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Welcome to Sports Info
Your guide to sports
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Aikido
Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba
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Archery
Archery is the art, practice or skill of shooting with bow and arrow.
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Athletics (Track and Field)
Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping. The name "athletics" is derived from the Greek word "athlos" meaning "contest".
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Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. A rally ends once the shuttlecock has struck the ground, and the shuttlecock may only be struck once by each side before it passes over the net.
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Baseball/Softball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.
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BMX
Bicycle Motocross or BMX is a name of a cycling sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in Motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles.
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Bowls
Bowls is a sport in which the goal is to roll slightly asymmetric balls, called bowls, closest to a smaller?normally white?bowl called the "jack" or "kitty".
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Boxing
Boxing (sometimes also known as Western boxing or pugilism) is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists.
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Canoeing
Canoeing is the activity of paddling a canoe for the purpose of recreation (also called a float trip), sport, or transportation.
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Capoeira
Capoeira is an art form that combines the elements of fight, dance and game. Originating from Brazil, it has taken the Western world by storm in recent years. Ironically, Capoeira was created by the underdogs of colonial Brazil - the slaves - who used innnovative movements that flowed naturally with the way the body moves to overcome their cruel slavemasters.
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Climbing
Climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls with the goal of reaching the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries
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Croquet
Croquet is a game played both as a recreational pastime and as a competitive sport which involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing arena.
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Cycling
As a sport, cycling is governed internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale in Switzerland (for upright bicycles) and by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (for other HPVs, or human-powered vehicles).
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Dance
Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.
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Equestrian / Horse Riding
Equestrianism refers to the skill of riding or driving horses.
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Fencing
Fencing is one of the four sports which has been featured at every modern Olympic Games.
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Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world.
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Golf
Golf is a sport in which players using many types of clubs including woods, irons, and putters, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination.
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Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team.
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Hockey
Field hockey is played on gravel, natural grass, sand-based or water-based artificial turf, with a small, hard ball.
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Ice Hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice.
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Ice skating
Ice skating is moving on ice by use of ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports.
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Judo
Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century.
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Jujitsu / Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Jujutsu, literally meaning the "art of softness", or "way of yielding" is a collective name for Japanese martial art styles including unarmed and armed techniques
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Karate
Karate is a form of self-defence and was developed in Japan. The word is formed from the Japanese words Kara meaning empty, and Te meaning hand.
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Karting
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design.
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Kickboxing and Muay Thai
Kickboxing is often confused with Muay Thai, also known as Thai Boxing. The two sports are similar, however, in Thai Boxing, kicks below the belt are allowed, as are strikes with knees and elbows.
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Korfball
Korfball is a team ball game, similar to mixed netball.
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Kung Fu
Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with Chinese martial arts.
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Lacrosse
Lacrosse has been played for the most part in Canada and the United States, with small but dedicated lacrosse communities in the United Kingdom and Australia. Recently, however, lacrosse has begun to flourish at an international level with the sport establishing itself in many new and far-reaching countries, particularly in Europe and east Asia.
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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
In mixed martial arts (MMA) matches, competitors fight each other under a rule system that allows for a wide variety of techniques to be employed. Practitioners blend elements of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and grappling to ensure that they have the skills necessary to both overwhelm their opponent and deal with everything thrown at them.
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Netball
Netball is a non-contact team sportsimilar to, and derived from, basketball. Over 20 million people play netball in more than 70 countries.
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Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain.
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Parkour and Free Running
Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l'art du d?placement ( the art of displacement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment?from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls?and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females.
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Rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline.
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Rugby League
The Rugby league code is most prominent in Australia, England, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, France and Wales where the sport is played professionally.
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Rugby Union
Rugby union is most often referred to as simply rugby.
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Sailing
Today most people enjoy sailing as a recreational activity. Recreational sailing or yachting can be further divided into racing, cruising and "daysailing" or dinghy sailing.
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Scuba / Sub Aqua
Scuba diving is swimming underwater, or taking part in another activity, while using a scuba set.
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Skateboarding
Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an artform, a job, or a method of transportation.
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Skiing / Snowboarding
Skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular winter sports in the world.
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Snooker / Pool
Snooker and Pocket billiards (Pool) are cue sports that are played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions.
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Squash
Squash is a racquet sport game played by two players (or four players for doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball.
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Surfing
Surfing is a a surface water sport in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean wave (the "surf") standing on a surfboard.
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Swimming / Diving
The most common purpose for swimming is recreation. Recreational swimming is a good way to relax, while enjoying a full-body workout.
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Table Tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with rackets (also known as
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Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners.
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Tai Chi (Tai chi chuan)
Tai chi chuan is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for health reasons.
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Tennis
Tennis is a sport played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt (most of the time Optic Yellow,[1] but can be any color or even two-tone) over a net into the opponent's court.
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Trampolining
Trampolining is a competitive sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline.
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Triathlon
A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances.
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Volleyball
Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.
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Weightlifting
Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.
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Windsurfing
Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a surface water sport using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail.
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Wrestling
Wrestling is part of the martial arts. A wrestling match consists of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over, or control of, the opponent.
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Yoga
Yoga efers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India.
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