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This paper on the Geography of World Sport simply defines a new and evolving sub-discipline of Geography because, although accepted by academic institutions, no determination justifies its existence as an intellectual or scholastic subject. The objective of this paper is to provide that explanation and rationale. The paper explains three globally accepted (3) categories of sport to be considered and what characteristics differentiate sport in general from world sport, World Sport, and Mega-Sport. Lastly, it identifies the five (5) different, universally accepted geographical components found in World Sport that qualify it as a genuine sub-discipline of Geography and as an academic subject.

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World Sport, Defining the Geographies of

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    2025年

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  • R. Cary Capparelli

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This paper on the Geography of World Sport simply defines a new and evolving sub-discipline of Geography because, although accepted by academic institutions, no determination justifies its existence as an intellectual or scholastic subject. The objective of this paper is to provide that explanation and rationale. The paper explains three globally accepted (3) categories of sport to be considered and what characteristics differentiate sport in general from world sport, World Sport, and Mega-Sport. Lastly, it identifies the five (5) different, universally accepted geographical components found in World Sport that qualify it as a genuine sub-discipline of Geography and as an academic subject.