The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport.

Sport pertains 馃槉 to any form of physical activity or game,[1] often competitive and organized, that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical 馃槉 ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators.

[2] Sports can, through casual or 馃槉 organized participation, improve participants' physical health.

Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of 馃槉 simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.

In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or 馃槉 consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a match) is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other.