sport
Also known as sports
thumb|upright=1.35|right|Sport in childhood. [[Association football, shown above, is a team sport which also provides opportunities to nurture physical fitness and social interaction skills.]] thumb|The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport.
AI overview
Sport is a physical activity governed by rules in which individuals or teams compete against each other, ranging from team games like association football to individual competitions like running races. It matters because it provides opportunities for people to develop physical fitness and social interaction skills, with roots extending back through history as one of humanity's oldest traditions.
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Research
542,355 papers- Current trends in sport injury prevention.ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2019Emery CA, Pasanen KDOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2019.02.009
- Acute sport-related knee injuries.ReviewAustralian journal of general practice · 2023Wall C, Byrnes J, Botha L et al.DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-04-23-6785
- 2022 Bern Consensus Statement on Shoulder Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Return to Sport for Athletes at All Participation Levels.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2022Schwank A, Blazey P, Asker M et al.DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2022.10952
- The challenge of the sporting shoulder: From injury prevention through sport-specific rehabilitation toward return to play.ReviewAnnals of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2021
Article
27 sectionsContents
- Meaning and usage
- Etymology
- Nomenclature
- Definition
- Competition
- History
- Fair play
- Sportsmanship
- Cheating
- Doping and drugs
- Violence
- Participation
- Gender participation
- Youth participation
- Disabled participation
- Older participation
- Spectator involvement
- Amateur and professional
- Technology
- Sports and education
- Politics
- As a means of controlling and subduing populations
- Religious views
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
thumb|upright=1.35|right|Sport in childhood. [[Association football, shown above, is a team sport which also provides opportunities to nurture physical fitness and social interaction skills.]] thumb|The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport.
A sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual.