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 chart given showed the participation

number

of adults in

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in two years: 1997 and 2017 from various major sports in an area. It can be seen that Tennis has

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highest percentage both in 1997 and 2017

while

Basketball showed the lowest percentage. Tennis has shown a 50

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number

of

participant

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in 1997 and its

number

rose in 2017 to 55

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. Following the data

of

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Tennis, there is Football and Rugby

that

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shown

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almost similar

number

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.

While

Footbal

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around 30

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in 1997, Rubgy

also

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more than 30

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, approximately 32

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in that year. Meanwhile, in 2017 Football

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to 48

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and Rugby almost reached 50

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which was 49. Some major sports

also

have similar patterns

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Swimming and Golf. Swimming

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the same

number

both in 1997 and 2017

while

Golf has minor differentiation, in 1997 reached 30

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and in 2017 32

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. The other sport is Cricket,

it

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which

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shown

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decline

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during

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20 years which was 1997 and 2017. In 1997 the

number

of Cricket

participant

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participants

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shown

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25

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and declined to below 10

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in 2017.