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Sport: Activity that involves skill and physical exertion, and is governed by a generally accepted set of rules and guidelines. [e]
Subtopics
Cricket (sport): An outdoor bat-and-ball game played by two teams of eleven players on a large grassy field. [e]
Baseball: A ball game, using a small spherical ball and a striker called a bat, played between two teams of 9 players each on a field with a diamond shaped circuit consisting of 4 bases. [e]
Golf: Game in which the players attempt, using special clubs, to sink a small, dimpled ball into each of 18 successive holes in the fewest number of strokes. [e]
Hockey: Generic term for various sports in which a ball or puck is hit about a playing surface by teams of players with curved sticks whose aim is to score the most goals in the match. The main variants are field hockey and ice hockey. [e]
Tennis: A sport played on a hard-surfaced rectangular court, between either two players or two teams of two players each, in which the players attempt to strike a hollow rubber ball, using a stringed raquet, over a net into the opponent's half of the court. [e]
Air sports: Generic term for various types of aeronautical competition. [e]
Athletic sports: Broadly, those sports contested by individuals which primarily rely on human physical endeavour, demanding the qualities of stamina, fitness, and skill. Generally known for their inclusion in the Olympic Games, they include track and field, gymnastics, trampolining, and weightlifting. [e]
Chess: 2-player board game for a checkered board; requires skill, strategy and intellect; the 1960s 3M Bookshelf game series included a version of Chess [e]
Combat sports: Those sports which involve combat between the contestants such as boxing, fencing, judo, karate and wrestling. [e]
Cycling: The sport, recreational activity and means of transportation of riding a bicycle. [e]
Equestrianism: Sports in which human competitors are on horseback including horse racing, polo, show jumping, and three-day eventing. [e]
Football: Any of a number of team sports which involve kicking and/or handling a ball with the purpose of territorial gain leading to the scoring of goals or points. [e]
Motorsports: A generic term used to describe competitive racing of engine-powered land vehicles. [e]
Multi-sport events: A gathering of athletes in one place over a period of one to several days for the purpose of entering into competition. [e]
Target sports: Those sports in which the primary objective is to hit a specific target. Examples are archery, basketball, bowls, curling, darts, golf, netball, and shooting. [e]
Water sports: General term for all sporting activity that takes place on, in or under water. [e]
Winter sports: Generic term for a wide range of sporting events that are associated with snow and ice. They form the agenda for the Winter Olympics every four years and include various ice skating, skiing, and sledging competitions. [e]
- Origins of cricket [r]: Perceptions concerning the origin of cricket before its first definite reference in 1597. [e]