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A sport is a physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess. In essence, a sport is a competitive game.
The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games ((Spanish) "XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe - Mayagüez 2010") will be held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from July 17, 2010 to August 1, 2010. It's the third time Puerto Rico hosts the Central American and Caribbean Games, the other being San Juan in 1966, and Ponce in 1993. The city of Mayagüez had been selected previously to hold the games in 1982, but economic problems forced the city to quit the organization, and the games were held in La Habana, Cuba.
A total of 4,965 athletes will participate in 39 sports to be held across Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, and Guyana. The opening ceremony will be held on July 17, 2010 in Mayagüez Central American Stadium.
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- ...that the layback spin (pictured) was invented by 1936 Winter Olympics silver medalist Cecilia Colledge?
- ...that modern billiard chalk, which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?
- ...that even though Denis Potvin retired in 1988, fans of the New York Rangers still practice a tradition aimed at insulting him?
- ...that tug of war was included in the Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920?
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