sports club

sports club (plural sports clubs)

1. (sports) A club dedicated for practicing a particular sport; an organization that organizes competitions for a particular sport, including providing equipment, venue, etc.
   • 2017, Vanja Smokvina, Sports Law in Croatia:

     Within the audit, it is especially necessary to determine the value of assets; all claims against the professional sports club, stated according to the types of creditors and the sum total; an overview of the business activities of the professional sports club during the last five years, with a separate statement of revenue and costs incurred by the professional sports club in that period; a detailed description of what these apply to, the annual profit and loss statements of the professional sports club for that period; a one-year estimate; […]

   • 2021, Hyun-Woo Lee, Natasha T. Brison, Heetae Cho, Adopting New Technologies in Sports Marketing, page 24:

     Is an amateur sports club's willingness to pay influenced by its acceptance of Asport services?

2. (informal) A sports team