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Panathenaic amphora, Kleophrades painter, circa 500 BC, Louvre museum. A runner gives a friendly tap on the shoulder to a wheelchair racer during the Marathon International de Paris in 2014. 100m race record holder Usain Bolt and other runners, Moscow, 2013.

Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators.
We certainly need to figure out better answers for trans athletes and people like Caster Semenya, who, because she has differences of sexual development, is allowed to compete in the 5K but not the 800-meter race.
My comparatively unathletic brother would get beaten by thousands of women in a mile-long race.
When looking at elite runners—whether sprinting 100 meters or racing many miles—once athletes hit physical maturity, the best men have anywhere from a 9

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The Amateur Athletic Association, which emphasized track-and-field sports, was founded in 1880, the Amateur Rowing Association in 1882. Calcio, a form of football that stressed the good looks and elegant attire of the players. Within the world of sports, the emphasis on aesthetics, rather than achievement, was never stronger. A child sees a flat stone, picks it up, and sends it skipping across the waters of a pond. An adult realizes with a laugh that he has uttered an unintended pun.

The Australian Sports Commission also pays its respects to the traditional custodians of the lands on which it operates; Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung, Yuggera and Turbal and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
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Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve one’s physical health.
Bob McKenzie discusses why it is so important that his story is heard.
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How should schools and clubs handle a young female athlete who wants to play football even though there’s no girls’ team? Should we get rid of sex-based divisions in sports like shooting, where the performance gap is minimal? We certainly need to figure out better answers for trans athletes and people like Caster Semenya, who, because she has differences of sexual development, is allowed to compete in the 5K but not the 800-meter race. Per Henrik Ling in Sweden elaborated systems of gymnastic exercise that were eventually adopted by school systems in Britain, the United States, and Japan. These noncompetitive alternatives to modern sports also flourished in eastern Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among repressed ethnic peoples such as the Poles and Czechs, gymnastics became almost a way of life.

Ausplay survey A continuous national population tracking survey that measures the physical activity rates of Australian …

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There is no high-quality evidence that shows the effectiveness of interventions to increase sports participation of the community in sports such as mass media campaigns, educational sessions, and policy changes. There is also no high-quality studies that investigate the effect of such interventions in promoting healthy behavior change in the community. Sport can be undertaken on an amateur, professional or semi-professional basis, depending on whether participants are incentivised for participation .

Tua Tagovailoa went off on a stretcher and straight to hospital with head and neck injuries after recoiling in pain and needing lengthy treatment from a heavy tackle in the game with his Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night.
The game was painted by miniaturists and celebrated by Persian poets such as Ferdowsī (c. 935–c. 1020) and Ḥāfeẓ (1325/26–1389/90).
Until recently the GAA continued to ban the playing of football and rugby union at Gaelic venues.

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To the ends of the earth, cricket followed the Union Jack, which explains the game’s current popularity in Australia, South Asia, and the West Indies. Rugby football flourishes in other postcolonial cultures, such as New Zealand and South Africa, where the British once ruled. It was, however, association football’s destiny to become the world’s most widely played modern sport. From the British Isles, modern sports were diffused throughout the world.

The Lakers have held two training camp workouts but new coach Darvin Ham has been noncommittal when talking about potential starting lineups.
In order to control the impact of technology on fair play, governing bodies frequently have specific rules that are set to control the impact of technical advantage between participants.
PROVO, Utah — BYU survived another slow start to avoid a potentially damaging loss to an instate rival.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said he’s well aware of how hard

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