Basketball
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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop, while preventing the opposing... Wikipedia
First played: December 21, 1891; 132 years ago. Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S
Contact: Limited
Highest governing body: FIBA
Mixed-sex: Yes, separate competitions
Olympic: Yes, demonstrated in the 1904 and 1924 Summer Olympics; Part of the Summer Olympic program since 1936
Team members: 5 per side