01.+Introduction

===**Welcome to our wiki! we are the sportstweet, Jamie Joy A. Bantigue, Danilo Colarte and Mae Azenith B. Loquero. We are group of students in Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) wants to share you all about sports. We all know that many people love sports and many people who are talented in sports matter, like our very own Manny Pacquiao he is very good in boxing.**===

===**The vision of this wiki is to provide information's about sports, and allowing people to get information in one site. This sportstweet is learning community which can be open by everybody who wants knowledge in all sports matter. Which sports is very effective exercise and good to our health. Sports are around the world that is why this wiki is made for sports lover.**===


 * Foe more informations about kinds of sports click on to __key features__. If you to look our concept map just go to __blue print.__ For more informations about the benefits of the sports just click on to the __justification__ and __rationale.__If you have some difficulty understanding some words go to __glossary of terms,__ we have our __references__. This page is just only a introduction, enjoy and have fun reading about sports.**

A **sport** is an organized, competitive,entertaining, and skillful physical activity, requiring commitment and fair play in which a winner can be defined by objective means. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. In sports the key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome (winning or losing). The physical activity involves the movement of people, animals and/or a variety of objects such as balls and machines or equipment. In contrast, games such as card games and board games, though these could be called mind sports and some are recognized as Olympic sports, require primarily mental skills and only mental physical involvement. Non-competitive activities, for example as jogging or playing catch, are usually classified as forms of recreation. Physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first often define the result of a sport. However, the degree of skill and performance in some sports such as diving ,dressage and figure skating is judged according to well-defined criteria. This is in contrast with other judged activities such as beauty pageant and body building, where skill does not have to be shown and the criteria are not as well defined. Records are kept and updated for most sports at the highest levels, while failures and accomplishments are widely announced in sports news. Sports are most often played just for fun or for the simple fact that people need exercise to stay in good physical condition. However, professional sport is a major source of entertainment. While practices may vary, sports participants are expected to display good sportsmanship, and observe standards of conduct such as being respectful of opponents and officials, and congratulating the winner when losing.

**Etymology and meaning** "Sport" comes from the Old french //desport// meaning "leisure." American English uses the term "sports" to refer to this general type of recreational activity, whereas other regional dialects use the singular "sport". The Persian word for "sport" is based on the root //bord//, meaning "winning". The Chinese term for "sport," //tiyu// (体育; 體育) connotes "physical training". The Modern Greek term for //sport// is Αθλητισμός (//athlitismos//), directly cognate with the English terms "athlete" and "athleticism." The oldest definition of //sport// in English (1300) is of anything humans find amusing or entertaining. Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling; hunting; and games and diversions, including ones that require exercise. Roget's defines the noun sport as an "Activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including diversion and recreation. An example of a more sharply defined meaning is "an athletic activity where one competitor or a team of competitors plays against another competitor or group of competitors [with] a conclusive method of scoring...not determined by a judge."

**History** There are artifacts and structures that suggest that the Chines engaged in sporting activities as early as 400BC. Gymnastics appears to have been a popular sport in China's ancient past. Monuments to the Pharaohs indicate that a number of sports, including swimming and fishing, were well-developed and regulated several thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt. Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling. Ancient Persian sports such as the traditional Iranian martial art of Zourkaneh had a close connection to the warfare skills. Among other sports that originate in ancient Persia are Poland jousting. A wide range of sports were already established by the time of Ancient Grace and the military culture and the development of sports in Greece influenced one another considerably. Sports became such a prominent part of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient times were held every four years in a small village in the Peloponnese called Olympia Sports have been increasingly organized and regulated from the time of the Ancient Olympics up to the present century. Industrialization has brought increased leisure time to the citizens of developed and developing countries, leading to more time for citizens to attend and follow spectator sports, greater participation in athletic activities, and increased accessibility. These trends continued with the advent of mass media and global communication. Professionalism became prevalent, further adding to the increase in sport's popularity, as sports fans began following the exploits of professional athletes through radio, television, and the internet—all while enjoying the exercise and competition associated with amateur participation in sports. In the new millennium, new sports have been going further from the physical aspect to the mental or psychological aspect of competing.Electronic sports organizations are becoming more and more popular.

Terminology
I n British english, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the mass noun "sport". In American english, "sports" is more used. In all English dialects, "sports" is the term used for more than one specific sport. For example, "football and swimming are my favorite sports", would sound natural to all English speakers, whereas "I enjoy sport" would sound less natural than "I enjoy sports" to North Americans. The term "sport" is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sports exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports. Air sports, billiards, bridge, chess, motorcycle racing, and power-boating are all recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee with their world governing bodies represented in the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations.

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