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Soccer, or English football. Although baseball is widely popular throughout the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and the coast of Mexico, soccer or English football is far and away the most popular sport, the consuming passion of Latin America including Mexico. Mexican teams are generally very good, and many players are world renowned. The sport is played informally and by numerous leagues as well as professionally. It is increasingly becoming the world's favorite sport, followed by fans everywhere.