Sports are a favorite leisure-time activity in Germany. There are more than 87,000 sports clubs affiliated with the "Deutscher Sportbund" (DSB; German Sports Federation). Approximtely 27 million people - about one third of the entire population - are members of a sports club, and another 12 million partake in sports independentlly. The most popular sport in Germany is soccer, called "Fussball." Germany hosted the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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