The term is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities in which offense and defense are played, regardless of the level of physical activity.

In British English, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the collective noun "sport". In American English, "sports" is more common. In all English dialects, "sports" is the term used for more than one specific game.

Sport has existed for several thousand years. As the world population continues to increase and technology improves in areas such as transportation, communication, medicine, and sports equipment, sport will continue to evolve and involve more and more people across nearly all parts of the world.

Sports that are subjectively judged are distinct from other judged activities such as beauty pageants and bodybuilding shows, because in the former the activity performed is the primary focus of evaluation, rather than the physical attributes of the contestant as in the latter.

Accurate records are kept and updated for most sports at the highest levels, while failures and accomplishments are widely announced in sport news.

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing.

Sports that are subjectively judged are distinct from other judged activities such as beauty pageants and bodybuilding shows because an activity is being evaluated, rather than the physical attributes of the contestant.

Golf as a spectator sport has become increasingly popular, with several different levels of professional and amateur tours in many regions of the world.

The first game of golf for which records survive was played at Bruntsfield Links, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in A.D. 1456, recorded in the archives of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society, now The Royal Burgess Golfing Society.

Cheerleading is a sport that uses organized routines that range from 1 minute to 3 minutes made from elements of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games and matches and/or compete at cheerleading competitions.

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.

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing).

Gymnastics is considered to be a dangerous sport, due in part to the height of the apparatus, the speed of the exercises and the impact on competitors' joints, bones and muscles.

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, but can be any color or even two-tone) over a net into the opponent's court.

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG).

Trust me rugby guys especially league guy (which have a better and more at speed defense) are hard hitters. The thing is that tackles aren't just big hits but big hits: -that secure the ball (prevent offloads), -drives the opponent back (lifting and driving with the legs or big hits) and -slowing down the play the ball (giving your team more time to reset their defensive line by lying on the player forcing him on his back etc).

Always fun watching a bunch of stupid people falling down...

The entertainment aspect of sports, together with the spread of mass media and increased leisure time, has led to professionalism in sports. This has resulted in some conflict, where the paycheck can be seen as more important than recreational aspects, or where the sports are changed simply to make them more profitable and popular, thereby losing certain valued traditions.

The term "sport" is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities, regardless of the level of physical activity. Here is a compilation of some cool highlights put to music. Enjoy!

• The Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season. • About 42,000 tennis balls are used in the plus-minus 650 matches in the Wimbledon Championship. • A baseball ball has exactly 108 stitches, a cricket ball has between 65 and 70 stiches. • A soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels, held together by 642 stitches. • Basketball and rugby balls are made from synthetic material. Earlier, pigs' bladders were used as rugby balls.

I love the Olympics. I love the pageantry. I love the sob stories. I love the drama. I love the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. And, I love the hottie swimmers (okay, that's really just an excuse to post a picture here for our female readers).

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." Joe Theismann, former quarterback

"You guys line up alphabetically by height." Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach

"Better make it six, I can't eat eight." Dan Osinski, Baseball pitcher, when a waitress asked if he wanted his pizza cut into six or eight slices

All these sports require loads of skill to do it at such a high level. Some of this stuff is just amazing, personally I'm a rugby league fan, but I respect the skill from the guys in the other sports.