sql - MySQL Like multiple values

Question

I have this MySQL query.

I have database fields with this contents

sports,shopping,pool,pc,games 
shopping,pool,pc,games 
sports,pub,swimming, pool, pc, games   

Why does this like query does not work? I need the fields with either sports or pub or both?

SELECT * FROM table WHERE interests LIKE ('%sports%', '%pub%')

Answer 1

Faster way of doing this:

WHERE interests LIKE '%sports%' OR interests LIKE '%pub%'

is this:

WHERE interests REGEXP 'sports|pub'

Found this solution here: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,392332,392950#msg-392950

More about REGEXP here: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mysql/mysql-regexps.htm