Izuchukwu OkosiWe have tons of sporting events all over the world but there are 10 of such events that have been blockbusters and have continued to be watched by those who support the games passionately.
Prime Business Africa here presents the 10.
1. The FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup for men is held every four (even) years and is arguably the biggest sporting spectacle in the world owing to the fact that in most countries, football is regarded as the number one sport for the locals.
Over 2 billion viewers watch the World Cups every other four years while close to 1 million travelling fans make the trips to attend the tournaments when they done around.
The World Cup has hugely and positively impacted the tourism industry in the host nations.
2. NBA Games
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a big sporting franchise in the United States of America.
It has great followership and is estimated to generate even more than the World Cup in football as the basketball season is annually.
Record attendances are witnessed in matches in the NBA and many talents come up through the ranks from the drafts to the main team.
3. Olympic Games
The Olympics also comes every four years and the next one will be next year’s summer games in Paris.
The Olympics is the world’s oldest sporting event and is considered to be not just a sporting experience but a gathering of nations which helps in unifying countries on the political side.
Track and Field events in Athletics are the most watched event in the Olympics.
4. UEFA Champions League
European clubs play in their respective leagues with only one ambition – to win the domestic title.
Now, the reward for winning that aside the huge financial backings is the fact that they play in the Champions League.
The competition is adjudged as the most popular and glamorous in the world.
Manchester City won the competition in the 2022/2023 campaign and won the sum of $22 million
How much prize money do the Champions League 2022-23 winners get? Winning the Champions League final is worth €20 million (£17m/$22m) and the runner-up receives €15.5 million (£13m/$17m).
5. The NFL
The combined value of all 32 NFL teams is currently $142.87 billion, which is the simplest and best estimation anyone can offer for the total net worth of the NFL.
6. The Women’s World Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will hold will kockoff next week in Australia and New Zealand.
The general acceptance of the women’s game has been encouraging and the world football governing body, FIFA has invested heavily on it.
Players at this year’s tournament will earn $30,000 each for just being selected by their national teams.
Television viewership of the women’s World Cup has witnessed tremendous upward trajectory in recent times.
7. Cricket World Cup
The Men’s and women’s Cricket game has seen serious fellowership and it is very popular in England, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Scotland.
8. The Golf Master
The Masters is the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, and it takes place every spring in Augusta, Georgia.
It’s prize money keep burgeoning and could have more participation in climes where it is not fully embraced.
9. FIBA World Cup
The World Cup for men and women in basketball have been tremendously welcomed by a huge number of people around the world.
Basketball is one of the ‘richest sport’ in the world and the World Cup is a festival of the best in the game globally.
10. Grand Slams
Tennis tournaments like the Australian Open, French Open, US Open and the Wimbledon sell themselves and are the biggest tournaments in the game.
It generates over 1 billion dollars per year and also have big prize monies for the winners.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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