Outline of sports

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A sport is a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sports:

Contents

[edit] Types of sport

[edit] Physical sports

[edit] Archery

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

[edit] Auto racing

Main article: Auto racing

[edit] Ballooning

Main article: Ballooning

[edit] Bat-and-ball

Main article: Bat-and-ball

[edit] Board sports

Main article: Board sports

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

Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London.
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii

[edit] Boules

Lawn bowler Tim Mason
Main article: Boules

[edit] Bowling

Main article: Bowling

[edit] Catch games

[edit] Climbing

Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

[edit] Cheerleading

Main article: Cheerleading

[edit] Cycling

A Track Cycling Race
Main article: Cycling

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

[edit] Bicycle
Main article: Bicycle
[edit] Skibob
[edit] Unicycle
Main article: Unicycle

[edit] Combat sports

Main article: Combat sports

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

[edit] Grappling
[edit] Skirmish
[edit] Weapons
[edit] Striking
[edit] Mixed or hybrid

[edit] Competitive aerobatics

Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.
[edit] Powered
[edit] Unpowered

[edit] Cue sports

Main article: Cue sports

[edit] Dance

Three ballet dancers performing a grand jeté jump
Modern dance
Main article: Outline of dance

[edit] Equine Sports

Main article: Equestrianism

Sports using a horse.

Barrel racing

[edit] Fishing

Main article: Fishing

[edit] Flying disc sports

Main article: Flying disc games

[edit] Football family

Main article: Football

[edit] Gymnastics

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

[edit] Handball Family

Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Main article: Team handball

Handball games often have similarities to racquet or catch games.

[edit] Hockey family

Main article: Hockey

[edit] Hunting

Main article: Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

[edit] Kite Sports

[edit] Mixed discipline

The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running

[edit] Motorboat racing

Main article: Motorboat racing

[edit] Motorcycle racing

Main article: Motorcycle racing

Free Style Moto

[edit] Orienteering family

[edit] Paddle sports

[edit] Canoeing
[edit] Kayaking
Main article: Kayaking
[edit] Rafting
Rafting
[edit] Rowing

[edit] Parachuting

Wingsuit flying
Main article: Parachuting

[edit] Polo

[edit] Racquet (or racket) sports

Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects.

[edit] Radiosport

Main article: Radiosport

Sports using a radio

[edit] Remote control

[edit] Running

200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

[edit] Sailing

Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

[edit] Skiing

Main article: Skiing

[edit] Sled sports

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

[edit] Shooting sports

Main article: Shooting sports

Sports using a firearm.

[edit] Stacking

[edit] Street Stunts

[edit] Tag games

Kabbadi match in progress
Main article: Tag games

[edit] Walking

Greece - Hungary Water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples, Italy)

[edit] Wall-and-ball

Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipmet, or merely gloved/barehanded.

A game of squash

[edit] Water sports

Main article: Water sports
[edit] Ball Sports
Michael Phelps swimming breaststroke at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix.
[edit] Competitive swimming
Main article: Competitive swimming
[edit] Subsurface & recreational

[edit] Weightlifting

Main articles: Olympic weightlifting and Powerlifting

[edit] 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.


[edit] Card Games

Main articles: Card Games and List of card games

[edit] Other

[edit] Speedcubing

[edit] Strategy Board Games

A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China

[edit] Competitive Video Games

Video Games are a sport just not a physical sport. I.E Major League Gaming

The sport video games are considered 'E-Sport'.

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Air sports

[edit] Animal sports

Chilean rodeo

[edit] Athletics (track and field)

Pole vault

[edit] Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

[edit] Endurance sports

[edit] Miscellaneous sports

[edit] Skating sports

[edit] Snowsports

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

[edit] Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Arm Wrestling

[edit] Tables sports

Chess
Pool balls

[edit] Target sports

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

[edit] Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

Football player Lionel Messi shoots from just outside the Manchester United penalty area during the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final

[edit] Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

[edit] History of sports

Main article: History of sports

[edit] General sports concepts

[edit] Sports governing bodies

Main article: Sports governing bodies
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World governing bodies of various notable sports:

[edit] See also

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[edit] Sports-related lists

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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