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I. The pie charts below illustrate the most popular sports in French secondary schools in three different years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

I. The pie charts below illustrate the most popular sports in French secondary schools in three different years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The pie charts demonstrate the most popular sports in French secondary schools in 1990, 2000, and 2010.
Overall
, the
popularity
 of sports fluctuates within the main four kinds: tennis, swimming,
basketball
, and
football
. Among these, the most popular
sport
 is always swimming,
while
 the second most popular changed between
football
 and
basketball
 during
this
 period, leaving tennis the fourth most popular
sport
. The most popular
sport
, swimming, only fluctuated from approximately 40% to just under 50% in
popularity
, peaking in 2000 with a percentage of 48.
On the other hand
, as for the second most popular
sport
,
basketball
 was as popular as
football
 in 1990 with a percentage of 16, and its
popularity
 decreased by around 10% in 2000,
while
 the
popularity
 of
football
 remained almost unchanged. Contrary to what happened in 2000, in 2010,
basketball
 increased its
popularity
instead
, occupying up to one-fourth of the total;
football
 decreased its
popularity
 by as much as 8%, which was a 10% decrease from that in 2000.
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