A country's governing body for a single sport, covering national football, cricket, rugby, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, basketball, wrestling, skiing, judo and sumo federations among others. Belongs here: any national federation setting the rules and selecting teams for one sport within one country. Does not belong here: a National Olympic Committee, grouped under National Olympic Committees, and the sport's world or continental federation, grouped under International Sport Federations or Continental Sport Confederations.
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What kind of body belongs under National Sport Federations?
A national federation setting the rules and selecting teams for one sport within one country.
National Sport Federations covers a country's governing body for a single sport, covering national football, cricket, rugby, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, basketball, wrestling, skiing, judo and sumo federations among others. Any national federation setting the rules and selecting teams for one sport within one country belongs here, distinct from a National Olympic Committee or the sport's world or continental federation.
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1. Wikipedia: National governing body
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Many professional sports have a sports governing body that serves as their regulating authority.
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