This article is about the real-life event. There is also the World Games computer game.

The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Some of the sports that were on the program of the World Games eventually made it as Olympic sports (such as triathlon) or have been Olympic sports in the past (like tug of war). Participation in past World Games is included in the evaluation criteria used to select new Olympic sports adopted by the IOC on August 12, 2004. However, with the current position of the IOC to limit the Olympic Games to 10,500 participants, it is unlikely than many of the World Games sports will be elevated to the Olympic sports.

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Reminder: Team USA's next game at World Juniors is TUE vs. Latvia. Canada beat Latvia 16-0 on SAT. All US games on the #NHL Network! #wjc
cellblock303 (Cellblock 303) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:39:45 -0000
Reminder: Team USA's next game at World Juniors is TUE vs. Latvia. Canada beat Latvia 16-0 on SAT. All US games on the #NHL Network! #wjc
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http://bit.ly/6KCLCb Kotla's World Cup games hang in balance, ICC decision in a month
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