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.

The diagram chart illustrates the proportion of adults involved in several

sports

in 1997 and 2017.

Overall

, the numbers increased in most of the

sports

,

although

only in cricket and swimming the participants' numbers were dissimilar. Based on the data, several kinds of

sports

grew in both years. Football and rugby enthusiasts jumped from approximately 30,000 to almost 50,000 people.

Similarly

, basketball and golf saw slight rises by more than 1,000 and 500 adults, respectively.

Lastly

, basketball had a dramatic increase by above 10,000.

However

, there were

also

a few

sports

that did not grow over the decades. Cricket,

for example

, surged down from below 30,000 to under 10,000.

On the other hand

, swimming stayed the same in both years, with more than 30,000 individuals. In comparison, only cricket had a declining proportion of enthusiastic adults, showing a significant drop over the years. Swimming remained constant in popularity throughout the period.