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Swimming

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water
(e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports,[1] with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke,
freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay
consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.[2] Swimming each stroke
requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke.[3] There are also
regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions.[4] Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to
incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

Swimming Swimming

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Soccer

Soccer

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer,[a] is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is
played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field
called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Football is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the Laws of the Game. The game is played using a spherical ball of 68–70 cm (27–28 in)
circumference, known as the football. Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under
the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of
goals then the game is a draw. Each team is led by a captain who has only one official responsibility as mandated by the Laws of the Game: to represent
their team in the coin toss prior to kick-off or penalty kicks.[5]

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Players are not allowed to touch the ball with hands or arms while it is in play, except for the goalkeepers within the penalty area. Other players mainly
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Games employing shuttlecocks have been played for centuries

across Eurasia,[a] but the modern game of badminton developed in
the mid-19th century among the British as a variant of the earlier
game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was an older
term for "racquet".)[4] Its exact origin remains obscure. The name
derives from the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton House in
Gloucestershire,[5] but why or when remains unclear. As early as
1860, a London toy dealer named Isaac Spratt published a booklet
entitled Badminton Battledore – A New Game, but no copy is
known to have survived.[6] An 1863 article in The Cornhill
Magazine describes badminton as "battledore and shuttlecock
played with sides, across a string suspended some five feet from
the ground".[7]

The game may have originally developed among expatriate officers

in British India,[8] where it was very popular by the 1870s.[6] Ball
badminton, a form of the game played with a wool ball instead of a
Badminton
shuttlecock, was being played in Thanjavur as early as the 1850s[9]
and was at first played interchangeably with badminton by the
British, the woollen ball being preferred in windy or wet weather.

Early on, the game was also known as Poona or Poonah after the
garrison town of Poona,[8][10] where it was particularly popular
and where the first rules for the game were drawn up in
1873.[6][7][b] By 1875, officers returning home had started a
badminton club in Folkestone. Initially, the sport was played with
sides ranging from 1 to 4 players, but it was quickly established
that games between two or four competitors worked the best.[4]
The shuttlecocks were coated with India rubber and, in outdoor
play, sometimes weighted with lead.[4] Although the depth of the
net was of no consequence, it was preferred that it should reach
the ground.[4]

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The sport was played under the Pune rules until 1887, when J. H. E.
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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one
another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball
(approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm)
in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court) while preventing
the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made
from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player
fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with
the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an
additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a
teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a variety of shots—the
lay-up, the jump shot, or a dunk; on defense, they may steal the ball from a dribbler, intercept passes, or
Basketball

block shots; either offense or defense may collect a rebound, that is, a missed shot that bounces from
rim or backboard. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or
to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling.

The five players on each side at a time fall into five playing positions: the tallest player is usually the
center, the tallest and strongest is the power forward, a slightly shorter but more agile big man is the
small forward, and the shortest players or the best ball handlers are the shooting guard and the point
guard, who implements the coach's game plan by managing the execution of offensive and defensive
plays (player positioning). Informally, players may play three-on-three, two-on-two, and one-on-one.

Invented in 1891 by Canadian-American gym teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts,

United States, basketball has evolved to become one of the world's most popular and widely viewed
sports.[1] The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the most significant professional basketball league
in the world in terms of popularity, salaries, talent, and level of competition.[2][3] Outside North
America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the
EuroLeague and the Basketball Champions League Americas. The FIBA Basketball World Cup and Men's
Olympic Basketball Tournament are the major international events of the sport and attract top national
teams from around the world. Each continent hosts regional competitions for national teams, like
EuroBasket and FIBA AmeriCup

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament feature top
national teams from continental championships. The main North American league is the WNBA (NCAA
Women's Division I Basketball Championship is also popular), whereas strongest European clubs
participate in the EuroLeague Women.

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Merchandise
Sportswear or activewear is clothing,
including footwear, worn for sport or
physical exercise. Sport-specific
clothing is worn for most sports and
physical exercise, for practical,
comfort or safety reasons.

Typical sport-specific garments

include tracksuits, shorts, T-shirts

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and polo shirts, mugs. Specialized
garments include swimsuits (for
swimming), wet suits (for diving or
surfing), ski suits (for skiing) and
leotards (for gymnastics). Sports
footwear include trainers, football
boots, riding boots, and ice skates.
Sportswear also includes bikini and
some crop tops and undergarments,
such as the jockstrap and sports bra.
Sportswear is also at times worn as
casual fashion clothing.

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