Some, like NBA basketball, World Cup Soccer, and the IRB Rugby Sevens, have legions of followers in dozens of countries.

有些项目，例如NBA篮球赛、世界杯足球赛、国际七人橄榄球赛，都拥有大批球迷，遍布几十个国家。

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So he made a dramatic career switch, breaking free of Microsoft's golden handcuffs in 2003 and three years later starting a company called Fair Trade Sports, which makes balls for soccer, basketball, football and rugby using rubber cultivated in pesticide-free plantations in India and Sri Lanka.

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