SPORT IN AL ANDALUS

With the entry of Arab culture in the Iberian Peninsula and its confrontation with Christians, games and sports changed. Physical and sport, while retaining the philosophy of old traditions, acquired greater relevance and the name 'sport' began to be used.

Sports in Al Andalus showed the following components in general:

• Played as leisure.
• Physical contact among players was accepted.
• Players wanted to win but asumed the possibility of being defeated.
• Rules must be respected.
• There were judges in matches or games.
• Games were previously announced among people.
• There was an enthusiastic audience.
• People bet about the result of games.

Some examples of games were hunting, polo, the canes or the board.