Basketball becomes most popular sport in China

时间：2007-10-24 05:51:01

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Chinanews, Beijing, October 23 – Though there are arguments about what is the most popular sport in China, statistics1 show that basketball definitely deserves the top, particularly among young people, said Hao Guohua, the director of the CBA league match managing office on October 22, 2007.

 

According to Infront Sport & Media, the company responsible for promoting CBA, the average seat attendance2 of the 268 games in the previous season was 72.32%, and the rate at the post-season games was even 78.38%. During the finals, the seat attendance was 100%. More than 430 million people watched the games on TV. CBA league match has been well accepted by the general public.

 

In the eyes of American press, basketball is also the most popular sport in China. Two NBA teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic, came to China last week, attracting many Chinese basketball fans.

 

Currently3, there are 300 million Chinese who play basketball. In the past few years, the number of young people taking to basketball has increased by nearly 500%.
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1 statistics iGyzb     
n.统计，统计数字，统计学
参考例句：
  • We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
  • Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。
2 attendance qvFzZ     
n.出席，出席人数，护理，照料
参考例句：
  • The attendance of this class never dropped off.这个班的出席人数从未下降。
  • The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈。
3 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地，普遍地，当前
参考例句：
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

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