Is NASCAR the fastest sport in the world? Some people have different idea. They say the fastest sport is jai alai. Pronounced HI- lie, the game was first played in parts of Spain and France. jai alai players use a basketlike racket to fling a ball off three walls of a jal alai court. When it’s in play, the jai alai ball sometimes fly’s thru the air at 150 mile per hour. jai alai was first play in the United States in the early 1900’s.