Sports, performance and contact lenses

This month, football has become centre stage as 3.2 billion worldwide tune in to their television to watch 32 teams come together to play 63 matches for the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in Brazil.1 Football is played by 250 million people in over 200 countries and is the most popular sport in the world.2 In the UK, 1.8 million people play football and it features in the top six most commonly played sports along with cycling, running, golf, tennis and swimming.3

Sport makes up an integral part of our lifestyle and culture. Each week in the UK, 15 million people are involved in some form of sporting activity, be it cycling to work, swimming at a local club, jogging around the park or kicking a football with their friends. Sport England estimates 41 per cent of men and 31 per cent of women are active at least once a week.3