Sport in our lives.

Sport

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Basketball

Basketball (commonly nicknamed "B-ball" or

"hoops")is a team sport in which two teams of

five players try to score points by throwing or

" shooting " a ball through the top of a basketball

hoop while following a set of rules .

Basketball is one of the world's most popular

and widelyviewed sports.

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players ( singles ) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles ). Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court . Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs .

Football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two

teams play against each other by trying to

maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's

goal using a hockey stick . Ice hockey is played

on a large flat area of ice, using a three-inch-diameter

(76.2 mm) vulcanized rubber disc called a puck .

This puck is often frozen before high-level games

to decrease the amount of bouncing and friction on

the ice. The game is contested between two teams

of skaters.

Boxing

Boxing , also called pugilism , is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds. The match ends, when an opponent is knocked out or deemed incabable to continue match by a referee ( Technical Knockout ), if an opponent is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigning by throwing in a towel, or by judges' scorecards at the end of the bout. There are two forms of boxing, amateur and professional.

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which

two teams of six players are separated

by a net. Each team tries to score points by

grounding a ball on the other team's court

under organized rules.

Karate

Karate ( 空手 , English:  /kəˈrɑːtiː/ ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa , Japan . It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called te ( 手 , literally "hand"; Tii in Okinawan) and Chinese kenpō . [1] [2] Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking , knee and elbow strikes , and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling , locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles.A karate practitioner is called a karateka ( 空手家 ).

Sport and physical activity are necessary for full human development and health – it is a fact. It was recognized by the ancient Greeks, because no wonder the Olympic games played such an important role in their lives. The sages of antiquity so highly appreciated the role of exercise that put them on a par with science and art. This is what they say in their wise quotes and aphorisms about sports.