Netball is a non-contact sport similar to, and derived from, basketball. It is usually known as a women’s sport.[citation needed] It was originally known in its country of origin, the United States, as “women’s basketball”. Invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer,[1], a pioneer in women’s sport, it is now the pre-eminent women’s team sport (both as a spectator and participant sport) in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in the West Indies, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom.
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