List of sports


The following is a []list of sports/games, divided by category.
According to the World Sports Encyclopedia, there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.

Physical sports

Acro sports

Basketball family

Baton twirling

Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.

Catching games

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.

Grappling

Striking

Mixed or hybrid

Weapons

Cue sports

Dog sports

Sports using a dog.

Equestrian sports

Sports using a horse.

Fishing

Golf

Handball family

Sometimes considered blood sports.
Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five component contests that are scored together using one points system.
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.

Remote control

Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.

Skiing

Sports using guns.

Individual

Hurling and shinty

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.

Canoeing

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Aquatic ball sports

Surface
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Auto racing

Motorboat racing

ATV racing

Sports seen in movies, literature, etc.
Sports falling into two or more categories.
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

Competitive model sports

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Sports played using electronic devices.
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
See #Skiing

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.
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Windsports

Sports which use the wind :