Sports
Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity
which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or
improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to
participants, and in some cases, spectators. Hundreds of sports exist, from
those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of
simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.
Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical
athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as
the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition, and other
organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding
activities without a physical element from classification as sports. However,
a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind
sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both
chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports
federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[4][5] although
limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to
ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner.
Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a
line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the
sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as
technical performance or artistic impression.
In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular
sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In
addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with
spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences
through sports broadcasting.
According to A.T. Kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is
worth up to $620 billion as of 2013.
which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or
improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to
participants, and in some cases, spectators. Hundreds of sports exist, from
those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of
simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.
Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical
athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as
the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition, and other
organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding
activities without a physical element from classification as sports. However,
a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind
sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both
chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports
federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[4][5] although
limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to
ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner.
Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a
line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the
sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as
technical performance or artistic impression.
In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular
sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In
addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with
spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences
through sports broadcasting.
According to A.T. Kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is
worth up to $620 billion as of 2013.