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- Dictionarysporting/ˈspɔːtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. connected with or interested in sport: "a major sporting event"
- 2. fair and generous in one's behaviour or treatment of others, especially in a contest: "it was jolly sporting of you to let me have first go"
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4 days ago · athletics, a variety of competitions in running, walking, jumping, and throwing events. Although these contests are called track and field (or simply track) in the United States, they are generally designated as athletics elsewhere.
- The Shot Put
Athletics - Shot Put, Throwing, Technique: The putting...
- Organization and Tournaments
Athletics - Events, Tournaments, Competitions: For most of...
- Conflicts and Controversies
Athletics - Conflicts, Controversies, Rules: Athletics,...
- Middle-distance Running
Athletics - Middle Distance, Running, Technique: The longer...
- The High Jump
Athletics - High Jump, Technique, Records: There is one...
- Weight Throw
Weight throw, sport of throwing a weight for distance or...
- Hammer Throw
Since 1866 the hammer throw has been a regular part of...
- Pole Vault
Pole vault is a sport in athletics (track and field) in...
- The Shot Put
2 days ago · Athletics is a group of track and field events covering a wide variety of sports, with competitions featuring running, walking, jumping and throwing under different disciplines. Let’s have a look at what features at the Olympics.
3 days ago · swimming, in recreation and sports, the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions and the natural flotation of the body. Swimming as an exercise is popular as an all-around body developer and is particularly useful in therapy and as exercise for physically handicapped persons.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The ancient Olympic Games included several of the sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which at times has included events in as many as 32 different sports. In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition.
- The Olympic Games are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world’s foremo...
- The first Olympic Games had achieved major importance in Greece by the end of the 6th century BCE. They began to lose popularity when Greece was co...
- The Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are each held every four years. After 1992, when both a Summer and Winter Games were held, they h...
- The International Olympic Committee chooses the location of each Olympic Games. The choice is based on applications made by the chief authority of...
- In individual Olympic events the award for first place is a gold medal, for second place a silver medal, and for third place a bronze medal. Diplom...
- Winning a bid to host the Olympic Games has been considered a major boon for any city, but not all agree. Proponents believe that hosting the Olymp...
2 days ago · The modern Olympic Games (OG; or Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques, JO) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions .
21 hours ago · This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.
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2 days ago · Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. [1] . The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events.
