Soccer and basketball
and the fight for popularity.
Soccer and basketball are two of the most
popular sports in the world. Soccer and basketball players are perhaps
the best paid sports people in the world. Both basketball and soccer
are team sports. Are these their only things in common?
Soccer was born in Europe and
basketball in the United States. Strength and fitness are probably
more important in soccer than in basketball, where skill is the
key. There isn't any country where soccer and basketball are equally
popular.
But the differences in popularity
between soccer and basketball are being reduced. Basketball is becoming
very popular in Europe, and the United States organized the 1998
World Soccer Cup. Maybe soccer and basketball are becoming good
friends, and this is great, because sports mean health and peace!
Are these sentences
true or false? Choose the correct answer.
Soccer and basketball players earn a lot of
money.
Basketball is more important than soccer in
Europe.
Soccer fans do not like basketball.
Skill is very important in basketball.