List of sports

The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category.

According to the World Sports Encyclopedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous. Sport includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which,[1] through casual or organized participation, at least in part aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.[2] Sports can bring positive results to one's physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a match) is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. sports and sporting games.[1]

Physical sports

Acro sports

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

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

Ball-over-net games
An international match of volleyball.

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

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

Baton twirling

Color guard

Board sports
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.

Catching games

Climbing
Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

Cycling
A track cycling Race
Main article: Cycle sport

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

Bicycle
Main article: Bicycle

Skibob

Unicycle
Main article: Unicycle

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

Cue sports
Pool balls
Snooker.
Main article: Cue sports

Dog sports

Sports using a dog.

Main article: List of dog sports

Equestrian sports
Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007

Sports using a horse.


Fishing
Main article: Fishing

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

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

Golf
Main article: Golf

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

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

Hunting
Main article: Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Ice sports

Kite sports

Mixed discipline
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 family

Pilota family
Valencian pilota.

Parkour/Freerunnning

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.

Racket (or racquet) sports

Racket sports are games in which players use rackets to hit a ball or other object. However, this list is broader and includes sport disciplines where players use not rackets but paddles (hand-held frame with flat boards or planks instead of strings).

Carolina Marín, a badminton player
David Palmer and Tom Richards, two squash players
Uładzimir Samsonaŭ, a table tennis player
Justine Henin, a tennis player

Remote control

Rodeo-originated

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

Running
200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

Sailing
Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

Skiing
Main article: Skiing

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

Shooting sports
Main article: Shooting sports

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

Individual

Athletic hybrid

Skirmish

Stacking

Stick and ball games

Hockey
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position

Hurling and shinty
Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league game

Lacrosse

Polo

Street sports

Strength sports

Tag games
Main article: Tag games

Walking

Wall-and-ball
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.

Aquatic & paddle sports

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

Main article: Water sports

Canoeing

Kayaking
Main article: Kayaking

Rafting
Rafting

Rowing

Other paddling sports
Greece – Hungary water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)
Surface
Michael Phelps swimming breaststroke at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix.


Underwater

Competitive swimming
Main article: Competitive swimming
Kindred activities

Subsurface and recreational
Main articles: Underwater sports and Recreational diving

Diving

Weightlifting
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

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

Motorboat racing
Main article: Offshore powerboat racing

Motorcycle racing
MotoGP racing
Main article: Motorcycle racing

ATV racing
ATV racing on a motocross track

Marker sports

Fantasy sports

Sports seen in movies, literature, etc.

  • Quidditch
  • Hunger Games (Gladiating)
  • Whack-bat (Fantastic Mr. Fox)
  • Blitzball (Final Fantasy)
  • Calvinball

Other

Overlapping sports

Sports falling into two or more categories.

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

Other

E-sports

Speedcubing

Strategy board games
A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China
Main article: Board Games

Competitive model sports

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Athletics (track and field)
Pole vault

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Endurance sports

Goal sports
Main article: Goal (sport)

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Skating sports

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

See #Skiing

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm wrestling

Table sports

Target sports

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

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

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

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Fictional sports

Miscellaneous sports
Logrolling

See also

References
  1. How many sports are there in the world?] ("Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)). See ISBN 9780760316825.
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