A troll (or a spambot) reopens a 7 year old topic just to comment something completely unrelated. Then everyone just jumps in and repeats all the nonsense that was already said 7 years ago.
By the way, checkers is a sport. Both the 8x8 and the 10x10 variants have national and international federations, tournaments, world championships.
Is javelin a sport?
Yes. It hearkens back to the Peloponnesian War. (I learned that in the movie Revenge of the Nerds).
Is javelin as popular as basketball?
Compared to the popularity of basketball, javelin is nothing.
Checker is nothing compared to chess.
you cant just call sport to whatever you want..