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Aquatics include individual and team disciplines such as diving, swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo, as well as equipment-based sports such as rowing, sailing, surfing, and canoe/kayaking. History Aquatics is among the oldest field at the modern Olympic Games, although none trace their lineage back to the ancient Greeks. Swimming has been a part of…
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This page is a header for the various leagues of professional sports covered on WatchingAllSports.com. Please use the menu at the top of the page to select a specific sport.
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This page is a header for the various professional sports covered on WatchingAllSports. Please use the menu at the top of the page to select a specific sport. The difference between professional sports and Olympic sports has slimmed as more and more athletes have accepted more and more endorsements from corporations. Furthermore, one of the…
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The Winter Olympic Games are held every four years, alternating with the Summer Olympic Games, although this was not always the case. Until 1992, the Games as a whole were only held every four years, and both Games would be held in the same year. Starting with the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, the…
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The Summer Olympic Games are held every four years, alternating with the Winter Olympic Games. To see individual sports for the Summer Games, please use the menu at the top of the website.
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Tennis is an individual sport played with a racket and a springy ball. The game is played on a court, which can be made of asphalt/concrete, clay, or grass. At the professional levels, there is an umpire calling each point scored. Tennis is notable for its atypical scoring system (points are measured in 15- or…
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This article is about soccer, called “football” outside of North America. Click here for gridiron football. Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, and is played in just about every country that can field a team. Internationally known as footabll or “the beautiful game,” it is a game loved by billions for its simplicity and…
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Introduction Ice Hockey is one of the world’s most popular ice sports and is played mostly in places that have cold winters: Canada, Europe, Russia, and the U.S. Hockey is played on a large ice rink with colored markings that divide it into smaller sections. Teams are small: six players on the ice at a…
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This article is about American and Canadian gridiron football. Click here for soccer. Introduction Football is a game played almost exclusively in the U.S. and Canada, although it has some similarities to Rugby and other sports which are popular in other countries. Football is truly a team sport due to its large team size: there…
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Introduction Basketball is a simple sport that is mostly popular in North America, and mostly within the U.S., although it was invented by a Canadian man. Basketball is popular because it combines fast action and small teams that make it easy for spectators to follow. Basketball is also one of the cheapest sports to play…
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