My Sports collection

  Basketball Basketball  is a  team sport  in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular  court , compete with the primary objective of  shooting  a  basketball  (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a  backboard  at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A  field goal  is worth two points, unless made from behind the  three-point line , when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a  technical foul  is given one, two or three one-point  free throws . The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play ( overtime ) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a te

  Chess Chess  is a  board game  for two  players . It is sometimes called  Western chess  or  international chess  to distinguish it from  related games  such as  xiangqi  and  shogi . The current form of the game  emerged  in  Spain  and the rest of  Southern Europe  during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from  chaturanga , a similar but much older game of  Indian  origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an  abstract strategy game  and involves  no hidden information . It is played on a square  chessboard  with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen  pieces : one  king , one  queen , two  rooks , two  bishops , two  knights , and eight  pawns . The object of the game is to  checkmate  the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in " ch

  Volleyball Volleyball  is a  team sport  in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the  Summer Olympic Games  since  Tokyo 1964 .  Beach volleyball  was introduced to the programme at the  Atlanta 1996 . The adapted version of volleyball at the  Summer Paralympic Games  is  sitting volleyball . The  complete set of rules  is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touc

Carrom   Carrom  is a  tabletop game  of Indian origin. The game is very popular in the  Indian subcontinent , and is known by various names in different languages. In  South Asia , many clubs and  cafés  hold regular tournaments. Carrom is very commonly played by families, including children, and at social functions. Different standards and rules exist in different areas. It became very popular in the  United Kingdom  and the  Commonwealth  during the early  20th century . The word  carrom  simply means any strike and rebound.

  Football Football  is a family of  team sports  that involve, to varying degrees,  kicking  a  ball  to score a  goal . Unqualified,  the word  football  normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called  football  include  association football  (known as  soccer  in North America and Oceania);  gridiron football  (specifically  American football  or  Canadian football );  Australian rules football ;  rugby union  and  rugby league ; and  Gaelic football . [1]  These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as  football codes . There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to  the codification of these games at English public schools  during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the  British Empire  allowed these rules of football to spr