"What makes a Sport or not ???"

For me, a vague sense of actual competition would be a start.

Aleksander Karein was not some brain-addled WWF star or that pantomine sport with lycra.

Wrestling to me is the olympic sport of Greco-Roman origin: Greco-Roman wrestling. And Karein's achievements in the superheavy weight division is unrivalled.

Woah, woah - I think it's clear which one I'm talking about here The_RC.

as i said in the opympics, in my opinion, a pure sport is something where the result can be determined without the need for a judge.

i.e. there is some kind of goal, or race.

thus something like gymnastics does not count, as it is purely done on judges scores.

everyone always brings up boxing as a counter argument, but boxing doesnt need judges to decide the outcome. if you knock your man out, you win.

if the "sport" relies solely on judges opinions to determine a winner, then it isnt a sport.

1. Tiger Woods, its ridiculous how dominant he was, and Im not lucky enough to ever see the glory days of Ali.

2. (wanna go VDV) Tim Duncan, a true professional and has one of the most ridiculous wins per game ratio! When he was 28 he had won ~92% of games he had played in! Made the SAS the dynasty they are now, and still continues to impress at 36/37. Also the fact that he has no ego/ bad side to him makes him all the more impressive.

Shove Ha'penny ????

Dominoes ???

They can get pretty competitive and I've seen the ambulances called out after a Saturday night Doms dispute

TBH I'm on your side over wrestling which does pose the question ..Where is the line drawn between sports and games , table tennis very much started as a parlour game but nobody can now deny it's a sport

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Was reading about Duncan the other day, would have been a swimmer if the only olympic size pool on his islands hadn't been destroyed in a hurricane

Yeah Thunderkiss. Didnt play bball till like 15 or something. Then became 1st round draft pick, rookie of the year, 2 time MVP, 4 times champion, 3 time finals MVP, plus countless other accolades.

Some people are just born talented

1) Ayrton Senna

used to love watching him race and the guy was def the best i have ever seen for driving a car to its limits


2) has to be Ricki Villa for me, i know Ossie was the better player but i will never forget the heartache then the joy of that 1981 final

Sport to me should mean you have to be super fit and have to train hard

darts snooker etc are not sports, nor is sumo ,shooting etc etc

Weare

Ricky was the heart of my fav ever Spurs moment , you can guess which

I was right behind the goal mate lower tier .......... ,

Chronic ...do you include boxing as that nearly always ends up on judges opinio

Weare we were probably standing next to each other

i was nearly in tears at 2-1 as i thought there was only about 5 minuites left.. then hoddle crafted his magic for crooks to score and the rest is history

good one there Weare, senna was a genius and such a nice guy to boot.

The 1981 final replay was possibly Hodds best ever performance for us

You have to be insane to say gymnastics isn't a sport cos it's scored by judges. It's incredibly demanding, both physically and mentally, not to mention technically.

best ever cup final in my eyes, great goals drama and was the 100th cup final

gymnastics is def sport.. have to be super fit to do that

Sport should hurt, weather its the training or the taking part bit

Snooker isnt a sport, I will never agree its a sport.

Mainly because I am terrible at it.

Senna's death nearly 20 years ago had a devastating impact , but was probably the event that caused the safety regs to be tightened to an extent that fortunately he was the last driver to be killed in F.1

1. Rodger Federer

2. Andrei Kanchelskis (He was Ronaldo before Ronaldo!!)

i was sponsered when i was young to be a pro snooker player but had to wear the denis taylor glasses and never made it