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<p>The Government’s arm’s length body (ALB) for grassroots sport, Sport England, has
a process for recognising activities. The objective of the recognition process is
to identify sports that Sport England may wish to work with and the national bodies
that govern them. The process is run jointly with the other three Home Country Sports
Councils and UK Sport.</p><p>When deciding if an activity can be recognised, the Sports
Councils refer to the definition of sport contained within the Council of Europe’s
European Sports Charter. This states that:</p><p>“Sport means all forms of physical
activity which, through casual or organised participation aim at expressing or improving
physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining
results in competition at all levels.”</p><p>As an example of this process, the English
Chess Federation made an application for recognition in 2008, but this was turned
down as the Sports Councils did not consider chess to be a physical activity. Therefore,
it did not meet the Council of Europe’s definition.</p><p> </p>
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