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Roget's defines the noun sport as an "activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including diversion and recreation. Kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is worth up to $620 billion as of 2013. The world's most accessible and practised sport is running, while association football is the most popular spectator sport.

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In order to control the impact of technology on fair play, governing bodies frequently have specific rules that are set to control the impact of technical advantage between participants. For example, in 2010, full-body, non-textile swimsuits were banned by FINA, as they were enhancing swimmers' performances. In competitive events, participants are graded or classified based on their "result" and often divided into groups of comparable performance, (e.g. gender, weight and age). The measurement of the result may be objective or subjective, and corrected with "handicaps" or penalties.

Prayers, incantations, and rituals of purification were for centuries an important aspect of the hand-to-hand combat of Islamic wrestlers. It was not unusual to combine the skills of the wrestler with those of a mystic poet. Indeed, the celebrated 14th-century Persian pahlavan Maḥmūd Khwārezmī was both. Contests for runners and jumpers were to be found across the length and breadth of the continent. During the age of imperialism, explorers and colonizers were often astonished by the prowess of these “primitive” peoples.

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The Nashville Predators acquired defenceman Jeremy Lauzon from the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, according to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun. The Ottawa Senators are dealing forward Nick Paul to the Tampa Bay Lightning for forward Mathieu Joseph and a fourth-round pick in 2024, it was announced Sunday evening. The Jets have acquired forward Appleton from the Seattle Kraken for a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NHL draft.

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Canada Soccer's Men's National Team have announced the squad for the final window in the CONCACAF Final Round of FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Panama from March 24-30. Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve officially learned that he'd have a new double-play partner during a late-night phone call with Carlos Correa himself. The No. 10 Creighton Blue Jays have upset the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes with a victory in the second round of the women's March Madness tournament. Freshman Aaliyah Moore scored 21 points, Texas shut down Utah’s prolific 3-point shooting and the Longhorns earned another trip to the Sweet 16 with a victory Sunday.

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In a race, for example, the time to complete the course is an objective measurement. In gymnastics or diving the result is decided by a panel of judges, and therefore subjective. There are many shades of judging between boxing and mixed martial arts, where victory is assigned by judges if neither competitor has lost at the end of the match time. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning made another trade on the eve of the deadline aimed at becoming the NHL’s first team to win three in a row since the 1980s. The Lightning acquired forward Nick Paul from the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night for Mathieu Joseph and a 2024 fourth-round pick.