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In business directories you find all about sport: Addresses and telephone numbers to sport clubs and organizations as well as location plans to places, stadiums and halls.
There are different kinds of sport. Basically there is a difference between competitive sports and this one that is made by you and me in our spare time. In the past there appeared two further kinds of sport for people who like a lot of action, which are called fun sport and extreme sport. These differ from the traditional sport.
In sport there are possibilities to take exercise alone (this is the case, if you have chosen golf, gymnastics, tennis, swimming, martial arts, athletics or others) or in a team (these include above all ball sports such as football, hockey, handball, volleyball, football, basketball, etc.)
Sport has not been just a competition for a long time, now. In the mean time sport belongs to the most widespread recreational activities. There is not just only sport that is made in schools or clubs, people also like jogging or they work out at gyms that are very popular since the eighties to enhance their fitness.
Nearly all sports have their own sportswear and sporting goods, which are allocated to one kind of sport. If someone plays golf e.g., he needs a special glove for a better grip so that he can hold the golf club better in his hands. A handball player won’t enter a hall with football boots and shin guards of a football player.
Furthermore there are several types of equipment in the different sports. A ball that is used for football (soccer) is bigger than the ball that is used for handball. The intention of both sports is the same, the ball has to be thrown by the handball and it has to be shot by the soccer players. Football and rugby is played with a ball that is shaped oval.
For individual sportmen there are just a few sports that are played with a ball. Exceptions are tennis, table tennis, etc. Swimmers and track and field athletes such as long-distance runners and marathon runners need beside their clothes no further instruments for their sports. There are differences at the running disciplines. E.g. there are hurdlers and relay runners. Hurdlers have not only to run fast but also have to jump over hurdles on their way to the finish line. Relay runners run in teams, whereas each member of a team has to carry a baton on a certain distance. At the end of the distance of each runner the baton has to be given to the next athlete. After the handover has been done the next sprinter can go on with the run.
There are also sports that are practiced with the help of animals, these are e.g. polo, chariot racing, horseback riding and many more.
Sport can be done at all times of the year. Winter sports differ from other sports. There are many different categories like Cross-country skiing, ski jumping, bobsleigh rides, skating, snowboarding and others, which belong to the winter sports. You can watch sports like shot put, gymnastics, hammer throw, pole vault, archery, decathlon, Marathon and more at the Summer Games. The Summer and the Winter Games have in common that they take place every four years as a big event. Between these two events there is always a period of two years.
Most sports are exercised in big sports halls or stadiums. The stadiums, which are located in a town that have already organized an Olympiad, mostly are called olympic stadium, as e.g. the stadium in Berlin that is called Olympiastadion.
Each sport has its own organization. E.g. soccer is organized international by the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) and the Olympic Games bei the IOC (International Olympic Committee).
More sport:
Handball, the fast and intensive sport
Soccer/Football, a very popular sport
Motocross, a fast and exciting sport
Martial Arts, different ways of fighting
Track and Field Athletics - running, jumping and throwing