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Requiring little or no physical exertion or agility, mind sports are often not considered true sports. Some mind sports are recognised by sporting federations. The following list is intended to represent anything that is likely to be referred to as a mind sport, not to argue their validity as sports.
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.
Unlike other sports, Australian rules football has not resisted becoming a professional sport. Although the sport began as amateur competition, the Australian Football League is an elite professional league and has been for nearly 80 years since its initial formation as the Victorian Football Association and then the Victorian Football League in 1897.
Following the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) has been reset on a new quadrennial cycle. The 2014 (men's) World Cup will be followed by the 2019 World Cup, avoiding conflict with the FIFA World Cup. Most wins: United States 5, Yugoslavia 5, Soviet Union 3 FIBA 3x3 World Cup: Nations 2012
The others are namely the World Games, established to host sports not within the Olympic scope; the World Mind Sports Games, which hosts competitions in mind sports which are not found in either of the two abovementioned events; the X Games and the Winter X Games, organised for extreme action sports; the World Combat Games, for martial arts and ...
Next season, however, the teams will have more traditional names such as the Minnesota Frost and the New York Sirens. Basic branding hits America’s ‘Big Four’ sports leagues
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 .
Credit: Facebook. The Dong Tao rooster, also called the "Dragon Chicken," is famous for its massive and scaly legs that resemble tree trunks. These unique birds are native to Vietnam and were once ...