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The origins of many of the world's most popular sports today lie in the codification of many traditional games, especially in the United Kingdom. However, a paradoxical feature of European sport is the extent to which local, regional and national variations continue to exist, and even in some instances to predominate. [1]
The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running , walking , jumping or throwing . These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field , road running , racewalking and cross country running .
Sports organizations of Europe by sport (1 C) Sports teams in Europe by sport (3 C) A. Archery in Europe (4 C, 1 P) Athletics in Europe (67 C, 10 P) B.
Each continent has at least one major continental Games; the Asian Games are held for athletes in Asia; In Africa, the African Games perform the same continental function, and in the Americas, the largest multi-sport event that fits the description is the Pan American Games; countries in Oceania compete in the Pacific Games, while Europe has ...
The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
European sport by year (309 C) * Europe sport-related lists (54 C, 7 P) European people in sports (60 C) C. Sports competitions in Europe (44 C) D. Sport deaths in ...
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin , Germany and Glasgow , United Kingdom between 2 and 12 August.
Shooting sports in Europe by country (57 C) Softball in Europe by country (29 C) Squash in Europe by country (24 C) Table tennis in Europe by country (27 C)