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The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games. Some of the most recognised sporting events in the world today are multi-sport events – the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan American Games and the Mediterranean Games – among others. This article lists all major multi-sport ...
In the sport of athletics, international competitions between national teams can be distinguished into four main types: Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme; World championships, the primary competitions where all nations may compete
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 .
The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the Olympic Games, first held in modern times in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and inspired by the Ancient Olympic Games, one of a number of such events held in antiquity. Most modern multi-sport events have the same basic structure.
For sports in which individual competitors utilise more than one sporting skill (such as the triathlon) see Category:Multisports. Subcategories This category has the following 54 subcategories, out of 54 total.
Sports events affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (3 C, 45 P) Sports events affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 C, 149 P) Sports events founded by Sri Chinmoy (10 P)
Annual sporting events by country (58 C) A. Annual athletics series (20 C, 31 P) T. Annual track and field meetings (5 C, 74 P) Pages in category "Annual sporting events"
The FIFA World Cup, for example, is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 700 million people watched the final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. [ 8 ] According to a 2011 A.T. Kearney study of sports teams, leagues and federations, the global sports industry is worth between €350 billion and €450 ...