professional sport
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofessionalandsport
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professional
adjective
uk/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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sport
noun
uk/spɔːt/us/spɔːrt/
a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandsportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We want the autonomy of theprofessionalsportto be fully respected.
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The goal of equal opportunities for school, amateur andprofessionalsportis above all a way of improving women's integration at all these levels.
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As a result, the discrepancy between amateur andprofessionalsporthas become far too pronounced.
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Professionalsporthas undoubtedly become a business in its own right, subject to the dictates of profitability.
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It is vitally important at a time when all the emphasis in the media and elsewhere is onprofessionalsport.
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A lot needs to be done in the management ofprofessionalsport.
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I think that the distinction between amateur andprofessionalsportis becoming increasingly hard to define.
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However, they sometimes attract a bigger crowd than the smallest game ofprofessionalsport.
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I was about to turn briefly toprofessionalsport.
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There is no hard and fast distinction between amateur andprofessionalsporttoday.
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Not on cricket only; it is the whole business of the distinction made between amateur andprofessionalsportand not merely in regard to cricket.
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I am not talking aboutprofessionalsport;professionalsportis the entertainment business and you go into it for a livelihood, a perfectly worthy one.
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They are particularly likely to be engaged in serious and energetic sport, and sometimes they are engaged inprofessionalsport.
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There are features of professional boxing, as with almost anyprofessionalsport, which are less than attractive.
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That would be the best way of making progress in collegiate football and then making progress inprofessionalsport.
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No precise estimate can be given, but, excludingprofessionalsport, it is unlikely to exceed half a million pounds.
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In sport, even inprofessionalsport, the competition that really counts is the sporting competition itself, not just the unbridled economic competition of its agents.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Here, women are not represented in the decision-making bodies in a way that is commensurate with their achievements inprofessionalsport.
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The internationalisation ofprofessionalsportmakes it difficult to adopt a national approach to problems of a systemic nature.
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Professionalsportfulfils this role too and has great social significance.
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