National Football League (NFL) franchise the Dallas Cowboys have topped Forbes' annual list of the world's most valuable sports teams for the fourth consecutive year, reports, www.sportspromedia.com/.
The study, which is based on enterprise values and pre-existing commercial deals, values the Cowboys at US$5 billion, with Major League Baseball's (MLB) New York Yankees second on the list at US$4.6 billion, and Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid in third with a valuation of US$4.24 billion.
Rounding out the top ten are Barcelona (US$4.02 billion), the New York Knicks (US$4 billion), Manchester United (US$3.81 billion), the New England Patriots (US$3.8 billion), the Los Angeles Lakers (US$3.7 billion), the Golden State Warriors (US$3.5 billion), the New York Giants (US$3.3 billion) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (US$3.3 billion).
