How come there is not a category for body building or figure competitions??  Is snooker really a sport?
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I don't know, and yes.
527866
This is a category for football. There is a category for fantasy sports so put it over there. So stop living in your fantasy world and let this be for real sports.
593540
Yes. It's fun, it can be competitive, you can have teams, you keep score, people try their best, it is a physical activity. I think that qualifies it as a sport.
643232
i know...how stupid!!!!!!!!\n\npeople who think gymnastics is not a sport should try it and see how long they last!\n\nMaybe Yahoo people thinks\n it is too uncommon......\n\nyou should file a complaint:)
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Actually the first two are dumb answers and the 3rd was right. Its actually http://www.wallbangers.com if you saw the ad on FSC, but it takes you to the .co.uk website anyway. As for selection is very very limited and only a few teams. Players available are again mainly from the English Premiership. I'd like to see something along the lines and selection of Fatheads, hopefully they'll get there soon.
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Like basketball, the game is played on a hard court with scoring rings at both ends, and with a ball resembling a basketball (but lighter, smaller and slightly softer in construction). The rings, whilst of similar height and dimension to basketball hoops, do not have a "backboard". The field is divided into thirds which regulate where individuals in each team are allowed to move, and two semi-circular "shooting circles" at each end from within which all scoring shots must be taken.\n\nThere are seven players on each team, who are given nominated, named positions (and in competitive netball must wear "bibs" or "patches" showing the abbreviations below indicating that position). \n\nBy the combination of the above, only the Goal Attack and Goal Shooter are able to score goals directly.\n\nNetball rules do not permit players to take more than one step in possession of the ball. Consequently, the only way to move the ball towards the goal is to throw the ball to a teammate. The ball cannot be held by one person for more than 3 seconds at any one time. This, combined with the restrictions on where players can move, ensures that everyone on the team is regularly involved in play. Defence is restricted -- not only is contact not permitted, but players must be at least three feet (90 centimetres) away to defend, meaning that hard physical contact is rare. If contact is made, the ball must be passed to the team against which the penalty was committed.\n\nA game is played in 4 quarters of 15 minutes each, with an interval of 3 minutes between the first and second and third and fourth quarters and an interval of 5 minutes at half time. There is up to 2 minutes of time allowed for each injury.
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No, sport is a direct competition of fastest, strongest, and other physical activities. Not who can lie the best, not who looks the prettiest as in other sports. Sport should have to be something that you sweat for.
46752
It's a sport that's played in most of Europe and has gained popularity in Asia and other countries.  It's an Olympic sport cuz there's enough popularity for it to demand a place there.  Read the entry on it to learn about the rules and such.
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I think it's misrepresented because of its isolation from other continents. Sports are pretty international, but not current science or art really.
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=HB\n\nIt's an olympic sport lol
34662
well,\nit takes skill, practice, balls are involved, you use lots of muscles and its very competitive.  i would say it is a sport.
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Cricket, darts, and curling are very popular sports in areas outside the USA.  Yahoo Answers does have an international audience, so I see why these are listed individually.\nI guess that Yahoo can't put all of the sports in their own category.\nLacrosse would probably need to have quite a few questions being asked, or have a national/worldwide craze to get its own category.\nI love the sport - wish I grew up in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast area so I could have played in high school.
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eating contests....how could that ever be considered a sport...at least thats what they called it when i was watching an episode on TV of these people who trian for a hotdog eating contest every year from all over the world so they can win and be the worlds best or whatever!
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i agree with you...netball should be an olympic sport.
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I DONT THINK ITS A SPORT AND HERES WHY. IF YOU WIN BY BEING JUDGED, NOT BY SCORING POINTS LIKE IN FOOTBALL OR BASEBALLOR FROM BEING TIMED LIKE BOBSLEDDING, I DONT THINK IT CAN BE A SPORT. JUDGING IS TOO SUBJECTIVE. WHILE I THINK DANCING AND ICE SKATING ARE VERY ATHLETIC EVENTS, THAT DOESNT MAKE THEM SPORTS
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Who told you that it's not a sport? It's both athletic and aesthetic. Don't listen to anybody who criticizes your sport, or anything else that you do. After all, who cares what some small-minded pinhead thinks?
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it is a sport! the profesionals can make good money out of it.\n\nkby\n\n.