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## GAMES - are heritage of man's universal experiences and through frequent repetition have become traditional by motor activity, rivalry, etc. - activeness for diversion and from better known as contest, lasting until a result is obtained, a time has expired and the winner has been detected. They...
## GAMES - are heritage of man's universal experiences and through frequent repetition have become traditional by motor activity, rivalry, etc. - activeness for diversion and from better known as contest, lasting until a result is obtained, a time has expired and the winner has been detected. They may govern by certain rules. ## SPORTS DEFINED Etymologically, the team sport comes from the Old French *desport* meaning *leisure*. American English uses the term sports to refer to his general type of recreational activity, whereas other regional dialects use the singular *sport*. The Persian word for sport is based on the root word *bord*, meaning winning. The Chinese term for sport, *tiyu* cannotes physical training. As defined in Wikipedia Dictionary, sport is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which the winner can be defined by objective means. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. Yahoo Reference Dictionary defined sport as an actively involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and offen undertaken competitively. The oldest definition of sport in English (1300) is of anything human find amusing or entertaining. Roget's (1995) defines the noun sport as an activity for relaxation and amusement with synonymous including diversion and recreation. Lumpkin (1998) defined as physical activities governed by formal and informal rules that involve competition against an opponent or oneself and are engaged in for fun, recreation, or reward. Moreover, sport also pertains to lifetime activity for some people. Individuals engage to sport as part of their leisure and/or recreation. Activity can be vigorous and competitive or mild and recreational, depending on the sport. Hence, It is defined and summarized that the term sport refers to a highly organized competitive physical skill activity with rule and regulations. Some activities requiring skills such as air performance, board games, card games, wheels-racing, and water-board racing are likewise categorized as sports only if recognized by the international Olympic Committee. Non-competitive activities, for example as jogging, playing like throwing and catching, leisure dancing, doing arts and crafts, nature-trip activities are usually classified as forms of recreation. The tem recreation here is defined as any leisure activity that is enjoyable, meaningful and non obligatory to the person involve done during his/her available time.