North America

=== Popular culture – sports ===
{{See also|Sport in North America}}
The U.S. and Canada have major sports teams that compete against each other, including baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer/football. Canada, Mexico and the U.S. [[North America 2026 FIFA World Cup bid|will host]] the [[2026 FIFA World Cup]].

The following table shows the most prominent sports leagues in North America, in order of average revenue.<ref>[http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/theres-a-big-five-in-north-american-pro-sports/ "The 'Big Five' in North American Pro Sports"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522024423/http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/theres-a-big-five-in-north-american-pro-sports/ |date=22 May 2015 }}, FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver, 4 April 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/12/mls-soccer-nfl-nba-mlb-nhl-epl-business "MLS vs the major leagues: can soccer compete when it comes to big business?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119005010/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/12/mls-soccer-nfl-nba-mlb-nhl-epl-business |date=19 November 2016 }}, Guardian.com, 12 March 2014.</ref> Canada has a separate [[Canadian Football League]] from the U.S. teams.

The Native American game of [[Lacrosse in Canada|lacrosse]] is considered a national sport in Canada. [[Curling]] is an important winter sport in Canada, and the Winter Olympics includes it in the roster. The English sport of [[Cricket in Canada|cricket]] is popular in parts of anglophone Canada and very popular in parts of the former British empire, but in Canada is considered a minor sport. Boxing is also a major sport in some countries, such as Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico, and it is considered one of the main individual sports in the U.S.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!League || Sport || Primary<br/>country || Founded || Teams || Revenue<br/>US$ (bn) || Average<br/>attendance
|-
| align=left | [[National Football League]] (NFL) || [[American football]] || align=left | United States || 1920 || 32 || $9.0 || {{nts|67,604}}
|-
| align=left | [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) || [[Baseball]] || align=left | United States<br/>Canada || 1869 || 30 || $8.0 || {{nts|30458}}
|-
| align=left | [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) || [[Basketball]] || align=left | United States<br/>Canada || 1946 || 30 || $5.0 || {{nts|17,347}}
|-
| align=left | [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) || [[Ice hockey]] || align=left | United States<br/>Canada || 1917 || 32 || $3.3 || {{nts|17,720}}
|-
| align=left | [[Liga MX]]|| [[Association football|Football (soccer)]] || align=left | Mexico || 1943 || 18 || $0.6 || {{nts|25,557}}
|-
| align=left | [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) || [[Association football|Football (soccer)]] || align=left | United States<br/>Canada || 1994 ||  28 || $0.5 || {{nts|21574}}
|-
| align=left | [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) || [[Canadian football]] || align=left | Canada || 1958 || 9 || $0.3 || {{nts|23890}}
|}
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