If you’re in the market for purchasing a sports team and only the best will do then soccer (or football, as the rest of the world calls it) is the sport for you.

Newton Heath LYR Football Club is the team you should be bidding on but just in case they don’t sound that familiar, even though they were founded in 1878, in 1902 they did change their name to Manchester United Football Club and for a mere $1.87 billion (estimated value) you could be the proud new owner of Manchester United F.C., and their 18 league titles, four League Cups and a record 11 FA Cups, not to mention three European Cups as well.

If football is your thing but it’s the American kind then you’ll have to settle for the second most expensive sports team, the Dallas Cowboys and their estimated worth is $1.65 billion.

The Cowboys are closely followed by the Washington Redskins at $1.55 billion, then the New York Yankees at $1.50 billion.

Have you ever taken your family to a baseball game? If you have, you know that it can cost as much as taking your family on a mini-vacation. With food, drinks, souvenirs, and that’s not even to mention the tickets! All of this adds up to a lot of cash for a family of four just to enjoy an afternoon at the ballpark. But, what ballpark will cost your family the most?

According to the Fan Cost Index of Major League Baseball, the title of the world’s most expensive ballpark for fans to attend is Fenway Park. The Fan Cost Index tallies its totals by comparing certain prices of different ballparks. How it works is that it takes a family package which includes: two adult tickets and two children’s tickets; four small soft drinks; two small hot drinks; two programs; and parking fees, and compares these prices for all of the ballparks that host Major League Baseball games.

This total cost for Fenway Park was $334.78, which is a lot of dough to spend in three hours! Following closely behind Fenway Park is Wrigley Field, which has a total cost on the Fan Cost Index of $329.74. And coming in third on the Index is Yankee Stadium, which will cost a family of four a total of $316.32.

And while the Boston Red Sox may have the most expensive stadium for fans to enjoy, there’s also no doubt that they have some of the most loyal fans in the baseball world. And that each and every one of them thinks that every dime spent at Fenway Park, is a dime well spent!

If you’ve been watching the World Cup then no doubt, you have been annoyed by the buzzing sound that sounds like a huge swarm of killer bees. That noise in in fact coming from a vuvuzela and just in case you have no clue what a vuvuzela is, here’s Wikipedia’ s definition:

The vuvuzela (pronunciation: /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/), also known as lepatata (its Tswana name) is typically a 65 cm (2.13 ft) plastic blowing horn that produces a loud, distinctive monotone note, typically around B♭(the B♭ below middle C). A similar instrument, known as the corneta, is used in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Many types of vuvuzela, made by several manufacturers, may produce varying intensity and frequency outputs. The intensity of these outputs depends on the blowing technique and pressure exerted.

Traditionally made and inspired from a kudu horn, the vuvuzela was used to summon distant villagers to attend community gatherings.[dubious – discuss] The vuvuzela is most used at soccer matches in South Africa, and it has become a symbol of South African soccer as the stadiums are filled with its loud and raucous sound that reflects the exhilaration of supporters. The intensity of the sound caught the attention of the global soccer community during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in anticipation of South Africa hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The vuvuzela has been the subject of controversy. Its high sound pressure levels at close range can lead to permanent hearing loss for unprotected ears after exposure, with a sound pressure of 120 dB(A) (the threshold of pain) at 1 metre (3.3 ft) from the horn opening.

Normally a vuvuzela can be had for about $3.00, but a Russian entrepreneur hired Austrian goldsmith, Klemens Pointner, to take a $3.00 vuvuzela and turn it into the world’s most expensive vuvuzela so he could give it as a gift to a business partner ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup final.

After importing one from South Africa as a vuvuzela cannot be found in Austria, Klemens Pointner went to work and clad the $3.00 hunk of plastic in white gold and stuck a one carat diamond on it as well.

Selling price: €17,000.00 or $21,000.00 USD, but when you own the world’s most expensive vuvuzela, I guess you have the right to toot your own horn.

Back in 2007 at the Diamond Games tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, Amelie Mauresmo defeated Kim Clijsters  6-4, 7-6 (7-4), not the world’s geatest accomplishment and the victory would have soon been forgotten except for the fact that Amelie Mauresmo had won the tournament three times in the last five years and this feat also won her the world’s most expensive tennis racket.

The solid gold racket weighs in at 8.8 pounds and is studded with 1,702 diamonds, giving it a record setting value of $1,300,000.00 USD.

Since South Africa is hosting the2010 FIFA World Cup, Shimansky, a local jewelry house decided to celebrate by creating the world’s most expensive soccer ball, or if you are more traditional then it would be the world’s most expensive football.

After 3 months of designing, the ball is clubbed out with 6,620 white diamonds and 2,640 black diamonds, weighing a  whopping 3,500 carats of South African diamonds. The ball is regulation size and weighs in at 4.8 lbs but you won’t want to be going for a header with this ball as should you lose it, you’ll be out 20 million South African rands or $2.59 million USD.

Can’t quit afford 20 million South African rands, then Shimansky still has options for you; for a mere $16,000.00 you can get yourself a 9.3 carat World Cup dome ring or for just $129.00, a pair of silver commemorative World Cup cufflinks can be yours.