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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.[1]

Acrobatic arts

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Main article: List of acrobatic activities

Air sports

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

Athletics

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Pole vaul
Main article: Sport of athletics
Main article: Track and field

Jumping

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Throwing

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Running

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200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

Combined

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Ball games

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Main article: List of ball games

Bat-and-ball games

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Main article: Bat-and-ball games
 
 
The two major Bat and ball games, from top-bottom: Baseball and Cricket.
Baseball like

Cricket like

Schlagball like

Other games

Dodgeball family

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Main article: Dodgeball

Golf

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Main article: Golf
 
Golf player using a putter to score

Invasion games

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Main article: Goal (sport)

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball family

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

Football family

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

Handball family

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

Stick and ball family

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

Net and wall games

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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 family

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Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sports

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Sports that use a netted racket
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Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
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Billiards

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Cue sports

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Main article: Cue sports
 
 
 
The three main family of Cue sports, from top-bottom: Carom, Pocket billards and Snooker.

Ground billiards

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Main article: Ground billiards

Board sports

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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.

Boules sports

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Main article: Boules

Bowling

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Main article: Bowling

Climbing

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Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

Cycling

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A track cycling Race
Main article: Cycle sport

Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

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Main article: Bicycle

Quadracycle

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Skibob

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Tricycle

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Unicycle

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Main article: Unicycle

Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts

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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.

Grappling

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Main article: Grappling
 
Two men compete in freestyle wrestling.

Striking

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

Mixed or hybrid

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Further information: Hybrid martial arts
 
Ground fighting in MMA.

Weapons and kicking

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

Other

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Main article: Blood sport

Flying disc sports

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

Gymnastics

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

Kite sports

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Mixed discipline

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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.

Motorsports

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Main article: Motorsport

Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles

Air racing

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Main article: Air racing

ATV racing

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ATV racing on a motocross track

Auto racing

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

Motorboat racing

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Main article: Offshore powerboat racing

Motorcycle racing

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MotoGP racing
Main article: Motorcycle racing

Orienteering

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Parkour/Freerunning

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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.

Snow sports

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Skiing

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A ski jumper using the V-style
 
Freestyle skiing
Main article: Skiing

Sled sports

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

Shooting sports

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Main article: Shooting sports

Archery

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

Gun sports

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

Individual

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Athletic hybrid

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Skirmish

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Stacking

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Street sports

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Strength sports

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Tag games

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Main article: Tag (game) § Variants

Walking

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Water sports

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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

Paddling sports

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Canoeing

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Kayaking

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Main article: Kayaking

Rafting

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Rafting

Rowing

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Other paddling sports

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Sailing

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Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

Aquatic ball sports

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

Surface

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Underwater

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Competitive swimming

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Main article: Competitive swimming

Kindred activities

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Subsurface and recreational

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Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving

Diving

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Weightlifting

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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

Overlapping sports

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Sports falling into two or more categories.

Sports involving animals

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Main article: Animals in sport

Dog sports

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Sports in which dogs participate.

Main article: List of dog sports

Equestrian sports

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

Sports using a horse.

Fishing

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Main article: Fishing

Hunting

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Main article: Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Rodeo-originated

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Main article: Rodeo

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

Mind sports

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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

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Main articles: Card game and List of card games

Esports

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Main articles: Esports and List of esports games

Speedcubing

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Strategy board games

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

Other

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Competitive model sports

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Remote control

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Different classification

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Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

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Beach sports

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Versions of sports played on sand

Electronic sports

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Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

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Ice sports

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Marker sports

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Skating sports

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Snow sports

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A snowboarder and a skier

See #Skiing

Strength sports

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Arm wrestling

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Table sports

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Target sports

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

Team sports

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Match of lacrosse

Sports that involve teams.

Wheelchair sports

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Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

Windsports

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Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sports

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Main article: List of fictional games § Sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

Miscellaneous sports

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Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack World Championships, Hayward, Wisconsin, 2007.
 
Logrolling

See also

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References

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  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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