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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.[1]


Acrobatic sportsEdit

Main article: List of acrobatic activities


Air sportsEdit

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

ArcheryEdit

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

Board sportsEdit

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

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Catching gamesEdit

ClimbingEdit

 
Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

CyclingEdit

 
A track cycling Race
Main article: Cycle sport

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

BicycleEdit

Main article: Bicycle

SkibobEdit

UnicycleEdit

Main article: Unicycle

Combat sports: wrestling and martial artsEdit

Main articles: Combat sport and Martial arts

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

GrapplingEdit

Main article: Grappling
 
Two men compete in freestyle wrestling.

StrikingEdit

Main article: Strike (attack)
 
A kick in kickboxing.

Mixed or hybridEdit

Further information: Hybrid martial arts
 
Ground fighting in MMA.

WeaponsEdit

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

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OtherEdit

Main article: Blood sport

Flying disc sportsEdit

 
Australia vs Canada ultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate Canada
Main article: Flying disc games

GymnasticsEdit

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

Competitive yogaEdit

Main article: Competitive yoga

Ice sportsEdit

Kite sportsEdit

Mixed disciplineEdit

 
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 familyEdit

Parkour/FreerunningEdit

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.

RunningEdit

 
200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

SailingEdit

 
Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

Snow sportsEdit

SkiingEdit

Main article: Skiing

Sled sportsEdit

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

Shooting sportsEdit

Main article: Shooting sports

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

IndividualEdit

Athletic hybridEdit

SkirmishEdit

StackingEdit

Street sportsEdit

Strength sportsEdit

Tag gamesEdit

Main article: Tag (game) § Variants

WalkingEdit

Aquatic and paddle sportsEdit

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

For a more comprehensive list, see List of water sports.
Further information: Outline of kayaking and canoeing

CanoeingEdit

KayakingEdit

Main article: Kayaking

RaftingEdit

 
Rafting

RowingEdit

Other paddling sportsEdit

 
Greece – Hungary water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)

Aquatic ball sportsEdit

SurfaceEdit

UnderwaterEdit

Competitive swimmingEdit

Main article: Competitive swimming

Kindred activitiesEdit

Subsurface and recreationalEdit

Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving

DivingEdit

WeightliftingEdit

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

MotorsportsEdit

Main article: Motorsport

Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles

Auto racingEdit

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

Motorboat racingEdit

Main article: Offshore powerboat racing

Motorcycle racingEdit

 
MotoGP racing
Main article: Motorcycle racing

ATV racingEdit

 
ATV racing on a motocross track

Marker sportsEdit

Overlapping sportsEdit

Sports falling into two or more categories.

OtherEdit

Sports involving animalsEdit

Main article: Animals in sport

Dog sportsEdit

Sports in which dogs participate.

Main article: List of dog sports

Equestrian sportsEdit

 
Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007
Main article: List of equestrian sports

Sports using a horse.

FishingEdit

Main article: Fishing

HuntingEdit

Main article: Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Rodeo-originatedEdit

Main article: Rodeo

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

Ball gamesEdit

Main article: List of ball games

Bat-and-ball gamesEdit

Main article: Bat-and-ball games
 
Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire in baseball

Invasion gamesEdit

Main article: Goal (sport)

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball familyEdit

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

Football familyEdit

Main article: Football
 
Tyrone try for a goal against Westmeath in a Gaelic football match

Handball familyEdit

 
A 7-meter throw in Handball.
Main article: Handball

Stick and ball familyEdit

HockeyEdit
 
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position
Hurling and shintyEdit
 
Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league game
LacrosseEdit
PoloEdit

Net and wall gamesEdit

Main article: 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 familyEdit

 
Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sportsEdit

Sports that use a netted racketEdit

Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddleEdit

Mind sportsEdit

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 gamesEdit

Main articles: Card game and List of card games

EsportsEdit

Main articles: Esports and List of esports games

SpeedcubingEdit

Strategy board gamesEdit

 
A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China
Main articles: Board Games and List of board games

OtherEdit

Competitive model sportsEdit

Remote controlEdit

Different classificationEdit

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sportsEdit

Athletics (track and field)Edit

 
Pole vault

Electronic sportsEdit

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sportsEdit

Skating sportsEdit

SnowsportsEdit

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

See #Skiing

Strength sportsEdit

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

 
Arm wrestling

Table sportsEdit

Target sportsEdit

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

Cue sportsEdit

 
Pool balls
 
Snooker.
Main article: Cue sports

GolfEdit

Main article: Golf

Team sportsEdit

Sports that involve teams.

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

WindsportsEdit

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sportsEdit

Main article: List of fictional games § Sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

Miscellaneous sportsEdit

 
Logrolling

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Lipoński, Wojciech (2003). "Introduction". World Sports Encyclopedia. Ozgraf. ISBN 0760316821 – via Internet Archive. Former reference version, How many sports are there in the world? ("World Sports Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)). See ISBN 9780760316825.
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