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As a start, I'd say that "games" implies "competition", whereas "sports" doesn't.
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We certainly use 'games' to talk about competition, especially in the case of the Olympic Games. Other than that, I think there are several uses of the two, some of which overlap and contradict.
Sports: physical activities vs. Games: cards, checkers, etc.
Sport: a specific athletics (baseball) vs. Game: one event of competition (we're going to the baseball game today).
There's also the idea of 'game' in the sense of 'hunting' or other participation ("If you want to travel to Japan this year, I'm "game").
This is probably just a beginning.