Chess not covered by BBC Sport??

[si_the_geek]

Basketball is physical, it's played competitively, it's got rules too! But it doesn't fall under Sport??

Basketball is a sport too:

Game: A competitive activity or sport ...

Physical activity cannot be the criterion to call something a game or sport, as most of the physical "games" like football, cricket, tennis are just that: games.

It is part of the criterion, because that is part of the definition of the word Sport.

However, as I listed the above two lines with single and double question marks, I noticed that swimming, running etc are not naturally called games. You don't ask your friend to join you in a game of swimming, but you may ask him/her for a game of chess or tennis.

Agreed... it would sound wrong to call them games, but would technically be valid.

OK, what about if I sit in a chair and all I keep doing is some finger stretching and toe-wiggling? Maybe turn my head a bit occasionally. And I sweat. Would this be enough physical activity to make it a sport?

It could potentially be argued... but does it also involve skill and rules?

Oh, I forgot to add, I might be hurtling down a racetrack at a speed of 150kmph in a car, a sport called Formula 1/Motorsport.

If you think the only physical aspect of motorsport is just "finger stretching and toe-wiggling" you have a huge amount to learn!

There are good reasons for F1 drivers spending over 20 hours a week in the gym - and the current world champion having been in multiple world-class triathlons as part of his training.