Origin region names the place where a sport's own rules were first codified. Wikipedia notes association football's "Laws of the Game" have been "in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) since 1886," a body rooted in the British football associations that first wrote those laws. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own codified sports.
Origin Region
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What is the difference between Water and Boat Sports and Aquatic Sports?
The dividing line is whether a boat provides propulsion, as in rowing and sailing, or the athlete's own body does, as in swimming.
Water and Boat Sports covers sports such as rowing and sailing, in which a boat, shell or hull is the means of propulsion or competition. Aquatic Sports instead covers sports contested by the athlete's own body in the water, such as swimming and water polo, so the dividing line is whether a craft or the athlete's body provides propulsion.