Letter: Crowd control

Sir: I'd have thought that the 450,000 enthusiasts who attended the Indianapolis 500 was the largest audience for a sporting event in the United States this year, rather than the 54,118 who saw England versus Brazil, as suggested by your football correspondent, Joe Lovejoy, in his report from Detroit (16 June). Perhaps he doesn't consider motor racing a sport.

Yours sincerely,

COLIN MANN

Leybourne

Maidstone

17 June