What is a sport.

Sports (English. Sport, a reduction from the original disport - «game", "entertainment") - organized by certain rules human activity consisting in comparing their physical and mental abilities, as well as preparation for this activity and interpersonal relations that arise in the course of its .

Usually sport is a specific kind of physical or intellectual activity, made with the purpose of the competition, as well as improving health, receive moral and material satisfaction, commitment to excellence and glory, to improve skills.

Development and change of sport throughout human history can tell a lot about how social changes in society in general, and about the nature of sport in particular.

Many of the examples of cave art, discovered so far contain images of ritual ceremonial scenes. Despite the fact that the action was captured in these images, can not be attributed solely to the modern concept of sport, yet it can be concluded that even then there were classes and rituals, reminiscent of sports activities. Moreover, these images are in France, Africa and Australia, were made 30,000 years ago.