Olympic programme status records whether a sport is actually part of the Olympic Games. Wikipedia notes the men's football World Cup is "the most-viewed sporting event in the world, surpassing the Olympic Games," a comparison that only makes sense because football itself is contested at the Olympics too. This dimension separates sports on the Olympic programme from those that have never been included.
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Defining CharacteristicTypically, action starts when the fielding or defending team delivers a ball toward a dedicated player of the batting or attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points). 1 Olympic Programme Status
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1. Wikipedia: Bat-and-ball game
WikipediaBat-and-ball game, lead sectionQuote, Bat-and-ball game, lead section
Typically, action starts when the fielding or defending team delivers a ball toward a dedicated player of the batting or attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points).
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does Bat-and-Ball Sports differ from Hockey Codes in this atlas?
Bat-and-Ball Sports covers the bowl-and-bat structure of baseball and cricket, while Hockey Codes covers stick-and-goal sports.
Bat-and-Ball Sports covers team sports such as baseball and cricket, in which one side bats a ball delivered by the other side to score runs, built on a bowl-or-pitch and bat-and-run structure. Hockey Codes instead covers stick-and-ball or stick-and-puck team sports scored by driving the ball into a goal, so a sport belongs in Bat-and-Ball Sports only if it follows the delivery-and-batting structure rather than the stick-and-goal one.