The precise definition of what separates a sport from other leisure
activities varies between sources, with no universally agreed
definition. The closest to an international agreement on a definition is
provided by
SportAccord, which is the association for all the largest international sports federations (including
association football,
athletics,
cycling,
tennis,
equestrian sports and more), and is therefore the
de facto representative of international sport.
SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:
[1]
- have an element of competition
- be in no way harmful to any living creature
- not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
- not rely on any 'luck' element specifically designed in to the sport
They also recognise that sport can be primarily physical (such as
rugby or
athletics), primarily mind (such as
chess or
go), predominantly motorised (such as
Formula 1 or
powerboating), primarily co-ordination (such as
billiard sports) or primarily animal supported (such as
equestrian sport).
[1]
There has been an increase in the application of the term 'sport' to a wider set of non-physical challenges such as
electronic sports,
especially due to the large scale of participation and organised
competition, but these are not widely recognised by mainstream sports
organisations.
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