contact sport

noun

any sport in which physical contact between players is an accepted part of play, as football, boxing, or hockey.

[THR] David Beckham fan stampede injures seven in Shanghai: Sometimes star gazing is a contact sport.

But it looks like with his graying hair, he also has come to appreciate the benefits of a non-contact sport.

Football is a contact sport, and people are irreparably hurt while playing it.

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