List of sports

The following is a list of sports, 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. Here they are only listed in one.

Adventure

Abseiling Adventure racing Amateur Radio Direction Finding Caving Fell running

Geocaching Ice climbing Mountaineering Orienteering Rock climbing

Air sports

Aerobatics Air racing Ballooning BASE jumping General aviation Gliding Hang gliding

Aeromodelling Parachuting Paragliding Ultralight aviation Human powered aircraft

Animal sports

• Aari Talka
• Angling
• Dog sports: See List of dog sports

• Bullfighting
• Elephant polo
• Pigeon sport
• Sport fishing
• Equestrianism
  • Quarterhorse racing
  • Steeplechase
  • Equestrianism
  • Thoroughbred racing
  • Western Pleasure
  • Harness racing
  • Pato
  • Polo
  • Chilean rodeo
  • Buzkashi
• Chicken Fighting

Athletics (track and field)

• Jumping
  • Triple jump
  • Long jump
  • High jump
  • Pole vault
• Throwing
  • Discus
  • Hammer throw
  • Javelin
  • Atlatl
  • Shot put
• Walking

Combat sports

Generally sports in which athletes fight or combat each other, usually one-on-one.

A Bracciuta Aba Guresi Ado Murai Aikido Akroteri Punching Armkast Armtag Arnis Asian Indian Wrestling At Glimast At Klaves Atemi Jutsu Att Kasta Baguazhang Bando Barra Wrestling Benin Wrestling Bokhin Barildaan Bosnian Wrestling Boxing Brata Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Broeratok Bugei Bijutsu Bukestag Byxkast Byxtag Capoeira Catch-As-Can-Catch Cheibi Gad-Ga Chess boxing Chinna Adi Dinni Style Dra Balte Drunken Boxing Egyptian Boxing Erhim-Buhudbur Famnkast Fang Fencing French Wrestling Galhofa Gambian Wrestling Gialki Glima Gongfu Goresh Gouren Gungawa Wrestling

Hapkido Hau Kuen Hryggspenna Iaido Inbuan Irish Wrestling Judo Ju-jitsu Junta Juppermringen Kaipor Kalari-Payat Kali Karate Kazakh Wrestling Ke Nang Haun Kempo Kendo Kickboxing Kirip Kirghiz Wrestling Kito Koshti Choukheh Kragenringen Kragtag Krav Maga Kung-fu Kuresh Kusak Guresi Lausaglima Leibringen Lucha De Roncal Lucta Voluctatoria Mansei-Kan Mixed martial arts Mizo Inchai Mocovite Boxing Mongolian wrestling Mukna Muay Thai Muskox Wrestling Mustlasemaadlus Naga Wrestling Naginata-do Orkhon-Yenisey Wrestling Paintball Pehlivan Wrestling Pelivanski Borby Pencak Silat

Pradal Serey Probar A Juntar Professional wrestling Ringtapaini Rutzen Ryssankasti Silat Sambo Savate Schwingen Scots Style Wrestling Shnei-Taido Shuai Jiao Siddebde Hanekamp S'istrumpa Skiamachia Skindtraekning Slengjetag Ssirum Sumo Sviptimgar Swiss Wrestling Tadzhik Wrestling Taekwondo Tae-Kyon Tai Chi Chuan Taido Taijiquan Taijutsu Tang Soo Do (tangsudo) Tendo-Ryu Thai Boxing Thang-Ta Tomiki Turkish Wrestling Ural Wrestling Varzesh-E Pehlivani Wing Chun Wrestling Whatoto Whawhai Mekemeke Wushu Xingyiquan Yağlı güreş Yakute Wrestling Yaurian Wrestling Yi Wrestling Yosei-Kan Yoshin-Kan Wado Ryu

Court sports

Other than Racquet sports

• American handball
• Fives
• Basketball
• Netball

Cycling

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

Bicycle polo BMX racing Cyclo-cross Mountain bicycling Mountain unicycling

Road bicycle racing Track cycling Unicycle trials

Endurance sports

Cycling Running Ultramarathon Swimming

Triathlon Inline speed skating Rowing Runarchery

Entertainment sports

• Professional Wrestling
• Marching Band
• Bossaball
• Winterguard
• Dance

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics Sports acrobatics Tricking

Sports aerobics Trampolining Bossaball

Miscellaneous

Kabaddi Aggressive skating BASE jumping Bossaball Bungee jumping Competitive gaming Canyoning Combat robot Castingsport Competitive eating Flying disc Footbag (hacky sack) Ga-ga

Haggis Hurling Keysport (La Llave) Kite landboarding Mountainboarding Parkour Ringo Rock Climbing Sectorball Skateboarding Tetherball Zorbing

Motor Vehicle racing

• Auto Racing
• Motorcycle Racing
• Hallball

Multiple sports

• Modern pentathlon
• Triathlon
• Runarchery

Racquet (or racket) sports

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

Badminton Ball Badminton Frontenis Jai-Alai Lotball Matkot Paddleball Pelota Pickleball Platform tennis Pington Racquetball Racquets

Racketlon Real tennis Soft tennis Speed-o-Ball (Speedball) Squash Squash tennis Stické Table Tennis Tennis Tennis Polo Xare

Skating sports

Artistic roller skating Bandy Ice hockey Ice Skating Inline speed skating Inline hockey Ringette Rinkball Rink hockey Skateboarding

Freestyle slalom skating Roller derby Roller hockey Roller skating Roller speed skating Short track speed skating Skater hockey Speed skating Synchronized skating

Skiing or Snowboard sports

Alpine skiing Backcountry skiing Biathlon BroomBall Cross country skiing Freestyle skiing Grass skiing Nordic combined Roller skiing Skibob

Ski flying Skijoring Ski jumping Ski touring Speed skiing Telemark skiing Snowboarding Snowshoeing Freestyle snowboarding Extreme snowboarding

Sled sports

Bobsleigh Land luge (or street luge) Luge

Skeleton Toboggan Wok Racing

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

Bodybuilding Dwarf throwing Powerlifting

Tug of war Weightlifting Zourkhaneh

Table sports

Air Hockey Billiard Sports Billiards Bar billiards Carambole billiard Pool Snooker Trick Shot Snooker Backgammon Blackjack Bridge Card Games Checkers Chess Chinese Checkers Connect Four Cubing (Rubik's CubeFifteen Puzzle) Dices Draughts Dominoes Go Go-Moku Mancala Mahjong Mental Sports Monopoly Morris Payday Poker One Card Reversi(Othello) Rummy Shogi Scrabble Solitaire Subbuteo Sudoku Table curling Table football ITHF Table Hockey

Target sports

Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.

Archery Kyudo Runarchery Atlatl Billiard Sports Billiards Bar billiards Carambole billiard Pool Snooker Trick Shot Snooker Bocce

Boccia Bowling Calva Croquet Curling Darts Golf Disc golf Speed golf Golfcross Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing)

Laser Tag Lawn bowls Marbles Matball Pall mall Petanque Shooting Skittles Trugo Lotball

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

Airsoft American football Australian rules football Ballrush Bandy Baseball Basketball Beach handball Beach soccer Beach rugby Beach volleyball Beach wrestling Bossaball Box / indoor lacrosse Basque pelota Broomball Camogie Canadian football Canoe Polo Cestoball Cricket Curling Danball Dodgeball Eton Wall Game Field Hockey Fistball

Floorball Football (soccer) Footvolley Futsal Gaelic football Gaelic handball Gateball Goalball Handball Harrow Football Hornussen Hurling Ice Hockey Inline hockey Kabaddi Kabucha Toli (stickball or toli) Kickball Korfball Lacrosse Laser Tag Lifeguarding Lotball Mesoamerican ballgame Netball Paintball Pesäpallo Petanque Polo Quidditch Ringette Rinkball

Rink hockey Road hockey Roller Hockey Rounders Rowing Royal Shrovetide Football Rugby league Rugby Union Scuffleball Sepak Takraw Shinty Skater hockey Skittles Slamball Soccer socci Softball Speedway Racing Speedball Spongee polo Squareball Tennis Polo Tennis Tchoukball Throwball Ultimate football Ultimate (Ultimate frisbee) Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater rugby Volleyball Viperball Wallyball Water polo Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair rugby Wiffle ball

Water sports

Sports that are played in, on or near the water: (see List of water sports)

Bodyboarding Crew Kitesurfing Scuba diving

Surfing Wakeboarding WakeSkating Water Polo Swimming Rowing Diving Kayaking

Head Shaving

See also

• List of sporting events

External links

• Countries comparison, ranking list sports