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* [[Scrabble]] (and variants) |
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Revision as of 15:20, 9 July 2008
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The following is a list of sports, divided by category. There are many more sports to be added. This system has a disadvantage because some sports may fit in more than one category. Soccer is currently the most watched and played sport in the world.
Physical Sports By Family
Animal Fighting
Often considered blood sports animal fights are illegal in many countries.
Athletic Jumping
Auto racing
Bat-and-ball
Boardsports
Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Bowling
Catch games
Climbing
Cycling
Cycling sports using bicycles or unicycles.
Bicycle
Skibob
Unicycle
Combat sports
Combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling
Skirmish
Weapons
Striking
Mixed or hybrid
Cue sports
Dance
Equine Sports
Sports using a horse
Fishing
Flying disc sports
Flying sports
Airplane
Ballooning
Football family
Gymnastics
- Artistic gymnastics
- Cheerleading
- Competitive rope jumping
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Sports acrobatics
- Tricking
- Trampolining
Handball Family
Handball games often have similarities to racquet or catch games.
Hockey Family
- Bandy
- Field Hockey
- Hurling (The ball can be handled in this sport so it is on the periphery of the 'hockey family'.
- Ice Hockey
- Knotty
- Roller hockey
- Shinty
- Underwater hockey
Hunting
Sometimes considered blood sports.
Kite Sports
- Kite buggy
- Kite fighting
- Kite landboarding
- Kitesurfing
- Snow kiting
- Sport kite (Stunt kite)
Mixed discipline
Motorboat racing
- Drag boat racing
- F1 Powerboat Racing
- Hydroplane racing
- Jet sprint boat racing
- Offshore powerboat racing
Motorcycle racing
Orienteering family
Paddle sports
Canoeing
Kayaking
Rafting
Rowing
Parachuting
Polo
Racquet (or racket) sports
Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects.
Radiosports
Sports using a radio
Remote control
Running
Sailing
Skiing
Sled sports
Shooting sports
Sports using a firearm:
Sport Stacking
Street stunts
Swimming
Ball sports
Competitive Swimming
Diving
Underwater hockey
Synchronized swimming
Underwater Diving
Tag games
- British bulldogs (American Eagle)
- Hana Ichi Monme
- Hide and seek
- Kabaddi
- Kho kho
- Red rover
- Tag
Walking
Mind Sports by Family
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
Speedcubing
Strategy Board Games
- Backgammon
- Chess
- Checkers
- Chinese Checkers
- Draughts
- Go
- Go-Moku
- Jacquet
- Mancala
- Mahjong (Taipei)
- Sogo (Score four)
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By other
Air sports
Animal sports
Athletics (track and field)
Court sports
Other than racquet sports
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
- Combat robot
- Radio-control vehicles
- Geo caching
- Amateur Radio Direction Finding
- Contesting
- High Speed Telegraphy
Endurance sports
Miscellaneous
Motor vehicle racing
Racquet (or racket) sports
Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects.
Skating sports
Snowsports
Strength sports
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Tables sports
- Air hockey
- Backgammon
- Card games
- Chess
- Chinese Checkers
- Connect Four
- Cue sports
- Carom billiards
- Three-cushion
- Five-pins
- Balkline and straight rail
- Cushion caroms
- Four-ball (yotsudama)
- Artistic billiards
- several other variants
- Pocket billiards (pool)
- Eight-ball (and Blackball)
- Nine-ball
- Straight pool (14.1 continuous)
- One-pocket
- Three-ball
- Seven-ball
- Ten-ball
- Rotation
- Baseball pocket billiards
- Cribbage (pool)
- Bank pool
- Artistic pool
- Trick shot competition
- Speed pool
- Bowlliards
- Chicago
- Kelly pool
- Cutthroat
- Killer
- Russian pyramid
- many other variants
- Snooker
- Hybrid carom–pocket games:
- Obstacle variations
- Bagatelle
- Bar billiards
- Bumper pool
- many other (generally obsolete) variants
- Carom billiards
- Draughts (checker)
- Dominoes
- Go
- Go-Moku
- Jacquet
- Mancala
- Mahjong (Taipei)
- Reversi (Othello)
- Shogi
- Sogo
- Scrabble (and variants)
- Speedcubing
- Stratego
- Table football
- Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
- Table hockey
- Xiangqi
Target sports
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Team sports
Sports that involve teams.
Water sports
Windsports
Sport which uses wind: