What is Athletics?

Athletics is a group of competitive sports.

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running,
jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track
and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking.
Athletics is a name given to a particular group of sports, sports disciplines,
and sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and
walking, including track and field disciplines, road running, cross country
running, and race walking.
Athletics is considered to be mother of all games and is in fact the way of living and not just a
sport.
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1 AIRSOFT (JAPAN) -Airsoft is a sport in which participants eliminate opponents by hitting each
other with spherical non-metallic pellets launched via replica weapons called airsoft guns.
The airsoft gun originated from Japan in the early 1980s. The name "Soft-Air" referred to
the green gas used as a propellant. Originally designed for target shooting, their bullets could also
hit humans without injury and thus became popular for casual war-games. Airsoft guns spread to the
UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s with a company called LS. The guns were sold in pieces and
had to be assembled before they were capable of firing pellets. Airsoft equipment was designed to
closely emulate real guns. Since the mid-1980s, airsoft guns have been adapted with a purely
recreational application in mind, and the sport is enjoyed by all ages. Airsoft replicas are produced
globally, with the majority being manufactured in Asia. Many law enforcement agencies in the US
use Airsoft for force-on-force training drills.

2 TENNIS (FRANCE)
Tennis originated from a French court game called paume (palm). Played in
the 12th century, the game initially involved hitting the ball with ones palms. until
later when rackets were developed. The sport gained popularity in France and
England, where it was played by the aristocrats who in turn appealed to the masses
by constructing public playing area.
3 ICE HOCKEY (CANADA)
Ice hockey is considered to have evolved from stick-and-ball games, played
outdoors, and adapted to the icy conditions of Canada in the 1800s. Early 1800s
paintings show shinney, an early form of ice hockey with no standard rules, being
played in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was James George Creighton, a Canadian, who
was believed to have first devised the rules for the game in 1875 and also helped to
popularize it.

The first recorded indoor hockey match took place in Montreal, Canada in
1875. The game attracted widespread attention and subsequently led to the
formation of other ice hockey teams.

4 BOXING (GREECE)
Boxing is one of the oldest contact sports. Archaeologists have found
evidence that the sport might have existed in the ancient Greek, and Mesopotamian
civilizations from 3000-1500 B.C.. However, ancient boxing differed dramatically
from its modern version, as boxers did not use gloves or protective headgear then,
nor was the fight divided into several rounds. Boxing was so popular back then that
it became an Olympic sport around 688 B.C.
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5 VOLLEYBALL (UNITED STATES)
The sport originated in the United States in 1895, when William G. Morgan, an
instructor at the Holyoke YMCA, Massachusetts, decided to create an indoor game
for his students, who were mainly older businessmen, that would involve less
physical contact than basketball. But that does not mean that volleyball is an old
folks game!
6. ARNIS (PHILIPPINES)
Arnis, also known as Eskrima and Kali, is the national sport and martial art of
the Philippines. The three are roughly interchangeable umbrella terms for the
traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts," or FMA) that
emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons and various
improvised weapons. It is also known as Estoque (Spanish for rapier), Estocada
(Spanish for thrust or stab) and Garrote (Spanish for club). In Luzon they may go by
the name of Arnis de Mano.
7. CRICKET (ENGLAND)
The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century.
Having originated in south-east England, it became the country's national sport in
the 18th century and has developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries.
International matches have been played since 1844 and Test cricket began,
retrospectively recognised, in 1877.
8. GOLF (SCOTLAND)
While the modern game of golf originated in 15th-century Scotland, the
game's ancient origins are unclear and much debated. Some historians trace the

sport back to the Roman game of paganica, in which participants used a bent stick
to hit a stuffed leather ball.
9. BOWLING (EGYPT)
A British anthropologist, Sir Flinders Petrie, discovered in the 1930's a collection of
objects in a child's grave in Egypt that appeared to him to be used for a crude form of bowling.
If he was correct, then bowling traces its ancestry to 3200 BC.
The earliest known forms of bowling date to ancient Egypt and the ancient Roman
Empire. Remnants of balls used at the time were found among artifacts in ancient Egypt going
back to 3200 BC. Balls were made using the husks of grains, covered in material such as
leather, and bound with string. Other balls made of porcelain or even plastic have also been
found, indicating that these were rolled along the ground rather than thrown due to their size
and weight. Some of these resemble the modern day jack used in target bowl games. Bowling
games of different forms are also noted by Herodotus as an invention of the Lydians in Asia
Minor. About 2,000 years ago a similar game evolved between Roman legionaries entailing the
tossing of stone objects as close as possible to other stone objects, which eventually evolved
into Italian Bocce, or outdoor bowling.
10. BANDY (RUSSIA)
Russian monastery records dating back to the 10th to 11th centuries record games which
may be ancestors of bandy. A game that could be recognized as essentially modern bandy was
played in Russia by the early 18th century, although the rules used differed from those invented in
England at a much later date. In modern times, Russia has held a top position in the bandy area,
both as a founding nation of the International Federation in 1955 and fielding the most successful
team in the World Championships. Russians see themselves as the creators of the sport, which is
reflected by the unofficial title for bandy, "Russian hockey"
11. MUAY THAI (THAILAND)

However, it must be added that the history of Muay Thai, and its' direct origin
is a question of debate among modern scholars. Much of the history of Muay Thai
was lost when the Burmese sacked Ayudhaya, the capital city of Siam (Thailand) in
the 14th century. The Burmese looted the temples and depositories of knowledge
held in the capital, and most written history was lost in this period. What volumes
were saved are preserved and protected as national treasures for Thai culture and
heritage.
12. TAEKWONDO (SOUTH KOREA)
The name Taekwondo is derived from the Korean word "Tae" meaning foot,
"Kwon" meaning fist and "Do" meaning way of. So, literally Taekwondo means "the
way of the foot and fist". The name Taekwondo, however, has only been used since
1955 while the arts' roots began 2,300 years ago in Korea. Known as a martial art
and way of life, the evolution of Taekwondo was a direct result of the happenings in

Korea long ago, and knowledge of the history is an important step in understanding
Taekwondo.
13. QIANBALL (CHINA)
Qianball is a racket and ball based sport developed in China which can be
best described as a mix of aspects from tennis and squash. The sport originated for
Chinese Qianlongball.

The game can be played in a singles or doubles format. All players involved
are on the same side facing the net. The ball bag or hooks is placed 2.1m from the
net in a sport called the Qianball point to which the end of the quinball rubber band
is attached. The game play consists of striking the quinball without allowing it to
bounce on the ground on the player zone. The ball is allowed to bounce once on the
ball zone.
Points are awarded to a team if the opponent allows the ball to bounce. A
match is played in a three 15-point set format.
14. SKIING (NORWAY)
Skiing has a history of almost five millennia. Although modern skiing has
evolved from beginnings in Scandinavia
The word "ski" is one of a handful of words Norway has exported to the
international community. It comes from the Old Norse word "sk" which means
"split
piece
of
wood
or
firewood".
Skiing is a mode of transport, recreational activity and competitive winter
sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow. Many types of competitive
skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and
the International Ski Federation (FIS).
15. ICE SKATING (FINLAND)
A study by Federico Formenti of the University of Oxford suggests that the
earliest ice skating happened in southern Finland more than 3,000 years ago.[1]
Originally, skates were merely sharpened, flattened bone strapped to the bottom of
the foot. Skaters did not actually skate on the ice, but rather glided on top of it. True
skating emerged when a steel blade with sharpened edges was used. Skates now
cut into the ice instead of gliding on top of it. Adding edges to ice skates was
invented by the Dutch in the 13th or 14th century. These ice skates were made of
steel, with sharpened edges on the bottom to aid movement. The construction of
modern ice skates has stayed largely the same since then

16. HURLING (IRELAND)

One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football,
such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology.
The objective of the game is for players to use a wooden stick called a hurley (in Irish
a camn, pronounced /kmn/ or /kmn/) to hit a small ball called a sliotar /ltr/ between the
opponents' goalposts either over the crossbar for one point, or under the crossbar into a net guarded
by a goalkeeper for one goal, which is equivalent to three points.

17. SURFING (HAWAII)

The first Polynesian settlers to land in Hawaii were most likely skilled in
simple surfing, and after a few hundred years of riding the waves of Hawaii, the
well-known Hawaiian form of the sport emerged.
For centuries, surfing was a central part of ancient Polynesian culture. Surfing
may have first been observed by British explorers at Tahiti in 1767. Samuel Wallis
and the crew members of the Dolphin who were the first Britons to visit the island in
June of that year. Another candidate is the botanist Joseph Banks being part of the
first voyage of James Cook on the HMS Endeavour, who arrived on Tahiti on 10 April
1769. Lieutenant James King was the first person to write about the art of surfing on
Hawaii when he was completing the journals of Captain James Cook upon Cook's
death in 1779.

18. WATER POLO (GREAT BRITAIN)

The rules of water polo were originally developed in the mid-nineteenth century in Great
Britain by William Wilson. The modern game originated as a form of rugby football played in rivers
and lakes in England and Scotland with a ball constructed of Indian rubber. This "water rugby" came
to be called "water polo" based on the English pronunciation of the Balti word for ball, it means pulu.
[3][4]
Early play allowed brute strength, wrestling and holding opposing players underwater to recover
the ball; the goalie stood outside the playing area and defended the goal by jumping in on any
opponent attempting to score by placing the ball on the deck.
19. KABADDI (INDIA)
Kabaddi is a contact sport that originated in ancient India.
Kabaddi is an ancient game played in many parts of India.The mention of the sport dates
back to ancient times and is traced in Indian mythology. Generally, raiders are considered as bulls
who play against the defenders. The essence of the game is the holding of the raiders by the
defenders

20. FENCING (SPAIN)

The ancestor of modern fencing originated in Spain, where several books

on fencing were written. Treatise on Arms was written by Diego de Valera between 1458 and
1471 and is one of the oldest surviving manuals on western fencingshortly before dueling came
under official ban by the Catholic Monarchs

Japan - A 3
Canada N. A
France Eu 3
Greece Eu 5
US N. A.
PH A 4
England Eu 1
Scotland Eu 8
Egypt - Afri
Russia A 5
Thailand A 7
South K A 6
China A 1
Norway Eu 7
Finland Eu 2
Ireland Eu 6
Hawaii - Oceania
G Britain Eu 4
India - A 2
Spain Eu 9