"sport" in this sense refers to an enjoyable test of skill, whereby the hunter pits his wits against the hunted animal. e. there is no element of "sport" in what this couple did.
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"sport" in this sense refers to an enjoyable test of skill, whereby the hunter pits his wits against the hunted animal. The question "Where is the sport in that?" is a rhetorical one, to which the implied answer is "nowhere", i.e. there is no element of "sport" in what this couple did.