sporting events
Games people watch
Sporting events are organized competitions in athletics, games, or physical contests, typically held before spectators.
The term covers everything from local high school football games to the Olympics and World Cup.
People attend sporting events in person or watch them broadcast, often gathering socially around major ones like the Super Bowl.
We got tickets to the sporting event downtown.
The phrase emphasizes the occasion and spectacle rather than the sport itself.
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
- soccerField sport with goals
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
basketball · badminton · Olympics · opening ceremony · medal ceremony · football · championship · track and field · boxing matches · cycling · hockey · sailing regattas · swimming · golf · arena · World Cup · judo · karate
- public eventsfestivals, festival, light shows, parades, carnival
- collective eventsfestivals, concerts, parades, weddings, funerals
- entertainmentmovie, movies, films, band, television
- spectaclesfirework display, spectacles, northern lights, show, extravaganzas
- sportsbasketball, tennis, athletics, golf, baseball
- Canadian Sportshockey, curling, lacrosse, NHL, CFL
sporting eventspractices
Repeated training sessions
training sessions · scrimmages · rehearsals · warm-ups · drills
sporting eventsacademic competitions
Organized student knowledge challenges
spelling bees · debate tournaments · chess tournaments · art exhibitions · concerts