Is Billiards considered a sport?
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well,\nit takes skill, practice, balls are involved, you use lots of muscles and its very competitive.  i would say it is a sport.
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It is considered a sport. It's just not listed on here. They have fishing tournaments all over the world. Yahoo Answers is still in the Beta stage. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page that says "Tell us what you think" and submit your ideas and comments there.
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Good question! For the same reason that Chess is considered a sport.
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its not its only a commonwealth games sport. and I'm not sure when it became a sport at the commonwealth games.
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I think is should be considered a sport.  reason: it is more of a challenge than people think.  Trying to avoid getting hit ( and believe me i have been hit too close to a place too many times) and trying to hit another person is very hard.  also it provides an adrenaline rush.  sure it is expensive but not where most people think it is.  most people think it is the gun when it is actually the paint.  in fact i think it should be added to the Olympics because there are teams all over the world that play the sport.  also a little history to show how fast it has grown.  it started in New Hampshire with just twelve people in 1980  a few years later there were companies investing in the sport now theres millions of players nd hundreds of companies.  its another great american sport.  thats why i consider it a sport
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POKER!!! Yep, the television guide list it as a sport.. go figure.
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I don't know... badminton is a great sport, I like playing it, but many people consider it to be an activity, not a sport. Yahoo please put badminton in thank you.
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Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. It was invented by Joe Sobeck in 1949 incorporating rules from squash and handball. Unlike many other racquet sports, the walls, floor, and even ceiling of the racquetball court are considered in-bounds. The game is normally played by two players, though there are variations with three or even four (which can get very crowded). Two player games are called singles, three player games are typically called iron-man (2 on 1 during entire game) or cut-throat (each player take turns serving to the other 2), and four player games are called doubles.
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I consider it a sport because it is physical and requires some amount of skill.\n\nPETA typically over-exaggerates everything.  For instance, throwing maggots on people who buy fur coats and accusing anyone who sells meat of murder.
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G'day Bud, as I live in Australia, we play almost everything, Lacrosse and American football included. Racquetball, Croquet, Aussie Rules, European football (soccer in the US & Australia). Paddleball is the one I don't know. We play too many variations of lawn bowls (Italians have their method, the Croats theirs, and the Standardised version). \n\nThe reason we play everything is the multicultural nature of our society. There are people from everywhere, and as we live in coastal areas on the main, we are exposed to many a sport. Why, pray tell, did you ask about a single sport rather than all, I could have gone to name quite a few.\n\nCheers, L
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Poker is not a sport, not even close.  Sports require training, skill, physical fitness, and athletic ability.  Poker is maybe a hobby or activity at best.\n\nI would say hockey requires a lot of luck.  I watched a lot of hockey growing up in Canada.  And a lot of goals are scored when the puck bounces or gets accidentally redirected.  There is a lot of skill involved, but also a lot of luck.
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the tables, the balls, the cues, the rules, there's loads of differences!!\n\nBilliards - http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/bar-billiards-rules.htm\n\nSnooker - http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html\n\nPool - 2 types:\n\n9 (black ball) pool - http://www.epa.org.uk/wrules.php\n\n8 ball - http://arseweb.com/rupe/pool/uk_rules.html\n\nEnjoy!
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sports played in the water\n\nie water polo, etc.
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Apparently triathlons only take place during the Olympics.  thanks Mike...  Yahoo! has yet to add many sports to the list.  Skate/Snow boarding, Tri's, running.  None of these seem to have made.  But curling and snookering seem to have a large fan base.  Come on Yahoo! guys, think!!!!
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tennis, badminton, volleyball, netball,paddle,beach volleyball
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I agree with you. I cannot believe bowling is not in the sports category. Especially since Darts is in the sports section (which dosen't make any sense). Darts is not a sport. All you people that are complaining that bowling isn't a sport (which it isn't) should also complain about Darts being in the sports section. Bowling is far more popular than Darts will ever be and is much more challenging. \n\nAlthough I disagree with bowling being considered a sport I do believe it should be included in the sports section since apparently Darts is (Yahoo! is stupid sometimes).  Mark my Words, Yahoo! either will get rid of Darts in the sports section or add bowling in the near future. If they don't they are stupid.
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I DONT THINK ITS A SPORT AND HERES WHY. IF YOU WIN BY BEING JUDGED, NOT BY SCORING POINTS LIKE IN FOOTBALL OR BASEBALLOR FROM BEING TIMED LIKE BOBSLEDDING, I DONT THINK IT CAN BE A SPORT. JUDGING IS TOO SUBJECTIVE. WHILE I THINK DANCING AND ICE SKATING ARE VERY ATHLETIC EVENTS, THAT DOESNT MAKE THEM SPORTS