What is the most popular sport in the UK?


Football is the most popular game played in the U.K. and follows a traditional league system which consists of more than one hundred teams. The most popular league is known as the Premier League and consists of the 20 best teams from all over the U.K. The most popular of these teams are Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea. Football in the U.K. is governed by the Football Association which is one of the oldest governing bodies in the entire world. The two most famous Football Championships in the U.K. are the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. There are 92 professional football clubs that participate in each of these tournaments each year.