Timeline for Difference between "game" and "sport"
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| Jan 3, 2014 at 13:17 | comment | added | Chan-Ho Suh | In the US at least, most people wouldn't consider chess a sport. I'm aware that internationally it's quite different but I'd say examples like chess are the exception, not the rule. Scrabble, spelling, mathematical problem solving, can all be done at a high competitive level but most people don't consider them sports. | |
| Jan 2, 2014 at 19:48 | vote | accept | Ram | ||
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| Nov 29, 2013 at 12:13 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'Twister' is possibly a more logical member of the set of 'sports'. If people want to argue over a few, there are bull-fighting (including the no-blood [hopefully!] Portuguese version), darts, alligator-wrestling, arm-wrestling, snooker, tiddlywinks ... | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 9:44 | comment | added | Vilmar | Well, the thing is some of the games are considered sports as well, even that the physical activity involved is minimum. Consider chess: "Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee...". The physical activity here is compared to abovementioned MTG, so the definition of sport is not unique to "a contest involving physical activity" | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 9:43 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Ah, but perhaps he wasn't aware of parascendin', BASE jumpin' and white water raftin'. | |
| Nov 29, 2013 at 9:19 | history | answered | Brian Hooper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |