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Team sport refers to sports that are practiced between opposing teams, where the players interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve the objective, such as in football (in its various forms), cricket, baseball, handball, hockey, basketball and volleyball. The term is used to distinguish itself from individual sports which are based solely on individuals merit, i.e. most racket sports, boxing or Martial arts) and individual timed races (such as may occur in athletics or swimming). However, racing sports like swimming, cross country, and track and field are also contested as team sports, especially scholastically. Although they differ in many ways from ball sports, teamwork and team scoring play a major part in these competitions. As with other team sports, scoring relies on the depth and versatility of the team, although standouts can significantly affect their teams points.
Team Sports were invented in the Americas. They were unknown the the Old World until the Columbian Exchange.
Most team sports involve a ball or other object. In some sports such as football, basketball or hockey, the teams contend for possession of the object, which must be passed through some sort of goal; in other sports, such as volleyball, the teams pass the object back and forth in an attempt to place it in contact with a certain area of the playing field or court. Baseball, as well as similar sports which use a bat to strike at the ball, is relatively unique in that the team playing defense controls the ball, with the team attempting to score trying to propel the ball away from themselves while the players themselves attempt to reach a specified goal.
Relay and pairs events are not considered team sports.
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51.) China pump billions into producing golden generation of Olympians - Telegraph.co.uk
5 hours, 53 minutes ago | Wed Aug 20 4:32:00 PDT 2008
 Telegraph.co.uk | China pump billions into producing golden generation of Olympians Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - By Kevin Garside in Beijing Moulding them early: Chinese children practise their discipline from a young age at sports schools. Photo: Reuters China has ... Strong base builds Chinese champions |
52.) Good, Better, Best: Finding Phelps' Place In History - NPR
15 hours, 8 minutes ago | Tue Aug 19 19:17:00 PDT 2008
Good, Better, Best: Finding Phelps' Place In History NPR - Sports being both competitive and argumentative, this stuff is indigenous to the subject. Who's better? Whaddya think? I'd say ESPN has made an art form out ... |
53.) How To Make Any Sport Sound Like the Most Boring Sport In the World - Bleacher Report
38 minutes ago | Wed Aug 20 9:47:00 PDT 2008
 Bleacher Report | How To Make Any Sport Sound Like the Most Boring Sport In the World Bleacher Report, CA - Your sport sucks. It's easy and it's boring. Really, you feel differently? Well Matt Gilmartin has come up with ways to make every single sport sound like a ... |
54.) Boxers asked to support the profession - Joy Online
6 hours, 20 minutes ago | Wed Aug 20 4:05:00 PDT 2008
Boxers asked to support the profession Joy Online, Ghana - Mr Moses Foh-Amoaning, Chairman of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has urged successful boxers to play a significant role in the development of the sport ... |
55.) Family of all sports - Berwick News
1 hour, 3 minutes ago | Wed Aug 20 9:22:00 PDT 2008
 Berwick News | Family of all sports Berwick News, Australia - By Marc McGowan Cannons Creek family Bernadette Randall, Mariah Marshall and Patricia Randall have all excelled in their chosen sports. ... |
56.) Are the Brits the new Australians? - Times Online
Over one day ago | Mon Aug 18 12:16:00 PDT 2008
 Times Online | Are the Brits the new Australians? Times Online, UK - The budget for the AIS was £18.1m for the year 2007/8; the amount allocated to the rest of Olympic sport by the Sports Commission in the same period was ... |
57.) Govt flags difficulties with extra sport funding - ABC Online
Over one day ago | Mon Aug 18 17:23:00 PDT 2008
 NEWS.com.au | Govt flags difficulties with extra sport funding ABC Online, Australia - Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis has warned that extra funding for sport in Australia may not be easy to come by. Australia's head swimming coach Alan ... Swim boss Alan Thompson sounds alert on funding Australia 'facing Olympic funding crisis' |
58.) Cricket ponders Olympic declaration - AFP
15 hours, 25 minutes ago | Tue Aug 19 19:00:00 PDT 2008
 Sportinglife.com | Cricket ponders Olympic declaration AFP - And when it came to cricket's possible inclusion as an Olympic sport, International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan, in Beijing for the ongoing ... CHASING THE OLYMPIC DREAM Olympic goal would provide big boost for game in Ireland ICC president investigates cricket at the Olympics |
59.) In praise of doubles table tennis. - Slate
Over one day ago | Mon Aug 18 13:32:00 PDT 2008
 Boston Globe | In praise of doubles table tennis. Slate - By Robert Weintraub As the creator and producer of The Asian basketball/' title='More about Basketball'>Basketball Show, The Asian Football Show, and The Asia Sport Show, I spent a large chunk of my ... Is China Losing Its Taste for Ping-Pong? China is obsessed with table tennis Or how about Olympic Beer Pong? |
60.) 'Sammy' stars in one really Cools sport - Calgary Herald
Over one day ago | Tue Aug 19 0:02:00 PDT 2008
'Sammy' stars in one really Cools sport Calgary Herald, Canada - Cools, 22, graciously enlightened some naive visitors about her sport on Monday, while she wore an ice-packed vest and pedalled a stationary bike to cool ... This has winner written all over it Canada's Cools makes BMX racing debut |
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