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Parent topics
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]
- Aquatics: A term for water sports taking place in the water, subdivided into five distinct branches: swimming, water polo, diving, open water swimming, and synchronised swimming. [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]
- Combat sports: Those sports which involve combat between the contestants such as boxing, fencing, judo, karate and wrestling. [e]
- Equestrian sports: REDIRECT Equestrianism/Definition [e]
- Football: Add brief definition or description
- Machine sports: Any sport in which the key equipment is a machine such as an aeroplane, bicycle, motor bike or motor car. The sports include cycling, Formula One, MotoGP, and NASCAR. [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]
- Racquet sports: Any sport such as tennis or badminton in which contestants use a racquet to hit the ball. [e]
- Skating: A collection of sports that are broadly sub-divided into ice skating and roller skating. [e]
- Skiing: Various means of travelling over snow with the aid of skis which are bound to the foot using a special boot; in sporting terms the main classifications are alpine skiing and Nordic skiing. [e]
- Sledging: A generic term for winter sports using sleds, sledges or sleighs. [e]
- Surface water sports: Add brief definition or description
- Table sports: All sports played on a table including chess, cue sports, and table tennis. [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]