Tuesday 8 May 2012

Outline of sports- 5 Stars

What is a sport?

Sports can be described as all of the following:

    Entertainment –
    Exercise – some sports are physical exercise while others are mental exercise.
    Recreation –

 Types of sports

    Amateur sports
    Athletic sports
    Blood sport
    Demonstration sport
    Disabled sports
    Extreme sports
    Fantasy sports
    Female sport
    Individual sport
    Professional sports
    Spectator sport
    Team sport

 Physical sports
 Air sports
Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.
Main article: Air sports

    Aerobatics
        Gliding aerobatics
    Air racing
    Ballooning
        Cluster ballooning
        Hopper ballooning

Wingsuit flying

    Gliding
    Hang gliding
        Powered hang glider
    Human powered aircraft
    Model aircraft
    Parachuting
        Banzai skydiving
        BASE jumping
        Skysurfing
        Wingsuit flying
    Paragliding
        Powered paragliding
    Ultralight aviation

Archery
Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.
Main article: Archery

    Clout archery
    Field archery
    Flight archery
    Gungdo
    Kyūdō
    Popinjay (sport)
    Target archery



 Ball over a net games
An international match of Volleyball.

    Ball badminton

    Biribol

    Bossaball

    Fistball

    Footbag net

    Football tennis

    Footvolley

    Hooverball

    Jianzi

    Newcomb ball

    Peteca
    Sepak takraw

    Sipa

    Throwball

    Volleyball

        Beach volleyball

        Paralympic volleyball

 Basketball family
Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at 2008 Summer Olympic Games

    Basketball
        Beach basketball
        Deaf basketball
        FIBA 33
        Streetball
        Water basketball
        Wheelchair basketball

    Bounceball
    Korfball
    Netball
        Fastnet
        Indoor netball
    Slamball

 Bat-and-ball (Safe haven)
Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire.In Baseball
Main article: Bat-and-ball

    Baseball - four bases
    Bat-and-Trap
    British baseball - four posts
    Brännboll - four bases
    Corkball - four bases (no base-running)
    Cricket - two wickets
        Indoor cricket
        Limited overs cricket
        One Day International
        Test cricket
        Twenty20
    Danish longball
    Kickball
    Lapta – two salos (bases)
    The Massachusetts Game – four bases
    Méta and longa méta (long méta) – Hungarian game
    Oina – One (Two, Three, or Four)
    Old Cat – variable
    Over-the-line – qv
    Pesäpallo – four bases
    Podex
    Rounders – four bases or posts
    Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se)
    Softball – four bases (descendant of Baseball)
        Fast Pitch
        Slow Pitch
        Modified Pitch
        16 Inch
    Stickball – variable
    Stool ball – two stools
    T-Ball
    Town ball – variable
    K-Ball
    Vigoro – two wickets
    Wireball
    Wiffleball

 Baton twirling
Main article: Baton twirling
 Board sports
Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London.
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii
Main article: Board sports

Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.

    Skateboarding
    Scootering
        Casterboarding
        Freeboard (skateboard)
        Longboarding
        Streetboarding
    Skysurfing
    Streetluge
    Snowboarding
        Mountainboarding
        Sandboarding
        Snowkiting
    Swing boarding
        Wakesurfing
        Bodyboarding
        Riverboarding
        Skimboarding
    Wakeboarding
        Kneeboarding

 Boules
Lawn bowler Tim Mason
Main article: Boules

    Bocce
    Boccia
    Boßeln
    Boule lyonnaise
    Bowls
    Curling
    Klootschieten
    Pétanque
    Shuffleboard
    Varpa

Bowling
Main article: Bowling

    Candlepin bowling
    Duckpin bowling
    Five-pin bowling
    Skittles (sport)
    Ten-pin bowling

 Catch games

    Curby
    Dodgeball
    Ga-ga
    Keep Away
    Kin-Ball
    Prisoner Ball
    Rundown (aka Pickle)
    Yukigassen

 Climbing
Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

    Rock Climbing
        Sport climbing
    Abseiling
    Bouldering
    Canyoning (Canyoneering)
    Mountaineering
    Hiking
    Rope Climbing
    Ice Climbing

Cycling
A Track Cycling Race
Main article: Cycling

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.
 Bicycle

Main article: Bicycle

    Artistic cycling
    Bicycle Motocross or BMX
    Bobrun cycling
    Freestyle BMX
    Cyclo-cross
    Cross-country mountain biking
    Road bicycle racing
    Track cycling
    Downhill mountain biking
    Freeride mountain biking
    Dirt jumping
    Slopestyle
    Racing Bicycle (The Award of Records Sports)

 Skibob

    Skibobbing


 Unicycle
Main article: Unicycle

    Unicycling
    Mountain unicycling
    Unicycle trials
    Unicycle hockey
    Unicycle basketball

 Combat sports
Main article: Combat sports
Main article: Martial Arts

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.

    A Bracciuta
    A Brazzos
    Aba Guresi
    Aikido
    Aiki-jūjutsu
    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
    Catch wrestling
    Dumog
    Glima
    Judo
    Jujutsu
    Kinomichi
    Kurash
    Malla-yuddha
    Mongolian wrestling
    Pehlwani
    Sambo (martial art)
    Shuai Jiao
    Ssireum
    Sumo
    Varzesh-e Pahlavani
    Wrestling
    Yağlı Güreş

 Skirmish

    Airsoft
    Laser tag
    Paintball

 Weapons
Two kendōka.


    Battōjutsu
    Eskrima
    Egyptian stick fencing
    Fencing
    Gatka
    Haidong Gumdo
    Hojōjutsu
    Iaidō
    Iaijutsu
    Jōdō
    Jogo do Pau
    Jūkendō
    Juttejutsu
    Kendo
    Kenjutsu
    kung fu
    Kyūdō
    Kyūjutsu
    Modern Arnis
    Naginatajutsu
    Okinawan kobudō
    Shurikenjutsu
    Silambam
    Sōjutsu
    Swordfighting
    wushu (sport)

Striking

A kick in Kickboxing.

    Akroteri Punching
    Choi Kwang-Do
    Boxing
    Bokator
    Capoeira
    Chessboxing
    Fujian White Crane
    Karate
    Kenpō
    Kickboxing
    Lethwei
    Muay Thai
    Pradal Serey
    San shou
    Savate
    Shaolin kung fu
    Sikaran
    Silat
    Subak
    Taekkyeon
    Taekwondo
    Taido
    Tang Soo Do
    Wing Chun
    Wing Tsun
    Zui Quan

Mixed or hybrid
Ground fighting in MMA.


    Adi Murai
    Baguazhang
    Bando
    Bartitsu
    Bujinkan
    Hapkido
    Hwa Rang Do
    Jeet Kune Do
    Kajukenbo
    Kalarippayattu
    Krav Maga
    Kuk Sool Won
    MCMAP
    Mixed martial arts
    Northern Praying Mantis
    Ninjutsu
    Pankration
    Pencak Silat
    Sanshou
    Shidokan
    Shoot boxing
    Shootfighting
    Shorinji Kempo
    Systema
    T’ai chi ch’uan
    Vajra Mushti
    Vovinam
    Xingyiquan
    Yoga

Cue sports

Pool balls
Snooker.
Main article: Cue sports

    Carom billiards
        Three-cushion
        Five-pins
        Balkline and straight rail
        Cushion caroms
        Four-ball (yotsudama)
        Artistic billiards
    Novuss
    Pocket billiards (pool)
        Eight-ball
        Blackball
        Nine-ball

        Straight pool (14.1 continuous)
        One-pocket
        Three-ball
        Seven-ball
        Ten-ball
        Rotation
        Baseball pocket billiards
        Cribbage (pool)
        Bank pool
        Artistic pool
        Trick shot competition
        Speed pool
        Bowlliards
        Chicago
        Kelly pool
        Cutthroat
        Killer
        Russian pyramid
    Snooker
        Snooker plus
    Hybrid carom-pocket games
        English billiards
        Bottle pool
        Cowboy
    Obstacle variations
        Bagatelle
        Bar billiards
        Bumper pool

 Dance
Three ballet dancers performing a grand jeté jump
Modern dance
Main article: Outline of dance

    Acro
    Ballet
    Ballroom
    Color Guard, or Flag Spinning
    Competitive
    Ensemble
    Dancesport
    Flag Twirling
    Flamenco
    Hip-hop
    Interpretive dance
    Jazz
    Latin
    Lyrical
    Modern
    Musical Theatre
    Pointe
    Salsa
    SloModern
    Swing
    Tango
    Tap
    Tribal dance

 Equine Sports
Barrel racing
Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007
Main article: Equestrianism

Sports using a horse.


    Buzkashi
    Barrel Racing
    Campdrafting
    Cross Country
    Dressage

    Endurance riding
    English Pleasure
    Equitation
    Eventing
    Equestrian vaulting
    Gymkhana
    Harness racing
    Horse racing
    Hunter
    Reining
    Rodeo
    Show Jumping
    Steeplechase
    Team penning
    Tent pegging
    Western Pleasure

 Fishing
Main article: Fishing

    Angling
    Big-game fishing
    Casting
    Noodling
    Spearfishing
    Sport fishing
    Surf fishing
    Rock fishing
    Fly Fishing

 Flying disc sports
Main article: Flying disc games

    Disc dog
    Disc golf
    Dodge disc
    Durango boot
    Double disc court
    Flutterguts
    Freestyle
    Fricket – also known as disc cricket, cups, suzy sticks or crispy wickets
    Friskee
    Goaltimate
    Guts (sport)
    Hot box
    Ringo
    Ultimate (sport)

Football family
Football player Lionel Messi shoots from just outside the Manchester United penalty area during the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final
Main article: Football

    Ancient games
        Chinlone
        Cuju
        Episkyros
        Harpastum
        Kemari
        Ki-o-rahi
        Marn Grook
        Woggabaliri
        Yubi lakpi
    Association football
        Beach soccer
        Crab soccer
        Futebol de Salão
        Futsal
        Indoor soccer
        Paralympic football
        Powerchair Football
        Street football
        Swamp football
    Australian football
        Nine-a-side footy
        Rec footy
        Metro footy
    English school games
        Eton College
            Field game
            Wall game
        Harrow Football
    Gaelic football
        Ladies’ Gaelic football
    Gridiron football
        American football
            Eight-man football
            Flag football
            Indoor football
            Nine-man football
            Six-man football
            Sprint football
            Touch football
        Arena football
        Canadian football
        Street football (American)
    Hybrid football
        Austus
        Football tennis
        Footvolley
        International rules football
        Kronum
        Samoa Rules
        Speedball (American)
        Swedish football
        Universal football
        Volata
    Medieval football
        Ba game
        Caid
        Calcio Fiorentino
        Camping (game)
        Chester-le-Street
        Cnapan
        Cornish hurling
        Haxey Hood
        Knattleikr
        La soule
        Lelo burti
        Mob football
        Royal Shrovetide Football
        Uppies and Downies
    Rugby football
        Beach rugby
        Rugby league
            Masters Rugby League
            Mini footy
            Mod league
            Rugby league nines
            Rugby league sevens
            Tag Rugby
            Touch Football
            Wheelchair rugby league
        Rugby union
            American flag rugby
            Mini rugby
            Rugby sevens
            Tag Rugby
            Touch rugby
            Rugby tens

 Golf
Main article: Golf

    Match play
    Skins Game
    Stroke play
    Team play
        Fourball
        Foursome
        Shotgun start

 Gymnastics
Trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett at 2008 Canadian National Championships
Main article: Gymnastics

    Artistic gymnastics
        Balance Beam
        Floor
        High Bar
        Parallel Bars
        Pommel Horse
        Still Rings
        Sport aerobics
        Uneven Bars
        Vault
    Majorette
    Juggling
    Parkour
    Rhythmic gymnastics
        Ball
        Club
        Hoop
        Ribbon
        Rope
    Rope jumping
    Sports acrobatics
    Trampolining
    Trapeze
        Flying trapeze
        Static trapeze
    Power Tumbling
    Group Gymnastics
    Tricking

 Handball Family
A 7-meter throw in Team handball.
Main article: Team handball

    Goalball
    Sabaki Ball
    Tchoukball
    Team handball
        Beach handball
        Czech handball
        Field handball
    Torball
    Water polo

 Hunting
Main article: Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

    Beagling
    Big game hunting
    Deer hunting
    Fox hunting
    Hare coursing
    Wolf hunting

 Kite Sports

    Kite buggy
    Kite fighting
    Kite landboarding
    Kitesurfing
    Parasailing
    Snow kiting
    Sport kite (Stunt kite)

 Mixed discipline
The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running

Decathlon, Heptathlon, and the Pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five component contests that are scored together using one points system.

    Adventure racing
    Biathlon
    Duathlon
    Decathlon
    Heptathlon
    Modern pentathlon
    Pentathlon
    Triathlon
    Crossfit

 Musical Performance Sports
The Cavaliers, an example of a modern drum & bugle corps, performing at the 2004 DCI World Championships in Denver, Colorado.

    Color Guard, or Flag Spinning
    Drum and Bugle Corps (Classic)
    Drum and Bugle Corps (Modern)
    Indoor Percussion Ensemble
    Competitive Marching Band

 Orienteering family

    Geocaching
    Orienteering
    Rogaining
    Letterboxing
    Waymarking

[edit] Paddle sports

See Outline of kayaking and canoeing
 Canoeing

    Canoeing
    Outrigger canoeing

 Kayaking
Main article: Kayaking

    Creeking
    Flyak
    Freeboating
    Royaking
    Sea kayaking
    Squirt Boating
    Surf Kayaking
    Whitewater kayaking

 Rafting
Rafting

    Rafting
    White water rafting

 Rowing

    Rowing (sport)
    Gig racing
    Coastal and ocean rowing
        Surfboat
    Dragon boat racing
    Single scull

 Pilota family
Valencian pilota.

    American handball
    Australian Handball
    Basque Pelota
    Fives
        Eton Fives
        Rugby Fives
    Frisian handball
    Four square
    Gaelic handball
    Jeu de paume
    Palla
    Valencian pilota

 Racquet (or racket) sports
Justine Henin, a Tennis player.

Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects.

    Badminton
    Ball badminton
    Frontenis
    Jai Alai
    Matkot
    Padel tennis
    Paddle tennis
    Paddleball
    Pelota mixteca
    Pickleball
    Racquetball
    Racquets
    Racketlon
    Rapid Ball
    Real tennis
    Soft tennis
    Speedball
    Speed-ball
    Speedminton
    Squash
    Squash tennis
    Stické
    Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
    Tennis
    Xare

 Remote control

    Model Aerobatics
    RC Racing
    Robot combat

 Running
200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

    Endurance
        Cross-country running
        Half marathon
        Marathon
        Sky Race
        Tower running
        Ultramarathon
    Sprint (race)
    Hurdles

 Sailing
Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

    Ice yachting
    Land sailing
    Land windsurfing
    Sailing
    Windsurfing
    Kiteboarding
    Land Kiteboarding
    Dinghy sailing

 Skiing
Main article: Skiing

    Alpine skiing
    Cross country skiing
    Freestyle skiing
    Nordic combined
    Nordic skiing
    Ski jumping
    Skijoring
    Ski touring
    Speed skiing
    Telemark skiing

 Sled sports
United States Air Force Major Brady Canfield, 2003 U.S. skeleton champion, shows his takeoff form.
Main article: Sledding

    Bobsleigh
    Luge
    Skibobbing
    Skeleton
    Toboggan

 Shooting sports
Main article: Shooting sports

Sports using a firearm.

    Clay pigeon shooting
        Skeet shooting
        Trap shooting
        Sporting clays
    Target shooting
        Field target
        Fullbore target rifle
        High Power Rifle
        Benchrest shooting
        Military Service Rifle
        Metallic silhouette
        Practical shooting

 Stacking

    Sport stacking

 Stick and Ball Games

    Cammag
    Composite rules shinty-hurling
    Hockey
        Ball hockey
        Bandy
            Rink bandy
        Broomball
            Moscow broomball
        Field Hockey
            Indoor field hockey
        Floorball
        Ice hockey
        Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position
            Ringette
            Pond hockey
            Power hockey
        Ringette
        Roller hockey
            Inline hockey
            Roller hockey (Quad)
            Skater hockey
        Rossall Hockey
        Sledge hockey
        Street hockey
        Underwater hockey
            Underwater ice hockey
        Unicycle hockey
    Hurling
        Camogie
    Lacrosse
        Box lacrosse
        Field lacrosse
        Women’s lacrosse
        Intercrosse
    Polo
    A Polo player.
        Bicycle polo
        Canoe polo
        Cowboy polo
        Elephant polo
        Horse polo
        Segway polo
        Yak polo
    Pelota purépecha
    Polocrosse
    Shinty
    Spongee

 Street Stunts

    Free running
    Freestyle Football
    Parkour
    Tricking
    Powerbocking

 Tag games
Main article: Tag games

    British bulldogs (American Eagle)
    Capture the flag
    Hana Ichi Monme
    Hide and seek
    Kabaddi
    Kho kho
    Kick the can
    Oztag
    Red rover
    Tag

 Walking

    Airolo-Chasso
    Hiking
    Backpacking (wilderness)
    Race Walking
    Bushwhacking

 Wall-and-ball
A game of squash

Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded.

    American handball
    Australian handball
    Basque pelota
    Butts Up
    Chinese handball
    Fives
    Gaelic handball
    International fronton
    Jorkyball
    Racquetball
    Rapid ball
    Squash
    Squash tennis
    Suicide (game)
    Valencian frontó
    Wallball
    Wallyball

 Water sports
Greece - Hungary Water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)
Main article: Water sports
 Ball Sports

    Underwater football
    Underwater rugby
    Underwater Soccer
    Water Polo
    Canoe Polo

Michael Phelps swimming breaststroke at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix.
 Competitive Swimming
Main article: Competitive swimming

    Backstroke
    Breaststroke
    Butterfly stroke
    Freestyle swimming
    Individual Medley
    Synchronized swimming
    Medley relay
    Finswimming

 Subsurface and recreational

    Freediving
    Scuba Diving
    Snorkelling
    Immersion finswimming
    Underwater orientation

Weightlifting
Main articles: Olympic weightlifting and Powerlifting

    Andartza
    Clean and jerk
    Deadlifting
    Benchpress
    Powerlifting
    Snatch
    Squat (exercise)
    Weightlifting

 Mind sports
Chess
Main article: 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.[1]

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. (See also List of world championships in mind sports)

chess
 Card Games
Main articles: Card Games and List of card games
 Speedcubing

    Speedcubing
        2x2x2
        3x3x3
        4x4x4
        5x5x5
        6x6x6
        7x7x7
        Fifteen puzzle

 Speaking Sports

    Debating
    Spelling Bee

 Strategy Board Games
A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China

    Abstract strategy games
    Backgammon
    Battleship
    Chess
    Checkers
    Chinese Checkers
    Connect Four
    Diplomacy
    Dominoes
    Draughts
    Go
    Go-Moku
    Jacquet
    Mancala
    Mahjong
    Reversi (Othello)
    Sogo (Score four)
    Stratego

 Motorized sports
 Auto racing
The start of a Formula One race in 2008
Main article: Auto racing

    4x4
    Aquakart
    Autocross
    Autograss
    Banger racing
    Board track racing
    Combine racing
    Demolition derby
    Desert racing
    Dirt track racing
    Drag racing
    Drifting
    Extreme off-road
    Folkrace
    Formula racing
    Formula Libre
    Formula Student
    Hillclimbing
    Ice racing
    Kart racing
    Land speed records
    Legends car racing
    Midget car racing
    Monster truck
    Mud bogging
    NASCAR
    Off-road racing
    Pickup truck racing
    Production car racing
    Race of Champions
    Rally raid
    Rallycross
    Rallying
    Regularity rally
    Road racing
    Road crawling
    Rock racing
    Sand drags
    Short track motor racing
    Slalom
    Snowmobileracing
    Sports car racing
    Sprint car racing
    Street racing
    Stock car racing
    Time Attack
    Tractor pulling
    Trailer racing
    Train racing
    Touring car racing
    Truck racing
    Vintage racing
    Wheelstand competition

 Motorboat racing
Main article: Motorboat racing

    Drag boat racing
    F1 Powerboat Racing
    Hydroplane racing
    Jet sprint boat racing
    Offshore powerboat racing
    Personal water craft

 Motorcycle racing
MotoGP racing
Main article: Motorcycle racing

    Auto Race
    Board track racing
    Cross-country rally
    Endurance racing
    Enduro
    Freestyle Motocross
    Grand Prix motorcycle racing
    Grass Track
    Hill Climb
    Ice Racing
    Indoor enduro
    Indoor short track
    Indoor trial
    Motocross
    Motorcycle drag racing
    Motorcycle speedway
    Off-Road
    Rally Raid
    Road racing
    Superbike racing
    Supercross
    Supermoto
    Supersport racing
    Superside
    Track racing
    Trial
    TT racing[disambiguation needed ]
    Free-style moto

 ATV racing
ATV racing on a motocross track
Main article: All-terrain vehicle#Sport competition

    ATV Racing
    ATV Off-road racing
    ATV Enduro

 Miscellanea
 Animal sports

    Aari Talka
    Aduu Shurguulakh
    Alka
    Beetle fighting
    Bull Riding
    Bullfighting
    Camel racing
    Cockfight
    Dog sports
        Agility
        Bikejoring
        Cani cross
        Caniteering
        Carting
        Competition obedience
        Conformation showing
        Catchball (A variation on Flyball)
        Disc dog
        Dog fighting
        Dock Jumping
        Dog hiking, Pack Hiking
        Dog scootering
        Earthdog trials
        Field trials
        Flying
        French Ring Sport
        Greyhound racing
        Greyhound jockey
        Hare coursing
        Herding or Stock Dog
        Hunting
        Hound Trailing
        Junior Showmanship
        Lure coursing
        Mushing, Dog mushing
        Musical canine freestyle; Canine Dressage; Heelwork to Music
        Nose work
        Obedience training
        Protection sports (including Schutzhund, Service Dogs Of America and French Ring Sport)
        Rally obedience
        Retrieving trials
        Schutzhund
        Scootering
        Sheepdog trials (or Herding)
        Sighthound Disc Sport
        Sighthound racing (including Greyhound & Whippet racing, coursing, and lure coursing)
        Skijoring
        Sled dog racing
        Dog Racing
        Dog Surfing
        Terrier Racing
        Tracking trials (see also Tracking (dog))
        Treibball
        Water work/Water rescue
        Weight pulling
        Weiner Racing (i.e. racing Dachshunds)
        Wheelchair Mushing
    Ferret racing
    Hamster racing
    Pigeon sport
    Thoroughbred racing
    Pato
    Polo
    Hunter-jumpers
    Combined training
    Pig racing
    Spider fighting
    Frog racing
    Water Buffalo racing

 Athletics (track and field)
Pole vault

    Steeplechase (athletics)
    Jumping
        Triple jump
        Long jump
        High jump
        Pole vault
    Throwing
        Discus
        Hammer throw
        Javelin
        Shot put

 Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

    Combat robot
    Radio-control vehicles
    Geo caching
    Contesting
    Competitive Video Games
    Sim racing

 Endurance sports

    Running
    Swimming
    Rowing
    Wheelchair racing
    Wood chopping
    Cross-country skiing
    Skipping
    Dancing
    Marching Band

 Miscellaneous sports
A man bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls Bridge

    Aizkolaritza
    Atlatl
    Bungee jumping
    Boomerang
    Chinlone
    Competitive eating
    Egg and spoon race
    Footbag (hacky sack)
    Haggis hurling
    Kang Shanaba
    Lumberjack
    Pit Crew Challenge
    Talong-itlog
    Tetherball
    Three-legged race
    Sack race
    Yo-yo

 Olympic Sports
Main article: Olympic Sports

Summer Olympics

    Archery
    Athletics
    Badminton
    Basketball
    Beach volleyball
    Boxing
    Canoeing
    Cycling
    Diving
    Equestrian
    Fencing
    Football
    Gymnastics
    Handball
    Field hockey
    Judo
    Modern pentathlon
    Rowing
    Rugby
    Sailing
    Shooting
    Swimming
    Synchronized swimming
    Table tennis
    Taekwondo
    Tennis
    Triathlon
    Volleyball
    Weightlifting
    Wrestling

Winter Olympics

    Alpine skiing
    Biathlon
    Bobsleigh
    Cross-country skiing
    Curling
    Figure skating
    Freestyle skiing
    Ice hockey
    Luge
    Nordic combined
    Short track speed skating
    Skeleton
    Ski jumping
    Snowboarding
    Speed skating

 Other

    Stunt pogo
    Stilt walking
    Fastball
    Zorbing
    Skiball
    Chain surfing

 Skating sports
Speed skating.

    Aggressive inline skating
    Artistic roller skating
    Bobrun skating
    Ice skating
    Inline speed skating
    Figure skating
    Rinkball
    Rink hockey
    Freestyle slalom skating
    Roller derby
    Roller skating
    Roller speed skating
    Short track speed skating
    Skater hockey
    Speed skating
    Synchronized skating

 Snowsports
A snowborder and a skier
A ski jumper using the V-style
Freestyle skiing

    Ski flying
    Skibob
    Boardercross
    Freestyle snowboarding
    Snowshoeing
    Skiboarding

 Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Arm Wrestling

    Ahel Karr
    Arm Wrestling
    Thumb wrestling
    Bodybuilding
    Finger Jousting
    Powerlifting
    Strength athletics
    Toe wrestling
    Tug-o-war
    Zourkhaneh

 Table sports

See also Cue Sports.

    Air hockey
    Backgammon
    Connect Four
    Draughts (checker)
    Dominoes
    Table football (foosball)
    Mahjong (Taipei)
    Reversi (Othello)
    Shogi
    Scrabble (and variants)
    Subbuteo
    Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
    Table hockey
    Tiddlywinks
    Xiangqi

 Target sports

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

    Afghan Archery
    Archery
    Bhutan Archery
    Billiards
    Blowgun
    Bowling Pin Shooting
    Carom billiards
    Pool
    Calva
    Conkers
    Croquet
    Darts
    Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing)
    Knife throwing
    Lawn bowls
    Matball
    Pall mall
    Petanque
    Shooting
    Trugo
    Skittles (sport)
    Skee ball
    Pitch and putt

 Team sports
Main article: Team sport

Sports that involve teams. (Many are listed elsewhere too.)

    Al-Hol
    Al-Laqsa
    Ampe
    Basketball family
    Bowling
    Basque pelota
    Bat-and-ball games
    Bunnock
    Business chess
    Camogie
    Cubbies
    Football family
    Gateball
    Handball
    Hockey family
    Hornussen
    Horseshoe
    Kickball
    Lacrosse
    Marching Band
    Mesoamerican ballgame
    Polo family
    Sepak Takraw
    Skittles
    Speedball
    Tennis Polo
    Throwball
    Ultimate
    Underwater football
    Volleyball and similar
    Wallyball
    Cheerleading

 Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

    Kite flying
    parachuting

 Fictional sports

    Quidditch

[edit] Sport by region

Africa

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        Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d’Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo

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        Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara

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        Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe

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        Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

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        Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland

    Dependencies

        Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Antarctica

    None

Asia

    Central Asia

        Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan

    East Asia

        China

            Tibet

            Hong Kong • Macau

        Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan

    North Asia

        Russia

    Southeast Asia

        Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia[9] • East Timor (Timor-Leste) • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam

    South Asia

        Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan• Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka

    India

        Delhi

    West Asia

        Armenia • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Cyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey • United Arab Emirates • Yemen

Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)

    North Caucasus

        Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)

    South Caucasus

        Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)

Europe

    Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine
    United Kingdom

        England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales

    Vatican City

    European Union

North America

    Canada

Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon

    United States

        Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

        District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

    Central America

        Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama

    Caribbean

        Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands

        Oceania”’(includes the continent of Australia)

    Australasia

        Australia

            Dependencies/Territories of Australia

                Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island

        New Zealand

    Melanesia

        Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea[23] • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •

    Micronesia

        Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •

    Polynesia

        American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)

South America

    Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela

South Atlantic

    Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha

 History of sports
Main article: History of sports

    Sports history organizations

    History of American football
    History of archery
    History of association football
    History of Australian rules football
    History of baseball
    History of basketball
    History of chess
    History of cricket
    History of cue sports
    History of curling
    History of cycling
    History of field hockey
    History of figure skating
    History of Formula One
    History of hang gliding
    History of the Gaelic Athletic Association
    History of hurling
    History of lacrosse
    History of martial arts
    History of netball
    History of orienteering
    History of professional wrestling
    History of rodeo
    History of roller derby
    History of rowing
    History of rugby league
    History of rugby union
    History of skiing
    History of snooker
    History of surfing
    History of swimming
    History of tennis
    History of water polo
    History of wrestling

 Recreational sporting

    Sports game
    Fantasy sport

 Rules

    Goal
    Open
    Sudden death
    Offside

 Sports in court

General

    Court of Arbitration for Sport
    List of doping cases in sport

Association football

    Bosman ruling
    Webster ruling

Baseball

    Barry Bonds perjury case
    Federal Baseball Club v. National League
    Flood v. Kuhn
    Seitz decision
    Toolson v. New York Yankees

Basketball

    Haywood v. National Basketball Association
    Robertson v. National Basketball Association

Other sports

    Kolpak ruling

 Sports coaching

    Sports coaching

 Sporting events

    Multi-sport event

 Sports training
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 Sports medicine

    Sports injuries

 Sports nutrition

    Sports drink

 Sports and media

    Broadcasting of sports events
    Sports Emmy Award
    Sports in film
    Sports journalism
    Sports radio
    World record

 Sports magazines

    Sports Illustrated
    SportsEvents Magazine

 Sports television programs

    Pulp Sport

 Sports ethics and conduct

    Gamesmanship
    Racism in sport
    Sportsmanship
        Spirit of the Game in Ultimate
    Violence in sports
        Violence in baseball
        Violence in ice hockey

 Sports participants

    Animals in sport
        Sport horse
    Athlete
    Coach
    Fan
    Scout
    Sports commentator
    Sportsperson
    Student athlete

 Sports venues

    Sport venue
    Arena
    Australian rules football playing field
    Baseball park
    Billiard hall
    Game court
    Gym
    Gymkhana
    Ice hockey arena
    Ice rink
    Olympic-size swimming pool
    Roller rink
    Speed skating rink
    Stadium

 Sports venue features

    Bleacher
    Club seating
    Field house
    Grandstand
    Dohyō
    Groundshare
    Leisure centre
    Luxury box
    Medialuna
    Palace of Sports
    Palaestra
    Personal seat license
    Turf management

 Sports equipment

    Floodlights
    Sports equipment
    Sportswear

 Game play

    Power play
    Losing streak
    Falcon – an accidental blow to the head
    Grind

 Sports management
Main article: Sport management

    Demonstration sport
    Sports marketing
    Sponsor
    Scout

 Sports culture

    National sport
    Nudity in sport
    Performance art
    Sports memorabilia
    Sporting club

 Sports and politics

    Nationalism and sport
    UK Sport
    Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    Racism in sport
    Sport policies of the European Union

 Organized sports

    Division
    Multi-sport events
    Sports league
    Olympic Games
    Regulation of sport
    Sport governing body
    Trial[disambiguation needed ]

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