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Cricket is a popular team sport played at international level

Ice hockey a popular winter team sport

Based on the number of participating athletes, bandy is the second most popular
winter sport in the world[1]
A team sport includes any sport where individuals are organized into opposing teams
which compete to win. Team members act together towards a shared objective. This
can be done in a number of ways such as outscoring the opposing team. Team members
set goals, make decisions, communicate, manage conflict, and solve problems in a
supportive, trusting atmosphere in order to accomplish their objectives. Examples
are basketball, volleyball, rugby, water polo, handball, lacrosse, cricket,
baseball, and the various forms of association football and hockey.

Team sports are practiced between opposing teams, where the players generally
interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve an objective. The
objective often involves teammates facilitating the movement of a ball or similar
object in accordance with a set of rules, in order to score points.

The meaning of a "team sport" has been disputed in recent years. Some types of
sports have different objectives or rules than "traditional" team sports. These
types of team sports do not involve teammates facilitating the movement of a ball
or similar item in accordance with a set of rules, in order to score points. For
example, swimming, rowing, sailing, dragon boat racing, and track and field among
others can also be considered team sports.[2] In other types of team sports, there
may not be an opposing team or point scoring, for example, mountaineering. Instead
of points scored against an opposing team, the relative difficulty of the climb or
walk is the measure of the achievement. In some sports where participants are
entered by a team, they do not only compete against members of other teams but also
against each other for points towards championship standings. For example,
motorsport, particularly Formula One. In cycling however, team members whilst still
in competition with each other, will also work towards assisting one, usually a
specialist, member of the team to the highest possible finishing position. This
process is known as team orders and although previously accepted was banned in
Formula One[3] between 2002 and 2010. After a controversy involving team orders at
the 2010 German Grand Prix however, the regulation was removed as of the 2011
season.[4]

Through the years, the popularity of team sport has continued to grow, positively
influencing not just athletes, but also fans, local and national economies. All
over the world, the impact of team sport can be seen as professional athletes live
out their dreams while serving as role models, youth athletes develop life skills
and follow in the footsteps of their role models, fans bond over the love of their
teams while supporting their economies with their support.

Contents
1 History
2 Olympic team sports
3 See also
4 References
4.1 Citations
4.2 Sources
5 External links
History
Main article: History of sport
Traces of sprinting as a team sport extend back several thousand years – as
evidenced in images in the cave in Lascaux in France which depict people running
after animals or vice versa; this was an issue of survival of the fittest.[5]

Ancient Greek wrestlers

Rock paintings of humans in the cave of swimmers

Organized athletics in Greece traditionally date back to 776 BC, with ongoing
activity recorded up to 393 BC. These ancient Olympic Games tested warrior skills
and consisted of running, long jump, boxing, wrestling, Pankration (combat sport),
discus throw, and javelin throw.[6] In the Bayankhongor Province of Mongolia,
Neolithic-era cave paintings dating to 7000 BC depict a wrestling match surrounded
by crowds.[7] Prehistoric cave-paintings in Japan show a sport similar to sumo
wrestling.[8] In Wadi Sura, near Gilf Kebir in Libya, a Neolithic rock painting in
the cave of swimmers shows evidence of swimming and archery being practiced around
6000 BC.[9]

The term "athlete", according to mythology, derives from the name of Aethlius,
[citation needed][10] the mythological first King of Elis (the location of Olympia)
in Greece. The practice of young athletes carrying flaming torches is also
traced[by whom?] to the King of Elis, under whose supervision the games took place;
some historians[which?] regard this as the first record of Olympic sprint racing.
The winner of the race was crowned with a wreath of olive or laurel. In subsequent
years monetary attractions were introduced as prize money.[11]

The present-day pattern of Olympic Games resembles the practice followed in ancient
times. Sprint was the coveted event. The 200 m sprint is known in Greek as "short
foot race". The 400 m race is equivalent to two stades and called diaulos in Greek.
[6]

Olympic team sports

Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

. Cricket's inclusion in the 2024 Summer Olympics depends on the decision of the
International Cricket Council and its members.[12] A cricket tournament formed part
of the Summer Olympics in 1900, although only one match was played, between teams
representing Great Britain and France. However, the British team was effectively a
club touring side and the French players were drawn partly from expatriates living
in Paris.[13]

Sport Men Women

First edition Editions First edition Editions
Football at the Summer Olympics Paris 1900 25 Atlanta 1996 5
Water polo at the Summer Olympics Paris 1900 26 Sydney 2000 5
Field hockey at the Summer Olympics London 1908 21 Moscow 1980 8
Basketball at the Summer Olympics Berlin 1936 17 Montreal 1976 9
Handball at the Summer Olympics Berlin 1936 11 Montreal 1976 9
Volleyball at the Summer Olympics Tokyo 1964 12 Tokyo 1964 12
Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro 2016 1 Rio de Janeiro
2016 1
Ice hockey and curling are team sports at the Winter Olympics together with the
bobsleigh competition where the men's event has classes for both two-man and four-
man sleds, but the women's class is restricted to two persons only.[14]

All Olympic team sports include competitions for both men and women.

Sport Men Women

First edition Editions First edition Editions
Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics Chamonix 1924 24 Salt Lake 2002 4
Curling at the Winter Olympics Chamonix 1924 5 Nagano 1998 4
Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics Chamonix 1924 21 Nagano 1998 4
[15]

See also
Individual sport
Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada
Professional sports leagues in the United States
Relay race
References
Citations
Knut Audun Sørensen (4 December 2015). "Bandy versus the 50 Olympic Winter Games
Disciplines". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
Baofu 2014, p. 202.
"2008 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 21 October 2018.
"2010 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 21 October 2018.
Barber 2006, p. 25.
Barber 2006, p. 26.
Hartsell, Jeff. "Wrestling 'in our blood". Bulldogs' Luvsandor. Retrieved 25
October 2015.
Robert Crego (2003). Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Greenwood
Publishing Group. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-0-313-31610-4. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
Győző Vörös (2007). Egyptian Temple Architecture: 100 Years of Hungarian
Excavations in Egypt, 1907– 2007. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-
963-662-084-4. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
Compare: Harper, Douglas. "athlete". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 30 May
2018. "athlete (n.) early 15c., from Latin athleta 'a wrestler, athlete, combatant
in public games,' from Greek athletes 'prizefighter, contestant in the games,'
agent noun from athlein 'to contest for a prize,' related to athlos 'a contest' and
athlon 'a prize,' which is of unknown origin."
Barber 2006, p. 26. "Can you imagine that in today's Olympics - and the winner of
the 100m gets a bunch of celery sticks!"
[failed verification]
"Cricket edges closer to Olympic roster". AFP. 11 February 2010. Archived from the
original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
"Cricket at the 1900 Paris Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the
original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
"BOBSLEIGH". International Olympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
Sport, ComeOn. "Sports Tours and tournaments in France and Europe – ComeOn Sport".
ComeOnSport. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
Sources
Baofu, Peter (17 October 2014). The Future of Post-Human Sports: Towards a New
Theory of Training and Winning. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-
6993-5.
Barber, Gary (2006). Getting Started in Track and Field Athletics: Advice & Ideas
for Children, Parents, and Teachers. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4122-3847-2.
Retrieved 30 May 2018.[self-published source]
Filppu, Lucy, The Benefits of Team Sports, retrieved 13 November 2010
Dyer, William; Dyer Jr., William; Dyer, Jeffrey (2007). Team Building: Proven
Strategies for Improving Team Performance. San Francisco, Ca.: Jossey-Bass. ISBN
978-0-7879-8893-7.
Hanlon, Thomas (2009). The Sports Rules Book: Essential Rules, Terms, and
Procedures for 54 Sports. Champaign, Il: Human Kinetics. ISBN 0-88011-807-5.
Hiltscher, Julia; Scholz, Tobias M. (6 October 2015). eSports Yearbook 2013/14. BoD
– Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7386-4981-9.
Metzl, Jordan; Shookhoff, Carol, Personal Benefits, archived from the original on
27 September 2010, retrieved 13 November 2010
Oak, Manali, List of Olympic Sports, archived from the original on 4 December 2017,
retrieved 14 November 2010
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