Games
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchThe term games is the plural of game A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work or art or Games (magazine) Games magazine is a United States magazine devoted to games and puzzles, and is published by Games Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group
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Olympics
- Olympic Games The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the
- Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that started in 1904. The Winter Olympics were also
- Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years, starting in 1924. Consisting of winter sports, the Games have included alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating. Other events have been added as the Games have progressed, and some of them, such as
- Special Olympics World Games
- Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια - ta Olympia; Modern Greek: Ὀλυμπιακοὶ Ἀγῶνες , Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (Dimotiki) - Olympiakoi Agones) were a series of athletic competitions held for representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece held in honor of Zeus. The exact origins of the Games
- Cotswold Olimpick Games
- Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, and they are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are
Modern Games
- All-Africa Games The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa . The competing nations must all be from the African continent
- Arafura Games The Arafura Games is a Multi-sport event usually held every 2 years in the Australian city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory. It is an international event which draws its competitors from around the world. First held in 1991, the most recent Games, held in 2009, involved over 30 nations and over 3,000 athletes. From 2005, it will include events
- Arctic Winter Games The Arctic Winter Games were founded in 1969 under the leadership of Governor Walter J. Hickel of Alaska, Stuart M. Hodgson, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, and Yukon Commissioner James Smith. The idea to "provide a forum where athletes from the circumpolar North could compete on their own terms, on their own turf" came from
- Aryan Games The Aryan Games were a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games by the National Socialist government, to be housed permanently in Nuremberg at the German Stadium that was designed, but never built, by Albert Speer. They were played in Austria
- Asian Games The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over the Asia. The Games are regulated by Asian Games Federation since the first Games in New Delhi, India until 1978 Games and commenced by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) since 1982 after the dissolved of Asian Games Federation. The
- Asian Winter Games The Asian Winter Games is a multi-sport event for members of the Olympic Council of Asia which features winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. Their efforts were rewarded when they were finally given hosting rights for the first edition that was held in Sapporo
- Australian University Games The Australian University Games is a multi-sport competition held annually in September / October between teams fielded from a large number of Australian universities and tertiary institutions. The Games were first held in 1993 in Brisbane, Queensland. Owned by Australian University Sport (AUS), the peak governing body of university sport in
- Bolivarian Games The Bolivarian Games are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The event is open to the countries liberated by Bolívar or those born from these
- British Empire Games The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they are the third-largest multi-sport event in the world, after the Summer Olympic Games and the Asian Games
- Canada Games The Canada Games is a high-level multi-sport event with a National Artists Program held every two years in Canada, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their province or territory. Since their inception, the Canada Games have played a prominent role in developing
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they are the third-largest multi-sport event in the world, after the Summer Olympic Games and the Asian Games[citation needed]
- Commonwealth Youth Games
- Cotswold Games
- East Asian Games The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees
- FEI World Equestrian Games The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, considered by many horsemen to be more important than the Olympics, and administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale . The games have been held every four years, half way between each pair of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, since 1990. Prior
- Friendship Games An alternative to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, it was organized by the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries which had boycotted that event. Some 2,300 athletes from almost 50 countries took part in the competition. The opening ceremony was held at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, as at the 1980 Summer Olympics,
- Gaelic games Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association . Other games organised by the association include Rounders and Gaelic handball
- Games of the Small States of Europe
- Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games was an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, an act reciprocated when the Soviet and other
- Highland games Highland games are events held throughout the year in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic of Scotland, such as the bagpipes, the kilt, and the heavy events, especially the
- Community Games The Community Games is an Irish independent voluntary organisation and National Governing Body providing opportunities for children and young people to grow and develop in a positive and healthy way while experiencing a wide range of sporting and cultural activities. The National Finals are held over 3 weekends every year, one in May and two in, Ireland
- Jeux de la Francophonie Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 55 member nations, 2 associate member nations and 13 observer nations of the Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec, New Brunswick and another team representing the rest of the country. The Belgian team is restricted to athletes from the French-speaking areas of for the French-speaking world community
- Lusophony Games The Lusophony Games is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal for the Portuguese-speaking world community
- Maccabiah Games
- Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first held in 1951. The first 10 games took place always
- Military World Games
- Nordic Games The Nordic Games was the first international multi-sport event that focused primarily on winter sports, and was held at varying intervals between 1901 and 1926. It was organized by Sweden’s Central Association for the Promotion of Sports, and more specifically by Viktor Balck, a member of that association and one of the five original members of
- Pacific Games The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics (albeit on a much smaller scale), with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji. The 2007 Pacific Games were hosted in Apia, Samoa between 25 August and 8 September, 2007
- Pan American Games The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years in the year before the summer Olympic Games and between competitors from all nations in the Americas. The last edition was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007. The next will be in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011, followed by the 2015 games in Toronto, Canada
- Pan Arab Games The Pan Arab Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab World. The first Games were held in 1953 in Alexandria, Egypt. Intended to be held every four years since, political turmoil as well as financial difficulties has made the event an unstable one. Women were first allowed to compete in 1985
- Pan-Armenian Games The Pan-Armenian Games are a multi-sport event, held between ethnic Armenian competitors from the Armenian diaspora and Armenia. They consist complex competitions in individual and team sports among the Armenian athletes. It takes place in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia
- Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, and they are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are
- South American Games
- South Asian Games South Asian Games are a bi-annual multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asian Sports Council (SASC), formed in 1983. At present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games , is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games is under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia
- National Congress of State Games The National Congress of State Games is an organization of 37 Summer State Games and 14 Winter State Games. The NCSG is part of the United States Olympic Committee. It organises the State Games of America, an Olympic-style competition in which athletes who have won a medal in their home state's Games are eligible to compete, United States
- West Asian Games West Asian Games (also known as WAG & formerly known as West Asian Games Federation ) are a bi-annual multi-sport event held among the athletes from West Asia.At present, WAG are joined by thirteen members namely Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
- World Games The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international quadrennial multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organized and governed by the International World Games Association , under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- World Air Games World Air Games is an international air sports event organized by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (International Aeronautical Federation - FAI), inspired by the Olympic Games and held every four years
- World Wheelchair and Amputee Games The World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, formerly known as the Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games, the Stoke Mandeville Games, and the World Wheelchair Games, are a multi-sport, multi-disability athletic competition for athletes with a disability
Sports statistics
- Games played Games played is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested, a statistic in several sports representing the number of games a player has participated in
- Games pitched, a statistic in baseball which counts the number of appearances by a pitcher
See also
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