The History of Sports has started since time immemorial however, the concept and importance of sports has been intrtoduced and accepted world wide from the nineteenth century only. "Sport" comes from the Old French desport meaning "leisure." The Persian word for "sport" is based on the root bord, meaning "winning". 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 a sport the key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome (winning or losing).
Despite the social, econonic and political differences between each country, today, there is no boundary betwen the countries on the ground of sports . Basically sports is construed as physical interaction between two parties or individual but in includes both mental and physical activities as well. It is a fair challenge/opportunity of ability and performance. There is no discrimination of colour , race , religion, nationality, sex etc. for sport . The most famous, loved and well played sports of the century are Soccer, Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Martial Arts, Electronic Games, Rugby, Ice Hockey , the X - Games , and so on. It is regarded as an art of expression and fun by some people while it is also taken as strict discipline for lifetime by the professionals.
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