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Sport is one of mankinds favourite pastimes that is most often played for fun and exercise to stay fit and healthy. Sport meets some of mans basic instincts including competitiveness and the primal need to dominate others. The term sports is often extended to encompass all competitive activities in which offense and defense are played, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports.
With the increasing availablity of computers and the Internet, we are finding new ways of engaging in online sports including many of todays video games and there are specific games made by manufactures like Nintendo promoting physical activity.
Sport is also big business. We see many sporting professionals in very competitive sports like golf, motor racing, tennis etc with income in the millions of dollars. This level of professionalism requires peak levels of physical fitness and training as well as support from the latest in technologies e.g. sport supplements, sports training systems, equipment like tennis racquets, sport shoes Honda F1 racing engines and the list goes on. Top level sports competitors are also first in line when sponsors are looking for product promotion, We see huge sponsorships from companies like Nike and Adidas for sports shoes for these elite professionals.
Sport is so important to our society that every media carries a separate dedictaed sport section. Television news devotes a timeslot for the latest news in football, gold, tennis and other top level sports. Pay TV has dedicated channels just for sport and some sports like horse racing even have their own channel.
Whether we like it or not, sport is a dominant force in society and it offers most people the opportunity to participate. Whether participation is on a small scale to maintain health and fitness, or if you have the professionalism and skills to compete at national and internaional levels, sport can be enjoyed by all.
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'You love sport, so you can stay' - Herald Sun
'You love sport, so you can stay'
Herald Sun
A DECISION to kick a convicted sexual predator out of Australia has been overturned because the pervert loves footy and his hero is Peter ...
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Save the player first, punish second - Herald Sun
Sydney Morning Herald
Save the player first, punish second
Herald Sun
It has been very fashionable over the years for politicians to wave a big stick at the issue of drugs in sport. "Name and shame" and "zero tolerance" have ...
Tuck case gives pause ...
Will this sport stop tearing itself apart? - The Age
Will this sport stop tearing itself apart?
The Age
What ended up saving cricket was that it became so obviously corrupt as to endanger its increasingly lucrative trade as a spectator sport, which was enough ...
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Betting minefield - Herald Sun
Betting minefield
Herald Sun
There are suggestions the government is planning to ban alcohol advertising in sport, stripping another $300 million from the codes. ...
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