"Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
A particular form of this activity.

An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
An active pastime; recreation.

Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.
An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.


One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
Informal. One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.
Informal. A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.
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My definition -- A game or event which requires physical and mental exertion including one or more people concluding in an outcome that can be clearly decided.

sorry if thats a bit wordy

your definition is wrong in my opinion.... because it says that a sport must be both physical and mental - In my opinion there are different kinds of sports - physical and non-physical

I think a sport is anything that can test the human body 'or' mind in one way or another - to its limits or against the limit of another person.


some people consider dog training (dogshows) to be a sport - it is not.... tell me if i'm wrong but it in NO Way tests *any* human quality to its upper echelon.

i dont know if lawnbowling tests human qualities to thier fullest capacity - but it was in the last summer olympics.

on the other hand - something like a video game or chess for instance 'can' be considered sports if tehy are put on a format of open competition and especially if played for thousands of dollars - neither activity is physical yet both can test human qualities to thier upper potential (reflexes - mental alertness, memory or whatever)

they CANNOT be considered sports among others like track and feild - but it can possibly considered a NON-physical sport. Chess is not physical but it does test the human mind and memory to its fullest

I would consider the Dog Trainign stilla physical sport. You are thikning the events and attractions the dog must do themselves, you are not thinking of the trainers that help train their dog. Trainers dont just tie their dog to a running machine and come back to see results. Most Dog trainers take their dog out and run witht hem, jog with them. They also need to keep the diet of the dog check. You are thinking of the Dog point of view and not the Dog trainer him/herself.

The first thing came to my mind regarding non-physical sport was computer games. CAL (Cybernatic Amature League) and CPL (Cybernatic Professional League) are professional leagues sponsered by high tech companies such as Intel and Sony and whatnotes we never herd of to play games or scrimmages on the computer against each other. But this is not a literal physical contact between the players, but it's still the usuage of muscles and the mental mind for team work. (Yes I played for CAL myself once with some friends and it was hard).

I would consider the Dog Trainign stilla physical sport. You are thikning the events and attractions the dog must do themselves, you are not thinking of the trainers that help train their dog. Trainers dont just tie their dog to a running machine and come back to see results. Most Dog trainers take their dog out and run witht hem, jog with them. They also need to keep the diet of the dog check. You are thinking of the Dog point of view and not the Dog trainer him/herself.

The first thing came to my mind regarding non-physical sport was computer games. CAL (Cybernatic Amature League) and CPL (Cybernatic Professional League) are professional leagues sponsered by high tech companies such as Intel and Sony and whatnotes we never herd of to play games or scrimmages on the computer against each other. But this is not a literal physical contact between the players, but it's still the usuage of muscles and the mental mind for team work. (Yes I played for CAL myself once with some friends and it was hard).

DUDE your wrong about dog training being a sport - becuase the trainer does not perform during the show - the dog does - considring this a sport is a joke in my view - the trainer only aids him in doing tricks .. in some events the trainer does almost nothing except showcase the dog's haircut.... training dogs may require some human qualities like judgment - patience mabye? but the competition itself does not test the limits of any human capacity.

CPL does test the limits of human capacity (in that case mental qualities) in competition.

what about horse racing guys? what do u think?

DUDE your wrong about dog training being a sport - becuase the trainer does not perform during the show - the dog does - considring this a sport is a joke in my view - the trainer only aids him in doing tricks .. in some events the trainer does almost nothing except showcase the dog's haircut.... training dogs may require some human qualities like judgment - patience mabye? but the competition itself does not test the limits of any human capacity.

CPL does test the limits of human capacity (in that case mental qualities) in competition.Maybe you're right regarding the Dog Shows. But when I image dog show, I image the dog show that ESPN shows once every ten thousand blue moon when the dog is competiting in goals such as performance around the course and where the trainers (before the competition of course) trains them threw other things such as taking them running with them.

Well, really nerdy people would take that offensive. I don't care really because I never got past the CAL Open. But in CPL, they compete for money. The only limitation a player that cannot participate is because of a broken lim (LOL the thumb ROFL).

But these are just our "IMHO"