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  2. History of sport - Wikipedia

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    Study of the history of sport can teach lessons about social changes and about the nature of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills (compare play). [ citation needed ] As one delves further back in history, dwindling evidence makes theories of the origins and purposes of sport more and more difficult to ...

  3. Category:History of sports - Wikipedia

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    History portal; Sports portal; This category should include articles that are the high-level histories of each sport and not articles about specific topics which belong in relevant sub-categories. Note that in many cases the high-level history is in the sport's eponymous article only, pending a decision re creation of a separate history article.

  4. History of sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly from their European origins, developing into distinctly American ...

  5. Sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American Sport in International History: The United States and the World Since 1865 (Bloomsbury, 2023). ISBN 978-1-350-13472-0; Gerdy, John R. Sports: The All-American Addiction (2002) online; Gorn, Elliott J. A Brief History of American Sports (2004) Harris, Othello, George Kirsch, et al. eds. Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United ...

  6. List of sports - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]

  7. Sport - Wikipedia

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    Sport in childhood. Association football, shown above, is a team sport which also provides opportunities to nurture physical fitness and social interaction skills. The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport. Sport is a form of physical activity or game. [1]

  8. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians.

  9. Category:History of sport by country - Wikipedia

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    History of sport in the United Kingdom (17 C, 1 P) History of sports in the United States (17 C, 13 P) History of sport in Uzbekistan (1 C) V.