List of sports

The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenous sports and sporting games.[1]

Acrobatic arts

Main article: List of acrobatic activities
Cheerleading

Air sports

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

Animal sports

Main article: Animals in sport

Bovines

Recortes

Dog sports

Main article: List of dog sports

Sports in which dogs participate.

Equines

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

Sports using a horse.

Fishing

Main article: Fishing

Hunting

Main article: Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Rodeo-originated

Main article: Rodeo
Barrel racing

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

Others

Athletics

Main articles: Sport of athletics and Track and field
Long jump
Triple jump
High jump
Pole vault
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Shot put
Hammer throw
100 meters
110 meters hurdles
The three activities in Track and field, from top-bottom rows: jumping, throwing and running.

Jumping

Throwing

Running

Main article: Running

Combined

Ball games

Main article: List of ball games

Bat-and-ball games (safe haven games)

Main article: Bat-and-ball games

Games in which the objective of the offensive team is to reach safe havens to score runs, and of the defense to prevent it.

The two major Bat and ball games, from top-bottom: Baseball and Cricket.
Baseball like (roundball)
Cricket like
Longball
Other games

Billiards

Cue sports

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

Ground billiards

Main article: Ground billiards

Boules sports

Main article: Boules
Lawn bowls

Games which the objective is to throw, roll or slide balls as closely as possible to a jack or target.

Bowling

Main article: Bowling
Bowling

Dodgeball family

Main article: Dodgeball

Golf

Main article: Golf

Sports which score is counted in reference to par

Golf player using a putter to score

Invasion games

Main article: Goal (sport)

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

Main article: Football
Association football (soccer)
Association football (beach)
Association football (Futsal)
Gridiron football (American)
Gridiron football (Flag)
Rugby football (League)
Rugby football (Union)
Australian rules football
Gaelic football
International rules football
Several codes of football
Historical
Modern codes

Handball family

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

Stick and ball family

Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals.

Hockey
Main article: Hockey
Field hockey
Indoor hockey
Beach hockey
Roller hockey (inline)
Roller hockey (quad)
Ice hockey
Bandy
Bandy (Rink)
Unicycle hockey
Floorball
Some hockey variants
Hurling and shinty
Lacrosse
Main article: Lacrosse
Field
Box
Women
Intercrosse
Lacrosse variants
Polo
Main article: Polo
A polo player.

Other goal sports

Cycle ball

Net and wall games

Main article: Net and wall games

Sports when players/teams score whenever the opponent fails to return validly the possession of ball/bird back.

Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely the body:

An international match of volleyball.

Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls or any rebounding surface using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

A game of squash

Games that use both walls and net

Pilota family

Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sports

See also: List of racket sports
  • Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)
Sports that use a netted racket
Tennis
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
Table tennis

Other ball sports

Board sports

Main article: Board sports
Skateboarding
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii

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

Climbing

Main article: Climbing
Canyoning

Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts

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

Main article: Grappling
Two men compete in freestyle wrestling.

Striking

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

Mixed or hybrid

Further information: Hybrid martial arts
Ground fighting in MMA.

Weapons

Two kendōka.
Paintball

Other

Main article: Blood sport

Flying disc sports

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

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics
Balance beam
Uneven bars
Floor
Vault
Horizontal bar
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Still rings
Artistic gymnastics apparatuses
Rhythmic gymnastics apparatuses, from left-right: ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon and rope.

Kite sports

Mixed discipline

See also: Multisport race
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

Main article: Motorsport

Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles

Air racing

Main article: Air racing

Motorboat racing

Main article: Offshore powerboat racing
Formula 1 motorboat

Terrestrial vehicles

Automobile

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

Motorcycle

Main article: Motorcycle sport
MotoGP racing

Others

ATV racing on a motocross track

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.

Pedal vehicle

Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals

Cycling

Main article: Cycle sport

Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

Main article: Bicycle
A track cycling Race

Quadracycle

Tricycle

Unicycle

Main article: Unicycle
Mountain unicycle

Watercraft

  • Pedal boat racing

Racing

Shooting sports

Main article: Shooting sports

Archery

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

Gun sports

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

Individual

Skeet shooting

Athletic hybrid

Laser-run

Skirmish

Skating sports

Inline figure skating

Snow sports

Skiing

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

Sled sports

Main article: Sledding
Bobsled

Stacking

Strength sports

Tag games

Main article: Tag (game) § Variants
Kabaddi

Walking

Water sports

For a more comprehensive list, see List of water sports.

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

Aquatic ball sports

Waterpolo

Surface

Underwater

Competitive swimming

Main article: Competitive swimming
Back crawl
Breaststroke
Fly
Front crawl
Swimming strokes

Kindred activities

Diving

Subsurface and recreational

Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving
Snorkeling

With non motorized vehicles

Paddling sports

Further information: Outline of kayaking and canoeing
Rafting
Canoeing
Kayaking
Main article: Kayaking
Rafting
Rowing
Other paddling sports

Sailing

Main article: Sailing
Windsurfing

Weightlifting

Main articles: Olympic weightlifting and Powerlifting
Weightlifting

Mind sports

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

Main articles: Card game and List of card games
Bridge

Combination puzzle

Main article: Combination puzzle
Dogic

Competitive model sports

RC aircraft

Remote control

Esports

Main articles: Esports and List of esports games
0 A.D. a real-time strategy game

Strategy board games

Main articles: Board Games and List of board games
Chaturanga, parent of many strategy board games
A game of Monopoly

Other

Both physical and mind

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Beach sports

Beach tennis

Versions of sports played on sand

Compromise rules

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

Ice sports

Speed skating

Marker sports

Snow sports

A snowboarder and a skier

Street sports

Strength sports

Arm wrestling

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Tabletop games

Main article: Tabletop game
Air hockey

Target sports

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

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

Team sports

Main article: Team sport
Hurling

Sports that involve teams.

Wheelchair sports

Wheelchair rugby

Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sports

Main article: List of fictional games § Sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

Miscellaneous sports

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

See also

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