Original sentence: Baseball is Venezuela's most popular sport, although football (soccer), spearheaded by the Venezuela national football team, is gaining influence.By way of comparison Nigeria ranked second in the "happiness index".The World Values Survey has shown Venezuelans to be among the happiest people in the world, with 55% of those questioned saying they were "very happy"
Edited sentence: Baseball is Venezuela's most popular sport, although football (soccer), spearheaded by the increasingly successful Venezuela national football team, is gaining influence