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Sports portal; The subcategories of this category are for articles on specific terms. For glossaries of terms, please place the glossaries in Category:Glossaries of sports and, if one exists, the sport-specific subcategory of Category:Sports terminology.
See also References Inclusion criteria This glossary serves as a point of reference for terms which are commonly used within association football, and which have a sport-specific meaning. It seeks to avoid defining common English words and phrases that have no special meaning within football. Exceptions include cases where a word or phrase's use in the context of football might cause confusion ...
Glossary of rugby union terms. Rugby union. is a team sport played between two teams of fifteen players. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Contents:
In some cases, the specific sport may not be known; these entries may be followed by the generic term sports, or a slightly more specific term, such as team sports (referring to such games as baseball, football, hockey, etc.), ball sports (baseball, tennis, volleyball, etc.), etc. This list does not include idioms derived exclusively from baseball.
Glossary of Canadian football terms. Glossary of chess. Glossary of climbing terms. Glossary of contract bridge terms. Glossary of cricket terms. Glossary of cue sports terms. Glossary of curling. Glossary of cycling.
Category. : Terminology used in multiple sports. This category should be used for articles that describe the title term in reference to more than one sport. These articles should also be placed in the appropriate categories for the sports they describe.
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a single-player endeavour. In team sports, the cooperative effort of team members is essential for the sport to function and achieve its objectives.