By becoming a major element which is able to mobilize millions of players, managers and spectators, the modern sport becomes more and more an element of an international territory. However its internationalization leads to establish a distinction between major, secondary and minor area where sport is practised. It also leads to underline the current trends of diffusion which are more and more orientated by the international economy.En devenant un élément majeur capable de mobiliser des millions de pratiquants, de dirigeants et de spectateurs, le sport moderne s’inscrit de plus en plus dans un territoire monde. La mondialisation du sport amène cependant à distinguer des foyers sportifs majeurs, secondaires et mineurs et à souligner les tenda...