The following is alist of sports and games , divided by category.According to theWorld Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 known indigenoussports and sportinggames .[ 1]
Cheerleading Lima Lima aerobatics team performing overLouisville .Wingsuit flying Recortes Agility running Sports in which dogs participate.
Sports using a horse.
Horse racing atArlington Park , 2007 Sometimes consideredblood sports .
Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.
Barrel racing Elephants Other ungulates Birds Invertebrates Small mammals Herpetiles The three activities in
Track and field , from top-bottom rows: jumping, throwing and running.
[ edit ] Games in which the objective of the offensive team is to reach safe havens to score runs, and of the defense to prevent it.
Baseball like (roundball) Cricket like Longball Other games
Games which the objective is to throw, roll or slide balls as closely as possible to a jack or target.
Lawn bowls Bowling Sports which score is counted in reference topar
Golf player using a putter to score Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
Basketball playerDwight Howard making aslam dunk at the2008 Summer Olympics . Several codes of football
Historical Modern codes A 7-meter throw inHandball . Stick and ball family [ edit ] Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals.
Apolo player. Cycle ball Sports when players/teams score whenever the opponent fails to return validly the possession of ball/bird back.
Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely the body: Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls or any rebounding surface using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded: Games that use both walls and net: Padbol Games that use neither walls nor net: Crossminton
Valencian pilota .[ edit ] Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)Sports that use a netted racket [ edit ] Badminton [ edit ] Table tennis Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Skateboarding Snowboard figure at the 2008 ShakedownSurfing inHawaii Canyoning Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts [ edit ] A combat sport is a competitivecontact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Two men compete infreestyle wrestling . A kick inkickboxing . Ground fighting inMMA . Two kendōka. Paintball Australia vs Canadaultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan.Ultimate Canada Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.
The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running Sports involving manned motorized vehicles
Aerobatic maneuver Formula 1 motorboat Terrestrial vehicles [ edit ] The start of a Formula One race in 2008 MotoGP racing ATV racing on a motocross track [ edit ] 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.
Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals
Sports usingbicycles ,quadracycles ,tricycles orunicycles .
Atrack cycling Race Mountain unicycle Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō. Sports usingguns (firearms ,air guns , etc.).
Skeet shooting Laser-run Inline figure skating A ski jumper using the V-style Freestyle skiing Bobsled Kabaddi These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
Aquatic ball sports [ edit ] Waterpolo Competitive swimming [ edit ] Subsurface and recreational [ edit ] Snorkeling Non motorized vehicles [ edit ] Canoeing and kayaking [ edit ] Rafting Other paddling sports [ edit ] Windsurfing Weightlifting 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.
Bridge Dogic Competitive model sports [ edit ] RC aircraft 0 A.D. a real-time strategy gameStrategy board games [ edit ] Chaturanga, parent of many strategy board games A game of Monopoly Both physical and mind [ edit ] Different classification [ edit ] Potentially other sports are listed here.
Versions of sports played on sand
Beach tennis Sports played using electronic devices.
Speed skating Goalball Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs
Wheelchair rugby Sitting volleyball A snowboarder and askier Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Arm wrestling Air hockey Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near theYangshan Quarry , ChinaSports that involve teams.
Hurling Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Fictional sports that are played in real life:
Miscellaneous sports [ edit ] Jack and Jill competition,Lumberjack World Championships ,Hayward, Wisconsin , 2007. Logrolling ^ Lipoński, Wojciech (2003). "Introduction".World Sports Encyclopedia ISBN 0760316821 "World Sports Encyclopedia" . Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. RetrievedMay 14, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )ISBN 9780760316825 ^ "Beeball" .KNBSB (in Dutch). Retrieved2025-09-15 .^ "Blind Baseball Rulebook" (PDF) .World Baseball Softball Confederation .^ RaP7 (2022-04-06).Baseball + Cricket = Rap7Ball | Know More About Rap7Ball . Retrieved2025-02-18 – via YouTube. {{cite AV media }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ "Making History: The Rise and Roll of Roller Basketball" .Sport in American History . 2018-07-05. Retrieved2025-05-26 .^ "Unicycling disciplines | Stichting Eenwieleren Nederland" .stichtingeenwieleren.nl . Retrieved2025-04-01 .^ Geekify Guys (2016-03-15).Ultimate Hoverboard Hockey . Retrieved2025-05-22 – via YouTube. ^ "Blind Hockey" .www.usahockey.com . Retrieved2025-05-22 .^ Phillips, Rachel (2021-08-11)."El Paso hockey team is born from blind child's curiosity & fearless coach" .KVIA . Retrieved2025-05-22 . ^ "Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) suggested Rules for Wheelchair Lacrosse" (PDF) .^ "AirBadminton Rules - How To Play AirBadminton – Badminton Insight" .badminton-insight.com . 2020-06-06. Retrieved2025-09-17 .^ "OFFICIAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL RULES (VERSION 4 VS 4) 2023-2024" (PDF) .^ Wood, Robert (2012-12-01)."360Ball - a cool new sport" .Topend Sports . Retrieved2024-11-26 . ^ volleyballcompass (2019-11-29).Squash-Volleyball on wall - crazy warmup game for multiple teams . Retrieved2025-09-11 – via YouTube. ^ "INTERNATIONAL GRAPPLING RULES, GRAPPLING, GRAPPLING GI" (PDF) .^ Day, Lewin (2023-08-02)."What a Spectacle: Thai Farmers Drag Race Tuned Stand-Up Tractors" .The Drive . Retrieved2024-11-26 . ^ "Electric mountain bike racing explained" .BikeRadar . 2024-06-27. Retrieved2025-05-26 .^ BENTIA, RANDI (2024-03-25)."Electrify Race League 2024 National Points Championship Hits 4 Cities" .Electrify News Site . Retrieved2025-05-26 . ^ DeGeurin, Mack (2025-05-23)."In world's first humanoid boxing match, gloating robot face plants" .Popular Science . Retrieved2025-05-28 . ^ admin (2025-05-31)."World Strongman and Asian Paralympic Committee Forge Historic Partnership to Advance Para-Strongman Sport Across Asia" .World Strongman . Retrieved2025-12-05 .
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