The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in the UK in 2008

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of

males

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and

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taking part in various sports in the United Kingdom in 2008.

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,

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Netball was the most attractive sport for

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in 2008, the percentage of

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playing Soccer was the highest.

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, the biggest difference was in the number of

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and

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joining in Netball. It can be clearly observed from the chart that the proportion of

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playing Soccer accounted for 25% in comparison with only 1%

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players. The figures for

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participating in other sports and Table Tennis stood at 20% and nearly 10% respectively, which were twice as much as those of

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.

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, the percentage of male players choosing Cricket (about 10%) was significantly higher than that of female ones (about 1%). Looking at the chart in more detail, there were 25%

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taking part in Netball,

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the proportion of

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playing

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sport was dramatically lower at only 1%. There were around 22%

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who were interested in Swimming

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the figure for

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stood at under 15%. Meanwhile, the figures for Tennis and Basketball from both genders were nearly equal, with roughly 6%.

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, the least common sport in both genders was Jogging, with about 3%.