File photo: Real Madrid’s players pose as they celebrate their victory 2-1 over Barcelona at the end of the second leg of the Spanish Supercup football match Real Madrid CF vs FC Barcelona on August 29, 2012 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. AFP PHOTO
The Dallas Cowboys have overtaken Real Madrid as the world’s most valuable sports team.
That is according to Forbes Magazine, who have compiled a list of the top 50 teams from all sports.
The NFL franchise is valued at $4billion (£3billion).
La Liga duo Real Madrid ($3.6bn) and Barcelona ($3.5bn) are second and third respectively while the New York Yankees ($3.4bn), at No.4, are the most valuable baseball team.
Manchester United, who complete the top five, are the highest ranking English team.
Arsenal (No.23), Manchester City (28), Chelsea (36) and Liverpool (41) also make the list.
The world’s most valuable basketball franchise, say Forbes, is the New York Knicks ($3bn).
In total, 27 NFL franchise feature in the list. There rest of the top 50 is comprised of teams from European football (eight), NBA (eight) and MLB (seven).
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