The table below shows how many students of a school in the UK chose to take part in four different sports between 2001 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the proportion of UK schoolchildren who opted to enrol in four distinct sports—namely football, basketball, running, and swimming—during the decade from 2001 to 2011.

Overall

, the chart highlights that running became increasingly popular over

this

period,

while

football maintained the highest engagement levels, notwithstanding minor variations. Contrastly, interest in sports like basketball declined sharply after an initial period of stability, and swimming, despite an early surge, saw a decrease in partakers towards the end. A closer examination reveals that involvement in running saw a remarkable increase, rising from just 20 students in 2001 to a peak of 60 in 2007, after which it remained relatively stable. The demand for football,

on the other hand

, started strong at 60 members in 2001, rose to 70 in 2002, and

then

experienced a zig-zag pattern, fluctuating slightly before stabilising at around 65-69 between 2007 and 2011. Basketball maintained a steady participation level of about 50 students from 2001 until 2006, after which it fell sharply, plummeting to 20 students where it levelled off from 2007 onwards, indicating a waning interest in

this

sport. Swimming,

in contrast

, exhibited a more variable trend, starting with 30 enrollments in 2001, climbing steadily to 65 by 2006, and

then

declining to 20 by 2011.