1.   Naturally, little has been left untouched by the high-tech world, and that includes outdoor sports.

2.   The pastimes of the plebs included rude sports such as wrestling, cudgelling, football, quoits, bear and badger baiting and cock fighting.

3.   But they are now in with a chance of making the Olympic Games at Atlanta where the sport is being included as a demonstration event.

4.   A Canadian travel agency that books trips to professional sports and concert tours offers a package that includes three sports in two days in Vancouver.

5.   But the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority is a government body that issues licenses for most outdoor pursuits, including water sports, climbing, caving, and trekking.

6.   Her show was such a success that talk-radio programmers began adding therapists to lineups that had once included only sports, politics and the occasional gardening show.

7.   Hixon said she may also do some consulting and TV commentary as well as expand the camps to include other sports, such as lacrosse and golf.

8.   In a country where skating stars are national icons and classrooms include the sport in the studies of folklore, second place is considered unacceptable.

9.   Other events at the open include extreme sports such as skateboarding and BMX freestyle bike riding.