List of sportsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. There are many more sports to be added. This system has a disadvantage because some sports may fit in more than one category. According to the World Sports Encyclopedia (2003) there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Phys
ical sports
1.1 Air sports
1.2 Archery
1.3 Ball over net games
1.4 Basketball family
1.5 Bat-and-ball (Safe haven)
1.6 Baton twirling
1.7 Board sports
1.8 Boules
1.9 Bowling
1.10 Catch games
1.11 Climbing
1.12 Cycling
1.12.1 Bicycle
1.12.2 Skibob
1.12.3 Unicycle
1.13 Combat sports: Wrestling & Martial arts
1.13.1 Grappling
1.13.2 Striking
1.13.3 Mixed or hybrid
1.13.4 Weapons
1.13.4.1 Skirmish
1.14 Cue sports
1.15 Equine Sports
1.16 Fishing
1.17 Flying disc sports
1.18 Football family
1.19 Golf
1.20 Gymnastics
1.21 Handball Family
1.22 Hunting
1.23 Kite Sports
1.24 Mixed discipline
1.25 Music and dance competitive sports
1.26 Orienteering family
1.27 Pilota family
1.28 Racquet (or racket) sports
1.29 Remote control
1.30 Running
1.31 Sailing
1.32 Snow sports
1.32.1 Skiing
1.32.2 Sled sports
1.33 Shooting sports
1.34 Stacking
1.35 Stick and ball games
1.36 Street Tricks
1.37 Tag games
1.38 Walking
1.39 Wall-and-ball
1.40 Aquatic & paddle sports
1.40.1 Canoeing
1.40.2 Kayaking
1.40.3 Rafting
1.40.4 Rowing
1.40.5 Other paddling sports
1.40.6 Ball sports
1.40.6.1 Surface
1.40.6.2 Underwater
1.40.7 Competitive swimming
1.40.7.1 Kindred activities
1.40.8 Subsurface and recreational
1.40.9 Diving
1.40.10 Other
1.41 Weightlifting
1.42 Motorized sports
1.42.1 Auto racing
1.42.2 Motorboat racing
1.42.3 Motorcycle racing
1.42.4 ATV racing
1.42.5 Other
2 Mind sports
2.1 Card games
2.2 Other
2.3 Speedcubing
2.4 Strategy board games
2.5 Competitive video games
3 Different classification
3.1 Air sports
3.2 Animal sports
3.3 Athletics (track and field)
3.4 Electronic sports
3.5 Endurance sports
3.6 Skating sports
3.7 Snowsports
3.8 Strength sports
3.9 Tables sports
3.10 Target sports
3.11 Team sports
3.12 Windsports
3.13 Fictional sports
4 Miscellaneous sports
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Physical sports[edit]Air sports[edit]
Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.Main article: Air sports
Aerobatics
Gliding aerobatics
Air racing
Ballooning
Cluster ballooning
((soccer mitt))**
Hopper ballooning
Wingsuit flyingGliding
Hang gliding
Powered hang glider
Human powered aircraft
Model aircraft
Parachuting
Banzai skydiving
BASE jumping
Skysurfing
Wingsuit flying
Paragliding
Powered paragliding
Ultralight aviation
Paramotoring
Archery[edit]
Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.Main article: Archery
Clout archery
Field archery
Flight archery
Gungdo
Indoor archery
Kyūdō
Popinjay
Target archery
Ball over net games[edit]
An international match of Volleyball.Ball badminton
Biribol
Bossaball
Fistball
Footbag net
Football tennis
Footvolley
Hooverball
Jianzi
Jokgu
Newcomb ball
Peteca
Pickleball
Sepak takraw
Sipa
Throwball
Volleyball
Beach volleyball
Paralympic volleyball
Wallyball
Basketball family[edit]
Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at 2008 Summer Olympic GamesBasketball
Beach basketball
Deaf basketball
3x3
Streetball
Water basketball
Wheelchair basketball
Korfball
Netball
Fastnet
Indoor netball
Slamball
Bat-and-ball (Safe haven)[edit]
Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire.In BaseballMain article: Bat-and-ball
Baseball - four bases
Softball
Fast Pitch
Slow Pitch
Modified Pitch
16 Inch
Bat-and-Trap
British baseball - four posts
Brännboll - four bases
Corkball - four bases (no base-running)
Cricket - three wickets
Indoor cricket
Limited overs cricket
One Day International
Test cricket
Twenty20
Danish longball
Globeball - four bases
Kickball
Lapta – two salos (bases)
The Massachusetts Game – four bases
Matball
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
Punchball
Rounders – four bases or posts
Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se)
Stickball – variable
Stool ball – two stools
Tapball
T-Ball
Town ball – variable
K-Ball
Vigoro – two wickets
Wireball
Wiffleball
Baton twirling[edit]Main article: Baton twirling
Board sports[edit]
Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London. Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in HawaiiMain 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
Surfing
Swing boarding
Wakesurfing
Bodyboarding
Riverboarding
Skimboarding
Wakeboarding
Kneeboarding
Boules[edit]
Lawn bowler Tim MasonMain article: Boules
Bocce
Boccia
Boßeln
Boule lyonnaise
Bowls
Curling
Ice stock sport
Klootschieten
Pétanque
Shuffleboard
Varpa
Bowling[edit]Main article: Bowling
Candlepin bowling
Duckpin bowling
Five-pin bowling
Skittles (sport)
Ten-pin bowling
Marbles games
Lawn bowling
Catch games[edit]Curving
Dodgeball
Ga-ga
Hexball
Keep Away
Kin-Ball
Prisoner Ball
Rundown (aka Pickle)
Yukigassen
Frookies
Climbing[edit]
CanyoningMain article: Climbing
Rock Climbing
Sport climbing
Abseiling
Bouldering
Canyoning (Canyoneering)
Mountaineering
Hiking
Rope Climbing
Ice Climbing
Pole climbing
Coasteering
Cycling[edit]
A Track Cycling RaceMain article: Cycling
Sports using bicycles or unicycles. Bicycle[edit]Main article: Bicycle
Artistic cycling
Bicycle Motocross or BMX
Bobrun cycling
Freestyle BMX
Cyclo-cross
Cross-country mountain biking
Road bicycle racing
Track cycling
Cycle speedway
Downhill mountain biking
Freeride mountain biking
Dirt jumping
Skibob[edit]Skibobbing
Unicycle[edit]Main article: Unicycle
Unicycling
Mountain unicycling
Unicycle trials
Unicycle hockey
Unicycle basketball
Combat sports: Wrestling & Martial arts[edit]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[edit]Main article: Grappling
Two men compete in Freestyle wrestling.A Bracciuta
A Brazzos
Aba Guresi
Aiki-jūjutsu
Aikido
Kinomichi
Jujutsu
Judo
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sambo (martial art)
Sumo
Wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Freestyle wrestling
FILA Grappling
Folk wrestling
Boli Khela
Dumog
Glima
Kurash
Lancashire wrestling
Catch wrestling
Malla-yuddha
Mongolian wrestling
Pehlwani
Schwingen
Shuai Jiao
Ssireum
Varzesh-e Pahlavani
Yağlı Güreş
Greek wrestling
Striking[edit]Main article: Strike (attack)
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[edit]Further information: Mixed martial arts
Ground fighting in MMA.Adi Murai
Amateur Pankration
Baguazhang
Bando
Bartitsu
Bujinkan
Hapkido
Hwa Rang Do
Jeet Kune Do
Kajukenbo
Kalarippayattu
Krav Maga
K*k Sool Won
MCMAP
Northern Praying Mantis
Ninjutsu
Pankration
Pencak Silat
Sanshou
Shidokan
Shoot boxing
Shootfighting
Shorinji Kempo
Systema
T'ai chi ch'uan
Vajra-mushti
Vale tudo
Mixed martial arts
Vovinam
Xingyiquan
Weapons[edit]
Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry, China
Two kendōka.Axe throwing
Battōjutsu
Boffer Fighting
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)
Skirmish[edit]Airsoft
Laser tag
Paintball
Cue sports[edit]
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
Equine Sports[edit]
Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007Sports using a horse. Buzkashi
Barrel Racing
Campdrafting
Charreada
Chilean rodeo
Cross Country
Dressage
Endurance riding
English Pleasure
Equitation
Eventing
Equestrian vaulting
Gymkhana
Harness racing
Horse racing
Horseball
Hunter
Hunter-jumpers
Polo
Pato
Reining
Rodeo
Show Jumping
Steeplechase
Team penning
Tent pe***ng
Western Pleasure
Fishing[edit]Main article: Fishing
Angling
Big-game fishing
Casting
Noodling
Spearfishing
Sport fishing
Surf fishing
Rock fishing
Fly Fishing
Kite Fishing
Flying disc sports[edit]
Australia vs Canada ultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate CanadaMain article: Flying disc games
Disc dog
Disc golf
Disc golf (urban)
Dodge disc
Durango boot
Double disc court
Flutterguts
Freestyle
Freestyle competition
Fricket (aka disc cricket, cups, suzy sticks and crispy wickets)
Friskee
Goaltimate
Guts (game)
Hot box
Ringo
Ultimate (sport)
Football family[edit]
Football player Lionel Messi shoots from just outside the Manchester United penalty area during the 2009 UEFA Champions League FinalMain article: Football
Ancient games
Chinlone
Cuju
Episkyros
Harpastum
Kemari
Ki-o-rahi
Marn Grook
Woggabaliri
Yubi lakpi
Association football
Crab soccer
Jorkyball
Paralympic football
Powerchair Football
Reduced variants
Five-a-side football
Beach soccer
Futebol de Salão
Futsal
Papi fut
Indoor soccer
Masters Football
Street football
Cubbies
Freestyle football
Keepie uppie
Swamp football
Three sided 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
Arena football
Nine-man football
Six-man football
Sprint football
Touch football
Canadian football
Street football (American)
Hybrid codes
Austus
Football tennis
Footvolley
International rules football
Kickball
Kronum
Matball
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
Snow rugby
Golf[edit]Main article: Golf
Match play
Skins game
Stroke play
Team play
Fourball
Foursome
Shotgun start
Speed golf
Miniature golf
Gymnastics[edit]
Trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett at 2008 Canadian National ChampionshipsMain article: Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Balance Beam
Floor
High Bar
Parallel Bars
Pommel Horse
Still Rings
Uneven Bars
Vault
Majorette
Juggling
Rhythmic gymnastics
Ball
Club
Hoop
Ribbon
Rope
Rope jumping
Sports acrobatics
Sports aerobics
Slacklining
Trampolining
Trapeze
Flying trapeze
Static trapeze
Power Tumbling
Group Gymnastics
Tricking
Handball Family[edit]
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[edit]Main article: Hunting
Sometimes considered blood sports. Beagling
Big game hunting
Deer hunting
Fox hunting
Hare coursing
Wolf hunting
Kite Sports[edit]Kite buggy
Kite fighting
Kite landboarding
Kitesurfing
Parasailing
Snow kiting
Sport kite (Stunt kite)
Mixed discipline[edit]
The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, runningDecathlon, 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
Woodsman
Music and dance competitive sports[edit]Aerobic gymnastics
Color guard (flag spinning)
Competitive Marching band
Drum and bugle corps (modern)
Winter guard
Bagpipe competitions
competitive Dance
competitive Cheerleading
Orienteering family[edit]Geocaching
Orienteering
Rogaining
Letterboxing
Waymarking
Pilota family[edit]
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[edit]Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects. People playing matkot, a form of beach tennis, in Tel Aviv. Justine Henin, a Tennis player.Badminton
Ball badminton
Basque pelota
Frontenis
Jai alai
Beach tennis
Matkot
Fives
Lacrosse
Paddleball
Paddle tennis
Padel tennis
Pickleball
Pitton
Paleta Frontón
Pelota mixteca
Qianball
Racquetball
Racquets
Racketlon
Real tennis
Soft tennis
Speed-ball
Speedminton
Squash (Squash racquets)
Hardball squash
Squash tennis
Stické
Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
Tennis
Tennis Polo
Xare
Remote control[edit]Model Aerobatics
RC Racing
Robot combat
Slot car racing
Running[edit]
200 meters sprintMain article: Running
Endurance
Cross-country running
Half marathon
Marathon
Sky Race
Tower running
Ultramarathon
Sprint (race)
Hurdles
Sailing[edit]
WindsurfingMain article: Sailing
Ice yachting
Land sailing
Land windsurfing
Sailing
Windsurfing
Kiteboarding
Land Kiteboarding
Dinghy sailing
Snow sports[edit]Ice Hockey
Skiing[edit]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[edit]
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[edit]Main article: Shooting sports
Sports using a firearm. Clay pigeon shooting
S***t shooting
Trap shooting
Sporting clays
Target shooting
Field target
Fullbore target rifle
High Power Rifle
Benchrest shooting
Military Service Rifle
Metallic silhouette
Practical shooting
Cowboy Action Shooting
Stacking[edit]Sport stacking
Stick and ball games[edit]Cammag
Composite rules shinty-hurling
Cricket
Hockey
Ball hockey
Bando
Bandy
Rink bandy
Broomball
Moscow broomball
Field Hockey
Indoor field hockey
Floorball
Ice hockey
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for positionRingette
Pond hockey
Power hockey
Underwater ice hockey
Roller hockey
Inline hockey
Roller hockey (Quad)
Skater hockey
Rossall Hockey
Sledge hockey
Street hockey
Underwater 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
You.Fo
Hornussen
Street Tricks[edit]Free running
Freestyle Football
Tricking
Powerbocking
Calisthenics
Tag games[edit]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[edit]Airolo-Chasso
Hiking
Backpacking (wilderness)
Race Walking
Bushwhacking
Wall-and-ball[edit]
A game of squashGames 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
Su***de (game)
Valencian frontó
Wallball
Wallyball
Aquatic & paddle sports[edit]These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.). Main article: Water sports
Further information: Outline of kayaking and canoeing
Canoeing[edit]Canoeing
Outrigger canoeing
Kayaking[edit]Main article: Kayaking
Creeking
Flyak
Freeboating
Royaking
Sea kayaking
Sq**rt Boating
Surf Kayaking
Whitewater kayaking
Rafting[edit]
RaftingRafting
White water rafting
Rowing[edit]Rowing (sport)
Gig racing
Coastal and ocean rowing
Surfboat
Single scull
Other paddling sports[edit]Dragon boat racing
Greece - Hungary Water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)
Ball sports[edit]Surface[edit]Water Polo
Canoe Polo
Michael Phelps swimming breaststroke at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix.Underwater[edit]Underwater football
Underwater rugby
Competitive swimming[edit]Main article: Competitive swimming
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly stroke
Freestyle swimming
Individual Medley
Synchronized swimming
Medley relay
Kindred activities[edit]Bifins (finswimming)
Surface finswimming
Subsurface and recreational[edit]Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving
Apnoea finswimming
Aquathlon (underwater wrestling)
Freediving
Immersion finswimming
Scuba Diving
Snorkelling
Sport diving (sport)
Underwater hockey
Underwater orienteering
Underwater photography (sport)
Underwater target shooting
Diving[edit]Main article: Diving
Other[edit]Logrolling
Weightlifting[edit]
North Korean weightlifter Pak Hyon-Suk performing the sn**ch, one of the two lifts in the sport of Olympic weightlifting.Main articles: Olympic weightlifting and Powerlifting
Basque traditional weightlifting
Highland Games
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Strength athletics (strongman)
Steinstossen
Motorized sports[edit]Auto racing[edit]
The start of a Formula One race in 2008Main article: Auto racing
Aquakart
Autocross (aka Slalom)
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
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
Snowmobile racing
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[disambiguation needed]
Wheelstand competition
Motorboat racing[edit]Main article: Offshore powerboat racing
Drag boat racing
F1 Powerboat Racing
Hydroplane racing
Jet sprint boat racing
Offshore powerboat racing
Personal water craft
Motorcycle racing[edit]
MotoGP racingMain 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
Ice speedway
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
Free-style moto
ATV racing[edit]
ATV racing on a motocross trackMain article: All-terrain vehicle competition
ATV Racing
ATV Off-road racing
ATV Enduro
Other[edit]Stihl Timbersports Series
Mind sports[edit]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. 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[edit]Main articles: Card Games and List of card games
Other[edit]Debating
Cheerleading
Speedcubing[edit]Speedcubing
2x2x2
3x3x3
4x4x4
5x5x5
6x6x6
7x7x7
Strategy board games[edit]
A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, ChinaMain article: Board Games
Checkers
Chinese Checkers
Diplomacy
Dominoes
Draughts
Go
Go-Moku
Jacquet
Mancala
Mahjong
Sogo (Score four)
Stratego
Sudoku
Competitive video games[edit]Main article: Electronic sports
Although there is some disagreement, some consider playing competitive video games a mind sport and in some cases a team sport. Dota 2
Starcraft: Brood War
League of Legends
Different classification[edit]potentially other sports are listed here. Air sports[edit]Banzai skydiving
Bungee jumping
Hot air ballooning
Animal sports[edit]See also: Animals in sport
Bull riding
Bull fighting
Dog sports
Dog Racing
Camel racing
Ferret legging
Hamster racing
Pigeon sport
Rattlesnake Round-Up
Pig racing
See Sports
See
Athletics (track and field)[edit]
Pole vaultSteeplechase
Cross-Country
Jumping
Triple jump
Long jump
High jump
Pole vault
Throwing
Axe throwing
Discus
Hammer throw
Javelin
Atlatl
Shot put
Electronic sports[edit]Sports played using electronic devices. Combat robot
Radio-control vehicles
Geo caching
Contesting
Gaming (e-Sports)
Endurance sports[edit]Running
Swimming
Rowing
Wheelchair racing
Wood chopping
Cross-country skiing
Skating sports[edit]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
Short track speed skating
Skater hockey
Speed skating
Synchronized skating
Snowsports[edit]
A snowboarder and a skier
A ski jumper using the V-style
Freestyle skiingSnowboarding
Ski flying
Skibob
Boardercross
Freestyle snowboarding
Snowshoeing
Skiboarding
See
Strength sports[edit]Sports mainly based on sheer power. Arm WrestlingOlympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Arm Wrestling
Thumb wrestling
Toe wrestling
Tug-o-war
Wood chopping
Wood splitting
Zourkhaneh
Tables sports[edit]Air hockey
Backgammon
Connect Four
Cue sports
Draughts (aka checkers)
Dominoes
Janggi
Mahjong (aka Taipei)
Reversi (aka Othello)
Shogi
Scrabble
Subbuteo
Table football
Table Tennis (aka Ping Pong)
Table hockey
Xiangqi
Target sports[edit]Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target. Archery
Axe throwing
Calva
Croquet
Cue sports
Darts
Golf
Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing)
Knife throwing
Kubb
Lawn bowls
Matball
Pall mall
Pétanque
Shooting
Trugo
Skittles
Skee ball
Pitch and putt
Woodball
Team sports[edit]Sports that involve teams. Match of Lacrosse
Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack World Championships, Hayward, Wisconsin, 2007.Basketball family
Bat and ball games
Bowling
Basque pelota
Bunnock
Camogie
Football family
Gateball
Handball
Hockey family
Horseshoe
Kickball
Lacrosse
Mesoamerican ballgame
Muggle Quidditch[2]
Polo
Paintball
Sepak Takraw
Tennis Polo
Ultimate (sport)
Underwater football
Woodsman
Volleyball
Windsports[edit]Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Kite flying
parachuting
Fictional sports[edit]Main article: List of fictional games
Calvinball
Quidditch
Miscellaneous sports[edit]
LogrollingCompetitive eating
Egg and spoon race
Extreme ironing
Footbag (hacky sack)
Haggis hurling
Lumberjack sports
Aizkolaritza
Axe throwing
Logrolling
Wood chopping
Wood splitting
Patball
Ringette
Sack race
Soap shoes
Speed typing
Tennikoit
Tetherball
Three-legged race
Wallball
See also[edit]List of types of games
Team sport
References[edit]1.Jump up ^ How many sports are there in the world? (Archived July 23, 2010 at the Wayback Machine). See ISBN 9780760316825.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.internationalquidditch.org/teams/
External links[edit]Sports Directory
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