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List of sports

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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

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Cheerleading

Air sports

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Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.
Wingsuit flying

Animal sports

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Bovines

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Recortes

Dog sports

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Agility running

Sports in which dogs participate.

Equines

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Sports using a horse.

Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007

Fishing

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Hunting

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Sometimes considered blood sports.

Rodeo-originated

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

Barrel racing

Others

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Athletics

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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

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Throwing

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Running

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Combined

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Ball games

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Bat-and-ball games (safe haven games)

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

Major Bat and ball games
Baseball
Cricket
Baseball-like (roundball)
Cricket-like
Longball
Other games

Billiards

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Cue sports

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Cue sports main families
Carom
pool
Snooker

Ground billiards

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Croquet

Boules sports

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

Lawn bowls

Bowling

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Bowling

Dodgeball

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Dodgeball

Golf

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Sports which score is counted in reference to par

Golf player using a putter to score

Invasion games

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Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball

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

Football

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Main football codes
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
Historical
Modern codes

Handball

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Indoor handball

Stick and Ball

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Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals.

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

Other goal sports

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Cycle ball

Net and wall games

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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:
Volleyball.
Tennis
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
One-wall handball
Games that use both walls and net:
Padbol
Games that use neither walls nor net:
Crossminton

Pilota family

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Valencian pilota.

Racket (or racquet) sports

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  • Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)
Sports that use a netted racket
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Badminton
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
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Table tennis

Other ball sports

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Yukigassen

Board sports

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

Skateboarding
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii

Climbing

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Canyoning

Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts

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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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Grappling match
Two men compete in freestyle wrestling.

Striking

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A kick in kickboxing.

Mixed or hybrid

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Ground fighting in MMA.

Weapons

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Sabre
Foil
Epee
Valid targets in each fencing disciplines
Armored combat mass battle
Bayonet techniques
Paintball

Other

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Exercising

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Pilates

Flying disc sports

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

Gymnastics

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Artistic gymnastics apparatuses
Balance beam
Uneven bars
Floor
Vault
Horizontal bar
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Still rings
Rhythmic gymnastics apparatuses
Ball
Clubs
Hoop
Ribbon
Rope

Kite sports

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Motorsports

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Sports involving manned motorized vehicles

Aircraft

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Aerobatic maneuver

Motorboat

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Formula 1 motorboat

Terrestrial vehicles

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Automobile

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The start of a Formula One race in 2008

Motorcycle

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MotoGP racing

Others

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ATV racing on a motocross track

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.

Pedal vehicle

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Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals

Cycling

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Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

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A track cycling Race

Quadracycle

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Tricycle

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Unicycle

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Mountain unicycle

Watercraft

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  • Pedal boat racing

Racing

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Shooting sports

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Archery

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Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.

Gun sports

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

Individual

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Skeet shooting

Athletic hybrid

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Laser-run

Skirmish

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Skating sports

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Inline figure skating

Snow sports

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Skiing

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A ski jumper using the V-style
Freestyle skiing

Sled sports

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Bobsled

Stacking

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Strength sports

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Tag games

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Kabaddi

Walking

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Water sports

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

Aquatic ball sports

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Surface

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Water polo

Underwater

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Competitive swimming

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Swimming strokes
Back crawl
Breaststroke
Fly
Front crawl

Kindred activities

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Diving

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Subsurface and recreational

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Snorkeling

Non motorized vehicles

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Paddling sports

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Canoeing and kayaking
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Rafting
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Rafting
Rowing
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Other paddling sports
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Sailing

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Windsurfing

Weightlifting

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Weightlifting

Mixed discipline

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Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.

The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running
Balls of the sports that are part of Rackleton

Mind sports

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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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Bridge

Combination puzzle

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Dogic

Competitive model sports

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RC aircraft

Remote control

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Esports

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0 A.D. a real-time strategy game

Strategy board games

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Chaturanga and its main derivatives
A game of Monopoly

Fantasy sports

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Other

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Both physical and mind

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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

Beach tennis

Compromise rules

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Electronic sports

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Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

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Ice sports

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Speed skating

Marker sports

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Parasports

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Visual impaired

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Goalball

Wheelchair sports

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Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

Wheelchair rugby

Other

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Sitting volleyball

Snow sports

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A snowboarder and a skier

Street sports

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Strength sports

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Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm wrestling

Tabletop games

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Tabletop sports

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Air hockey

Target sports

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

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

Team sports

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Sports that involve teams.

Hurling

Windsports

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Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

By retribution

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Fictional sports

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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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  13. ↑ Wood, Robert (2012-12-01). "360Ball - a cool new sport". Topend Sports. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  14. ↑ "Homegrown hybrid sport of squash and volleyball thrives in rival towns". Abc.net.au. Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
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