<P> Every sport has a different governing body that can define the way that the sport operates through its affiliated clubs and societies . This is because sports have different levels of difficulty and skill, so they can try to organise the people playing their sport by ability and by age . The different types of sport governing bodies are all shown below: </P> <P> International sports federations are responsible for one sport (or a group of similar sport disciplines, such as aquatics or skiing). They create a common set of rules and organise international competitions . The promotion of the sport are also a task of an international federation . </P> <P> Trusts are organizations or groups that have control over money that will be used to help someone else, such as the Youth Sport Trust . </P> <P> National federations have the same objectives as an international federation, but within the scope of one country, or even part of a country, as the name implies . They support local clubs and are often responsible for national teams . National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees are both a type of National Federation, as they are responsible for a country's participation in the Olympic Games and in the Paralympic Games respectively . However, a national governing body (NGB) can be different from a national federation due to government recognition requirements . Also, NGBs can be a supraorganization representing a range of unrelated organisations operating in a particular sport as evident in the example of the Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs . </P>

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