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Formally, [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are organized comparative activities requiring "commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means"<ref name="wiki"/>, which means that nearly all games are sports if their exists a social organization to support them. However, in common use [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are considered activities requiring physical effort - calling [[Chess]] a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] does usually not come natural while [[Soccer]] is typically referred to as a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] regardless of if a match is organized or not. The categorization on the wiki follows the common use of the term. | Formally, [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are organized comparative activities requiring "commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means"<ref name="wiki"/>, which means that nearly all games are sports if their exists a social organization to support them. However, in common use [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are considered activities requiring physical effort - calling [[Chess]] a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] does usually not come natural while [[Soccer]] is typically referred to as a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] regardless of if a match is organized or not. The categorization on the wiki follows the common use of the term. | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 4 January 2011
Formally, sports are organized comparative activities requiring "commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means"<ref name="wiki"/>, which means that nearly all games are sports if their exists a social organization to support them. However, in common use sports are considered activities requiring physical effort - calling Chess a sport does usually not come natural while Soccer is typically referred to as a sport regardless of if a match is organized or not. The categorization on the wiki follows the common use of the term.
References
<references> <ref name="wiki">Wikipedia entry for sports.</ref> </references>
Acknowledgments
Sus Lundgren
Pages in category "Sports"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
