The following is a list of sports/games , divided by category.
According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games .[1]
Acrobatic arts Air sports Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville .Wingsuit flying Aquatic and paddle sports These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
Canoeing Kayaking Rafting Rafting Rowing Other paddling sports Greece – Hungary water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples , Italy )Aquatic ball sports Surface Underwater Competitive swimming Kindred activities Subsurface and recreational Diving Archery Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō. Ball games Bat-and-ball games Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire in baseball Invasion games Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
Basketball family Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at the 2008 Summer Olympics . Tyrone try for a goal against Westmeath in a Gaelic football matchHandball family A 7-meter throw in Handball . Stick and ball family Hockey Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position Hurling and shinty Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league gameLacrosse Polo PoloA polo player. Net and wall games An international match of volleyball . Games involving opponents hitting a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
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:
Pilota family Valencian pilota .Racket (or racquet) sports Sports that use a netted racket Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle Board sports Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London .Snowboard figure at the 2008 ShakedownSurfing in Hawaii Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Climbing Canyoning Cycling A track cycling Race Sports using bicycles or unicycles .
Bicycle Skibob Unicycle Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling Two men compete in freestyle wrestling . Striking A kick in kickboxing . Mixed or hybrid Ground fighting in MMA. Weapons and kicking Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry , ChinaTwo kendōka. Other Flying disc sports Australia vs Canada ultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate Canada Gymnastic Trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett at 2008 Canadian National ChampionshipsIce sports Kite sports Marker 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.
Motorsports Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles
Auto racing The start of a Formula One race in 2008 Motorboat racing Motorcycle racing MotoGP racing ATV racing ATV racing on a motocross track Musical Orienteering Parkour/Freerunning 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.
Running 200 meters sprint Sailing Windsurfing Snow sports Skiing Sled sports United States Air Force Major Brady Canfield , 2003 U.S. skeleton champion, shows his takeoff form.Shooting sports Sports using guns (firearms , air guns , etc.).
Individual Athletic hybrid Skirmish Stacking Street sports Strength sports Tag games Walking Weightlifting North Korean weightlifter Pak Hyon-Suk performing the snatch , one of the two lifts in the sport of Olympic weightlifting .Overlapping sports Sports falling into two or more categories.
Sports involving animals Dog sports Sports in which dogs participate.
Equestrian sports Horse racing at Arlington Park , 2007 Sports using a horse.
Fishing Hunting Sometimes considered blood sports .
Rodeo-originated Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.
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 Esports Speedcubing Strategy board games A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China Other Competitive model sports Remote control 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 Table sports Target sports Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Cue sports Pool balls Snooker. Golf 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 Fictional sports that are played in real life:
Miscellaneous sports Logrolling See also References ^ Lipoński, Wojciech (2003). "Introduction". World Sports Encyclopedia. Ozgraf. ISBN 0760316821 – via Internet Archive. Former reference version, How many sports are there in the world? ("World Sports Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2013 . {{cite web }}
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