The table below shows the change in the percentages of people playing seven different sports in a European country from 1999 to 2009.

The table illustrates changes in the percentages of people who participated in seven different sports in a European country in 1999, 2004 and 2009. ​

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, the figures for tennis, swimming, golf and yoga experienced an upward trend,

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the percentage for both football and basketball registered a downward trend.

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, volleyball fluctuated slightly throughout the timeframe. ​Regarding the changes that happened in the percentage of tennis players, it was only 25% in 1999. It

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saw a significant increase to 33% in 2009. At the same time, the

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for swimming increased mildly to 34% in 2004 from its initial 32% in 1999 before remaining stable at 34% in both 2004 and 2009. As for golf players,

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was the smallest at 8% in 1999 and

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rose significantly to 17% in 2009. In 1999, the

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for yoga was 10%. Over the next five years, it remained stable at 10% before increasing slightly to 13% in 2009. ​Turning to the rest of the table, the

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for football was

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at 57% before registering a decline to 48% in 2009. As for basketball,

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dropped by 1% in every three years.

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, volleyball fluctuated around 17% and 18% between 1999 and 2009.