Sport

A sport is a physical activity or game. Often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators.

The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open. Allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to particular groups or those invited.

Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw". In which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion.

Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season. Followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity.

With major competitions admitting only sports meeting this definition. Some organisations, such as the Council of Europe. Preclude activities without any physical element from classification as sports.

However, a number of competitive, but non.