Lego Sports was a Lego theme that was launched in 2000 and discontinued in 2007. The theme focused on a variety of sports-themed toy sets, including football, basketball and hockey. Overview In the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Lego Group made the decision to diversify its product range with sports-themed toy sets. The company initially focused on football, due to the popularity of table football sets and the football game Subbuteo during this period. Lego Sports was launched in 2000 and discontinued in 2007. As a result of several licensing contracts with major sports organisations, the product range displayed the official logos of these organisations. Soccer/football (2000–2007) The football product range differed from other Lego toy sets by focusing on football action instead of construction, so they contained fewer pieces. The branding of the sets was also different to other Lego product ranges. In 2000, the toy sets were illustrated with an image of French footballer Zinedine Zidane, who was represented in Lego minifigure form in set 3401. Some toy sets, such as Championship Challenge incorporated a kicking device that enabled minifigures to kick a ball. In 2001, the theme released the Women's Team set, which included six female minifigure players. This was the largest number of female minifigures included in a set at that time. A range of promotional sets was also released to coincide with the 2002 World Cup. From 2003 to 2005, the Lego Sports theme focused on NBA basketball and NHL hockey, but Lego football toys reappeared in 2006 with the release of three sets that launched around the time of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The toy sets for the Soccer sub-theme included: 3401 Shoot N' Score 3402 Small Grandstand with Lights 3403 Fans Grandstand with Scoreboard 3404 Black Bus 3405 Blue Bus 3406 Americas Bus 3407 Red Bus 3408 Super Sport Coverage 3409 Championship Challenge 3410 Field Expandera 3411 Blue Team Bus With Ball 3412 Point Shooting 3413 Goal Keeper 3414 Precision Shooting 3416 Women's Soccer Team 3420 Championship Challenge II 3421 3 v 3 Shootout 3422 Shoot 'N Save 3423 Freekick Frenzy 3424 Target Practice 3425 Grand Championship Cup 3426 Team Transport 3427 to 3567 Coca-Cola Minifigs and Items 3568 Football Shoot Out 3569 Football Tabletop 3570 Football Mini Field 3573 Superstar Figure Gravity Games (2003–2004) The Gravity Games sub-theme introduced the extreme sports of snowboarding and skateboarding to Lego sets.