The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Men	
Sport	Number						
Golf 	363300						
Tennis 	182200						
Touch rugby 	178700						
Cricket 	175700						
Rugby union 	140900						
Shooting 	137700						
Motor sports 	132000						
Football (soccer) 	106600						
Basketball 	104900						
Yachting/sailing 	96300						
Skiing 	91900						
Squash 	88400						
Bowls (lawn) 	67400						
Volleyball 	66800						
Cricket (indoors) 	64700						

Women	
Sport	Number
Netball 	141000
Golf 	136700
Tennis 	135300
Equestrian sports 	86900
Touch rugby 	81400
Skiing 	71100
Basketball 	61900
Bowls (indoor) 	57300
Badminton 	54800
Yachting/sailing 	53200
Volleyball 	48700
Cricket 	48000
Squash 	42100
Bowls (lawn) 	38300
Football (soccer) 	36100

All adults	
Sport	Number
Golf 	502000
Tennis 	317900
Touch rugby 	260900
Cricket 	224900
Netball 	184600
Basketball 	167300
Skiing 	163300
Motor sports 	162200
Rugby union 	158100
Shooting 	157000
Yachting/sailing 	149900
Football (soccer) 	143300
Equestrian sports 	133400
Squash 	130900
Volleyball 	115700

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