of

sports

in one single area, in the years 1997 and 2017. the different

sports

are mentioned along the horizontal line and the

number

of adults in thousands is on the vertical side of the graph.

firstly

, we can see that tennis has been dominating to be the most played game in the years 1997 and

as well as

2017.

secondly

, football and rugby have the same level in both years. golf and swimming with a slighter difference have maintained a static level of nearly 30-35 thousand.

finally

, basketball has a gradual increase from 9 to 22 thousand participation of adults

whereas

cricket has predominantly decreased to a very low

number

of people participation.

to conclude

, we can summarise that few major

sports

like tennis football and rugby

sports

have maintained the same

number

of participation