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 * 1) The history of sport probably extends as far back as the birth of civilisation.
 * 2) Sport has been a useful way for people to increase their mastery of nature and the environment.
 * 3) Society has pre-conceived ideas about what a sport is. Through out time all sports have been governed by a set of rules or customs. The key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome that is winning or losing. The physical activity involves the movement of people, animals and/or a variety of objects such as balls. However people are constantly trying to re-define what a sport is.
 * 4) Games such as card and board games, called mind sports, require only mental skills, but some people consider them to be sports.
 * 5) Chess is an example if this.
 * 6) The current form of the game emerged in Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from a much older game (Shatranj) of Indian origin.
 * 7) The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the 16th century.
 * 8) Chess is a board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to remove or defend it from attack on the next move.
 * 9) Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee but the game of chess has never been part of the Olympic Games; chess however does have its own Olympiad, held every two years as a team event.
 * 10) Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, and in tournaments.
 * 11) The first official World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, claimed his title in 1886; the current World Champion is Viswanathan Anand.
 * 12) As Benjamin Franklin said "The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it…”
 * 13) The game of chess requires strategies and tactics and is full of mental intensity ; this however differs from the physical intensity of soccer.
 * 14) Today soccer is ranked as one of the world's leading sports for commoners.
 * 15) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soccer began in England in the mid-1800's, and was originally played by the higher, English classes in their boarding schools and private clubs. The ease and in-expense of the sport quickly moved it ahead as a sport for the masses however.
 * 16) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soccer began to spread throughout Europe almost immediately, with Spain, Germany, Italy, and France all taking up the game b the early 20th century.
 * 17) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As interest in the sport grew throughout the world, so did an interest in formal competition. In 1900, the first soccer game was played at the Olympics.
 * 18) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soccer is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball. The game is played on a rectangular grass field, with a goal in the center of each of the short ends. The object of the game is to score by driving the ball into the opposing goal. In general play, the goalkeepers are the only players allowed to use their hands or arms to propel the ball; the rest of the team usually use their feet to kick the ball into position, occasionally using their torso or head to intercept a ball in midair. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins.
 * 19) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now soccer is on televised all over the world.
 * 20) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unlike soccer, a sport that is not so well recognised is Muggle Quidditch.
 * 21) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quidditch is a fast, dangerous, exciting game in which two teams flying on broomsticks compete for points scored by throwing a ball--the Quaffle--through hoops on either end of a large grassy pitch. The game is won when a seeker catches the golden snitch.
 * 22) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The sport originated in 2005 when a student at Middlebury College, in Vermont, America, adapted the game for the nonmagical world.
 * 23) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Its popularity quickly spread, and today colleges throughout the United States have Quidditch teams.
 * 24) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While the Snitch is a magical object within the realm of the Harry Potter novels, in Muggle Quidditch the Snitch is most often a sort of neutral player, usually dressed in all gold. The Snitch, after release, is usually allowed to roam an area beyond the playing field. When played on a college campus the range is often the entire campus. Often three hula hoops held up by PVC pipes are used as the goals on either side of the playing field. Volleyballs, basketballs and dodge balls are often used as Quaffles, with softer objects like nerf balls or Wiffle Balls acting as Bludgers.Beaters may use tennis rackets to 'serve' the Bludgers.
 * 25) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Association currently encompasses 226 schools.
 * 26) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So if 226 schools are playing a fantasy sport this must mean that sports must hold an important place in society.
 * 27) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sport has an impact on health and improves quality of life. It seems to improve health, mentally and physically.
 * 28) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Playing sport allows people to be part of a team and have fun with friends which distracts you from the physical exertion that takes place when playing sport. As apposed to running on a treadmill, being part of team makes you want to be your best for the sake of the team.
 * 29) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As well as being a form of recreation for the participants, most sports are played in front of an audience. Most professional sport is played in a 'theatre' of some kind; be it a stadium, arena, golf course, race track, or the open road, catering to the public.
 * 30) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What about fans? How do they fit into the definition of sport?
 * 31) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Distinguished linguist and social commentator Noam Chomsky questions the role of televised sport and wonders why people all around the world watch and care so much about what is going on in the sporting world.
 * 32) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is strange to some why there are so many people that watch sports almost religiously. Some people cannot understand why these sports fanatics continue year after year to watch teams and players that have no influence on their life whatsoever. People find it hard to figure out why they care so much about these people that they have never met. Or why some attend a game in freezing temperatures to watch a bunch of men sweat and kick a ball on the sports field. Its even getting to the point where instead of people going out and playing sport they watch it on t.v so that they can still get the rush of playing and winning and feel as though they are part of the team from the comfort of their own living room.
 * 1) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those who don't have time to watch a whole game producers have a portion of the news that is sole dedicated to sports so that people can instead tune into the news to get their sporting fix.
 * 2) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do the news producers use sports as a way to distract us from more important issues?
 * 1) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sport in the news is used as a way to make us overlook the realities of the world, this may be because we feel connected and attached to our favourite sports team as we can follow their achievements as a loyal fan.
 * 1) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sports have become a way for us to escape from the horrors of the world. Its accessibility means that we can watch sport when ever we want and see our favourite team playing the sports that we love. We love to watch players doing well so that we can live vicariously through them. Because we see sports stars doing well and winning their games we are able to trust the products that they endorse.
 * 1) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throughout life people are exposed to sport and its athletes, watching it on television has a large impact on our view of sport. Sports stars are made to be accessible to us so we can relate as we see them everyday on our televisions.
 * 2) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Products are constantly being advertised by athletes. Such ads as Sky TV, New Zealand Beef and Lamb, Powerade and Weetbix are all promoted by famous New Zealand sports stars. The use of athletes in advertisements makes the public believe that the product being promoted, effectively improves their performance and we therefore want to emulate their achievements and the only way we can do this is by using the product.
 * 3) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sports are an important part of just about every society, every country, every part of our planet. In one way or another, everyone is involved in sports or some sort, whether they're playing or watching or just know someone who does either
 * 4) <span style="color: #9700ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> In many ways, sports define a society. They show what people are interested in watching athletes do and how much they will pay to see it. It shows how people can make a living by being athletic and entertaining others. Sports give people ways to test their athletic skill against opponents. Most of all, it gives people something to focus on and follow; that is a release from the weighty cares of everyday life.