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 demonstrates the

number

of adults participating in 7 different kinds of sports in a particular area between 1997 and 2017. The

number

collected would be shown in Thousands.

Overall

,

It is clear that

the percentage of people playing sports in 2017 is higher than in 1997.

According to

the graph, Basketball, Football and Rugby are the most significant to be seen as the data are double,

for instance

: In 2017, the Football players had almost 50 thousand people

while

20 years ago it had only 30. Moving on to Golf, Swimming and Tennis these three categories hold nearly the same percentage amount compared to both years.

On the other hand

, Whilst other activities seem to be increasing in

number

, Cricket ,surprisingly, is the only activity that has a major decrease in around triple of

numbers

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: from 25 down to approximately only 5 per cent. In conclusion, the

number

people

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participating in

sport

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appears to rise, apart from Cricket which fell.