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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 322639, member: 2265"] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Sport or athletics is a distinction without a difference.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial]The definition: "having a ball or puck, with somebody having the ability to stop you from scoring" is extremely arbitrary. Polo, croquet, korfball, floorball, netball, Basque pelota (like Jai alai), bad minton, filed hockey, curling, tennis. table tennis and beach volleyball meet this definition. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=1][FONT=arial]A host of other sports (yes, sports), do not, including many requiring much more physical skill. [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=arial][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#222222] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Wikipedia:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]"Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athleticism'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]athleticism[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000] or physical [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexterity'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]dexterity[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000], with the largest major competitions such as the [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]Olympic Games[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL] [COLOR=#000000]admitting only sports meeting this definition,[/COLOR][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport#cite_note-2'][COLOR=#0b0080][3][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000] and other organisations such as the [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]Council of Europe[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000] using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports.[/COLOR][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport#cite_note-council-1'][COLOR=#0b0080][2][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_sport'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]mind sports[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000]. The International Olympic Committee (through [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_IOC_Recognised_International_Sports_Federations'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]ARISF[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000]) recognises both [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]chess[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000] and [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]bridge[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000] as [/COLOR][I][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]bona fide[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I][COLOR=#000000] sports, and [/COLOR][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SportAccord'][SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#0b0080]SportAccord[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][COLOR=#000000], the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[/COLOR][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport#cite_note-3'][COLOR=#0b0080][4][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport#cite_note-4'][COLOR=#0b0080][5][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000] although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.[/COLOR][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport#cite_note-sportaccord-0'][COLOR=#0b0080][1][/COLOR][/URL]"[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Dictionary.com[/FONT][/SIZE] [LEFT][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=18px][FONT=verdana][SIZE=5][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Unicode MS][SIZE=18px][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]"sport[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial] [spawrt, spohrt] [SIZE=11px][FONT=Verdana][U][COLOR=#999999]Show IPA[/COLOR][/U][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=18px][FONT=verdana][SIZE=3][SIZE=2][I][FONT=arial][B]noun[/B][/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][LEFT][COLOR=#7b7b7b][B]1.[/B][/COLOR][/LEFT][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nature'][U][COLOR=#333333]nature[/COLOR][/U][/URL],as racing, baseball, [COLOR=#0055bb]tennis,[/COLOR] golf, bowling,wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc."[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=verdana] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=verdana] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/LEFT] [SIZE=2][FONT=arial]BTW, golf requires dexterity, balance, strength, stamina, hand eye coordination, concentration and intelligence.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][FONT=arial][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [SIZE=16px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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