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A sport is a physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess.

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Sports news on Wikipedia November 17 Pairs skaters Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent are credited with performing the first throw quadruple jump ever performed in international competition. This is the first quadruple ever in pair skating. Photo credit: Derrick S. of flickr September 1 The Appalachian State University Mountaineers defeated the Michigan Wolverines in the 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game. This upset is the only time a lower division team has ever defeated a ranked Division I-FBS team. August 25 - Damon Huard earns his first start as quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs after playing as a backup for eleven years. (USA Today) August 25 - Michael Vick is suspended indefinitely without pay by Roger Goodell after admitting bankrolling Bad Newz Kennels. (AP via Yahoo) August 22 - In the first game of a doubleheader, the Texas Rangers set a modern-era (post-1900) Major League Baseball single-game record by scoring 30 runs in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (AP via Fox News ...Archive

Sports news on Wikinews September 29: Fernando Alonso wins 2008 Singapore Grand Prix September 27: Felipe Massa takes pole for the first night Formula One race at Singapore September 27: Hawthorn wins 2008 AFL Grand Final September 24: Adam Cooney wins Brownlow Medal September 24: Sunshine Coast Grammar 1st XV win last round, qualify for semi finals

Games news on Wikinews August 3: Play.com Live multimedia exposition hosted at Wembley Stadium, England June 7: Wikinews interviews manager of site 'Lose The Game' April 26: Game modified to match New Zealand, police investigate April 4: Sony Fair 2008 starts in Taipei, Taiwan with "HD Entertainment Park" March 4: Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax dies

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