List of sports

The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category.

According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.

Acrobatic sports

Air sports

Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.
Wingsuit flying

Archery

Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.

Board sports

Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London.
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii

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

Catching games

Climbing

Canyoning

Cycling

A track cycling Race

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

Skibob

Unicycle

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

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

Other

Flying disc sports

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

Gymnastic

Trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett at 2008 Canadian National Championships

Ice sports

Kite sports

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.

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.

Running

200 meters sprint

Sailing

Windsurfing

Snow sports

Skiing

Sled sports

United States Air Force Major Brady Canfield, 2003 U.S. skeleton champion, shows his takeoff form.

Shooting sports

Sports using guns (firearms, air guns, etc.).

Individual

Athletic hybrid

Skirmish

Stacking

Street sports

Strength sports

Tag games

Walking

Aquatic and paddle sports

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

Canoeing

Kayaking

Rafting

Rafting

Rowing

Other paddling sports

GreeceHungary water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)

Aquatic ball sports

Surface

Underwater

Competitive swimming

Kindred activities

Subsurface and recreational

Diving

Weightlifting

North Korean weightlifter Pak Hyon-Suk performing the snatch, one of the two lifts in the sport of Olympic weightlifting.

Motorsports

Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles

Auto racing

The start of a Formula One race in 2008

Motorboat racing

Motorcycle racing

MotoGP racing

ATV racing

ATV racing on a motocross track

Marker sports

Overlapping sports

Sports falling into two or more categories.

Musical

Sports involving animals

Dog sports

Sports in which dogs participate.

Equestrian sports

Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007

Sports using a horse.

Fishing

Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Rodeo-originated

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

Ball games

Bat-and-ball games

Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire in baseball

Invasion games

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball family

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

Football family

Tyrone try for a goal against Westmeath in a Gaelic football match

Handball family

A 7-meter throw in Handball.

Stick and ball family

Hockey
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position
Hurling and shinty
Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league game
Lacrosse
Polo

Net and wall games

An international match of volleyball.

Games involving opponents hitting a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

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:

Pilota family

Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sports

Sports that use a netted racket

Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle

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

Esports

Speedcubing

Strategy board games

A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China

Other

Competitive model sports

Remote control

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Athletics (track and field)

Pole vault

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

Skating sports

Snowsports

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

See #Skiing

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm wrestling

Table sports

Target sports

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

Cue sports

Pool balls
Snooker.

Golf

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

Match of lacrosse
Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack World Championships, Hayward, Wisconsin, 2007.

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

Miscellaneous sports

Logrolling

See also


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