Sports (de ha/ni ha)soccer ga ichiban suki desu.

Which one is correct?  
What is either of them used to express?
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expressing 'among' in japanese
In this sense (the domain for a superlative), "among" can be expressed by 〜で
or 〜の中で:

> スポーツ **では** サッカーが一番好きです。

The domain can be anything that makes sense in context. If you're describing
the most or best in the world, then you can say 世界で. If it's the most or best
yet, you can say 今までで. If it's the most or best out of a list of choices, you
can say ＡとＢとＣの中で.

By the way, your sentence would probably not be translated into English using
"among", so please keep in mind that it's only an approximate gloss.

References:

  * Makino and Tsutsui's _Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar_ , p.148
  * Martin's _Reference Grammar of Japanese_ , p.142
  * Iwasaki's _Japanese: Revised Edition_ , p.118
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