Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice.

The sport ♠ of speed skating uses a frozen circular track of ice, but in some facilities the track is combined in an ♠ enclosed area used for sports requiring an ice rink or the rink itself is used.

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Based on the ♠ number of participating athletes, bandy is the second most popular winter sport in the world for men

Notable winter sporting events ♠ [ edit ]