Outline of sports
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:
Types of sport
Physical sports
Archery
Auto racing
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Ballooning
Bat-and-ball
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Board sports
Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
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Boules
Bowling
Catch games
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Climbing
- Rock Climbing
- Bouldering
- Canyoning (Canyoneering)
- Mountaineering
- Rope Climbing
- Ice Climbing
Cheerleading
Cycling
Sports using bicycles or unicycles.
Bicycle
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Skibob
Unicycle
Combat sports
Combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling
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Skirmish
Weapons
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Striking
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Mixed or hybrid
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Competitive aerobatics
Powered
Unpowered
Cue sports
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Dance
- Ballet
- Ballroom Dancing
- Cheerleading
- Color Guard
- Ensemble
- Flag Twirling
- Flamenco
- Hip-hop
- Interpretive
- Jazz
- Latin
- Lyrical dance
- Modern dance
- Musical Theatre
- Pointe
- Pole dance
- Poms
- Salsa
- SloModern
- Swing
- Tap
Equine Sports
Sports using a horse.
- Barrel Racing
- Campdrafting
- Cross Country
- Dressage
- Endurance riding
- English Pleasure
- Equitation
- Eventing
- Equestrian vaulting
- Gymkhana
- Harness racing
- Horse racing
Horse racing at Arlington Park, 2007 - Hunter
- Reining
- Rodeo
- Show Jumping
- Steeplechase
- Team penning
- Tent pegging
- Western Pleasure
Flying disc sports
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Football family
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Gymnastics
- Artistic gymnastics
- Cheerleading
- Majorette
- Competitive rope jumping
- Juggling
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Sports acrobatics
- Tricking
- Parkour
- Trampolining
- Trapeze
Handball Family
Handball games often have similarities to racquet or catch games.
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Hockey family
- Bandy
- Broomball
- Field Hockey
- Floorball
- Hurling (The ball can be handled so Hurling is on the periphery of the 'hockey family').
- Ice hockey
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position - 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
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Orienteering family
Paddle sports
Canoeing
Kayaking
Rafting
Rowing
- Gig racing
- Coastal and ocean rowing
- Dragon boat racing
- Double scull
- Quad four
- Single scull
- Straight four
Parachuting
Polo
Racquet (or racket) sports
Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects.
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Radiosport
Sports using a radio
Remote control
Running
Sailing
Skiing
2
Sled sports
Shooting sports
Sports using a firearm.
Stacking
Street Stunts
Tag games
- British bulldogs (American Eagle)
- Hana Ichi Monme
- Hide and seek
- Kabaddi
- Kho kho
- Kick the can
- Oztag
- Red rover
- Tag
Walking
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.
- Australian handball
- Basque pelota
- Fives
- Gaelic handball
- Jorkyball
- Racquetball
- Rapid ball
- Squash
- Squash tennis
- Wallball
- Wallyball
Water sports
Ball Sports
Competitive swimming
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly stroke
- Freestyle swimming
- Individual Medley
- Synchronized swimming
- Medley relay
Subsurface & recreational
Weightlifting
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
Other
Speedcubing
Strategy Board Games
- Chess
- Checkers
- Chinese Checkers
- Diplomacy
- Draughts
- Go
- Go-Moku
- Jacquet
- Mancala
- Mahjong
- Reversi (Othello)
- Sogo (Score four)
- Stratego
- battleships
- connect 4
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'.
Miscellanea
Air sports
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Animal sports
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Athletics (track and field)
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
Endurance sports
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Miscellaneous sports
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Skating sports
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Snowsports
Strength sports
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
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- Air hockey
- Backgammon
- Connect Four
- several other Carom billiards variants
- Eight-ball (and Blackball)
- many other Pocket billiards (pool) variants
- many other (generally obsolete) Obstacle variations Cue sports variants
- Draughts (checker)
- Dominoes
- Mahjong (Taipei)
- Reversi (Othello)
- Shogi
- Scrabble (and variants)
- Subbuteo
- Table football
- Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
- Table hockey
- Xiangqi
Target sports
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
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Team sports
Sports that involve teams.
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Windsports
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
History of sports
General sports concepts
- Athlete
- Coach
- Disabled sports
- Extreme sports
- Fan
- Fantasy sports
- Female sport
- Gamesmanship
- Multi-sport events
- Nationalism and sport
- Olympic Games
- Performance art
- Professional sport
- Professional sports
- Regulation of sport
- Spectator sport
- Sponsor
- Sporting club
- Sports coaching
- Sports equipment
- Sports in film
- Sports injuries
- Sports journalism
- Sportsmanship
- Sports marketing
- Sports memorabilia
- Sportsperson
- Sportswear
- Student athlete
- Violence in sports
- World record
Sports governing bodies
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World governing bodies of various notable sports:
- The Olympic Games: International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Baseball: International Baseball Federation (IBAF), but several countries/regions have their own professional bodies with rules variations, including Cuba, US/Canada, and Japan
- Basketball: International Basketball Federation (FIBA), but national pro leagues may diverge from its rules, as in the US
- Cricket: International Cricket Council (ICC)
- Cue sports governing bodies are divided by discipline:
- Carom billiards: Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
- Pocket billiards (pool): World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA)
- Snooker and English billiards: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA or World Snooker)
- Football variants have many governing bodies, with widely divergent rules:
- Association football (soccer): International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
- Gridiron football is divided in into US and Canadian rules and bodies
- Rugby football is divided into two "codes" or sets of rules, union and league
- Australian-rules football: Australian Football League (AFL)
- Gaelic football: Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
- International-rules football: A conference of the AFL and GAA
- Golf has no single governing body, but is divided nationally and regionally.
- Ice hockey: International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
- Motor racing:
- Car racing: International Federation of the Automobile (FIA)
- Motorcycle racing: International Motorcycling Federation (FIM)
- Motorboat racing: International Motonautical Union (UIM) and others, depending on boat type
- Tennis: International Tennis Federation (ITF)
See also
Sports-related lists
References
External links
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