During ww2 the most popular sports were: baseball,football,horse riding,track and field,cricket, soccer and swimming.
The world cup then was not as big as it is now but round about the same amount of countries play`
The olympic games was also a popular mixture of sports during ww2.There were no times the olympic games were on during ww2. The 1940 olympic games were cancelled and so were the 1944 olympics but thankfully ww2 ended in 1945 so the olympics in 1948 could take place!