List of sports

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The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games.[1]

Acrobatic arts

Cheerleading

Air sports

Animal sports

Bovines

Recortes

Dog sports

Agility running

Sports in which dogs participate.

Equines

Sports using a horse.

Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007

Fishing

Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Rodeo-originated

Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.

Barrel racing

Others

Athletics

Jumping

Throwing

Running

Combined

Ball games

Bat-and-ball games (safe haven games)

Games in which the objective of the offensive team is to reach safe havens to score runs, and of the defense to prevent it.

The two major Bat and ball games, from top-bottom: Baseball and Cricket.
Baseball-like (roundball)
Cricket-like
Longball
Other games

Billiards

Cue sports

The three main family of Cue sports, from top-bottom: Carom, pool and Snooker.

Ground billiards

Boules sports

Games which the objective is to throw, roll or slide balls as closely as possible to a jack or target.

Lawn bowls

Bowling

Bowling

Dodgeball

Golf

Sports which score is counted in reference to par

Golf player using a putter to score

Invasion games

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball

Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Football

Historical
Modern codes

Handball

A 7-meter throw in Handball.

Stick and Ball

Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals.

Hockey
Hurling and shinty
Lacrosse
Lacrosse variants
Polo
A polo player.

Other goal sports

Cycle ball

Net and wall games

Sports when players/teams score whenever the opponent fails to return validly the possession of ball/bird back.

Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely the body:
Tennis
Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls or any rebounding surface using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
Games that use both walls and net:
Padbol
Games that use neither walls nor net:
Crossminton

Pilota family

Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sports

  • Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)
Sports that use a netted racket
Badminton
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
Table tennis

Other ball sports

Board sports

Climbing

Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts

A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.

Grappling

Two men compete in freestyle wrestling.

Striking

A kick in kickboxing.

Mixed or hybrid

Ground fighting in MMA.

Weapons

Two kendōka.
Paintball

Other

Exercising

Flying disc sports

Australia vs Canada ultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate Canada

Gymnastics

Kite sports

Mixed discipline

Motorsports

Sports involving manned motorized vehicles

Aircraft

Aerobatic maneuver

Motorboat

Formula 1 motorboat

Terrestrial vehicles

Automobile

The start of a Formula One race in 2008

Motorcycle

MotoGP racing

Others

ATV racing on a motocross track

Orienteering

Parkour/Freerunning

Sport Parkour and Freerunning are empirically measured competitions of skill, speed or style on an obstacle based course. Self expression, demonstration of control and power are measured.

Pedal vehicle

Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals

Cycling

Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

A track cycling Race

Quadracycle

Tricycle

Unicycle

Mountain unicycle

Watercraft

  • Pedal boat racing

Racing

Shooting sports

Skating sports

Snow sports

Stacking

Strength sports

Tag games

Walking

Water sports

These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).

Aquatic ball sports

Surface

Water polo

Underwater

Competitive swimming

Kindred activities

Diving

Subsurface and recreational

Snorkeling

Non motorized vehicles

Paddling sports

Canoeing and kayaking
Rafting
Rafting
Rowing
Other paddling sports

Sailing

Windsurfing

Weightlifting

Mind sports

Requiring little or no physical exertion or agility, mind sports are often not considered true sports. Some mind sports are recognised by sporting federations. The following list is intended to represent anything that is likely to be referred to as a mind sport, not to argue their validity as sports.

Card games

Bridge

Combination puzzle

Dogic

Competitive model sports

RC aircraft

Remote control

Esports

0 A.D. a real-time strategy game

Strategy board games

Chaturanga, parent of many strategy board games
A game of Monopoly

Other

Both physical and mind

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Beach sports

Versions of sports played on sand

Beach tennis

Compromise rules

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

Ice sports

Speed skating

Marker sports

Parasports

Visual impaired

Goalball

Wheelchair sports

Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

Wheelchair rugby

Other

Sitting volleyball

Snow sports

A snowboarder and a skier

Street sports

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm wrestling

Tabletop games

Air hockey

Target sports

Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.

Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry, China

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

Hurling

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

Miscellaneous sports

See also

References

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