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The following is a list of sports/games, 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.

According to the World Sports Encyclopedia (2003) there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.[1]

Physical 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 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Bat-and-ball (Safe haven)

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

Baton twirling

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.

Catch games

Climbing

Canyoning
Main article: Climbing

Cycling

A Track Cycling Race
Main article: Cycling

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

Main article: Bicycle

Skibob

Unicycle

Main article: Unicycle

Combat sports: Wrestling and martial arts

Main articles: Combat sports and Martial arts

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: Mixed martial arts
Ground fighting in MMA.

Weapons

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

Cue sports

Pool balls
Snooker.
Main article: Cue sports

Equine 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 family

Football player Lionel Messi shoots from just outside the Manchester United penalty area during the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final
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 Team handball.
Main article: Team 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.

Racquet (or racket) sports

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

Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object.[2] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings. Paddles have a solid face rather than a network of strings, but may be perforated with a pattern of holes, or be covered with a textured surface.

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

Sports that use a netted racket

Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle

References

  1. ^ How many sports are there in the world? (Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine). See ISBN 9780760316825.
  2. ^ "What is a Racquet Sports?". RacketWarriors.com. Racket Warriors. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

Remote control

Running

200 meters sprint
Main article: Running

Sailing

Windsurfing
Main article: Sailing

Snow sports

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 a firearm.

Stacking

Stick and ball games

Hockey

Hurling and shinty

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

Lacrosse

Polo

Street 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
Further information: Outline of kayaking and canoeing

Canoeing

Kayaking

Main article: Kayaking

Rafting

Rafting

Rowing

Other paddling sports

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

Ball sports

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

Motorized sports

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

Other

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

Speedcubing

clock, megaminx, pyraminx, skewb, square 1, blindfolded 3x3, blindfold 4x4, blindfolded 5x5, one handed, fewest moves, multi blindfolded, feet solving.

Strategy board games

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


Competitive video games

Main article: Electronic 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

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

Tables 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

Main article: List of fictional games § Sports

Miscellaneous sports

Logrolling

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.internationalquidditch.org/teams/
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