So the cover might be controversial, but it sums up what this issue of Unmapped is about: looking at sport as a concept, and questioning what it really is: is it a spectacle to be watched or a personal feat of physical prowess, or both? Should it be entertaining? Is it challenging the body to do things that the mind wants it to? Is it getting inside one's own head for a while, while the body is occupied? Does it require equipment, or should one eschew equipment and focus on what the body can do on its own? Is it playing with a team, or doing something alone? Read on, to get opinions on this and more from the Emirates, Spain, the US and ancient Greece.

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