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Track and Field, term denoting
a group of athletic events held as contests
between individuals or teams, generally amateurs,
at both indoor and outdoor meets. In many
countries the sport is called athletics. |
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Martial Arts, various methods
of unarmed combat, originally used in warfare in
the Far East and shaped by Eastern Asian
philosophical concepts, notably Zen Buddhism. |
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Soccer, a form of football
played with a spherical ball. It is the most
widely played team game in the world and the most
popular spectator sport, followed avidly by
hundreds of millions of fans. |
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Gymnastics,
systematic form of physical exercise. Competitive
gymnastics consist of prescribed sets of events
for men and for women, each of which is scored
separately in order to determine a winner. |
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Skiing, sport a of traversing
snow-covered surfaces with the feet attached to
long, narrow runners known as skis. Three kinds
of skiing have developed: alpine, nordic, and
freestyle. |
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Tennis is played either
outdoors or indoors with rackets and balls, by
two or four people, on a court of turf or of some
hard, even substance such as clay, concrete, wood
composition matter, or artificial turf. |
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