List of sports
Categories: Sports-related lists
The following is a list of sports, divided by category. These categories are based on how the sport is played, and 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.
Athletics
Track and field athletics.
Animal sports
Sports in which animals play a role.
- Bullfighting
- Camel racing
- Cockfighting
- Pigeon sport
- Equestrianism:
- Dog sports: See List of dog sports
Combat sports
Generally sports in which athletes fight or combat each other, usually one-on-one.
- Aikido
- Ba Gua
- Boxing
- Brazilian jiu jitsu
- Capoeira
- Fencing
- Hapkido
- Iaido
- Judo
- Ju-jitsu
- Karate
- Kempo
- Kendo
- Krav Maga
- Kung-fu
- Mixed martial arts
- Muay Thai
- Naginata-do
- Pencak Silat
- Sambo
- Sumo
- Taekwondo
- Tai Chi Chuan
- Tang Soo Do
- Wing Chun
- Wrestling
- Wushu
- Yağlı güreş
Cycling
Sports using bicycles or unicycles. See Bicycle racing.
- Bicycle polo
- BMX racing
- Cycloball
- Cyclocross
- Mountain bicycling
- Mountain unicycling
- Road bicycle racing
- Track cycling
- Triathlon
- Unicycle trials
Extreme sports
- Adventure racing
- BASE jumping
- Bodyboarding
- Bungee jumping
- Kite Surfing
- Indoor Surfing
- Motocross
- Paragliding
- Parkour
- Rock climbing
- Skateboarding
- Snowboarding
- Wakeboarding
- Surfing
Fictional sports
Sports which exist only in imaginary settings, for instance in fiction.
- Anbo-Jitsu
- Apopudobalia
- Baseketball
- Blitzball
- Brockian Ultra-Cricket
- Calvinball
- Discs of Tron
- Firediving
- Frungy
- Futuresport
- Kosho
- Podracing
- Quidditch
- Rollerball
- Thong Grabbin'
- 23-Man Squamush, from "Mad" magazine
- the titular zero-gravity game in Ender's Game
- Kolie (from Bionicle)-This is spelled differentely
Gymnastics
Gymnastic sports.
Motorised sports
Sports based on motorised transportation
Other
Sports not in any of the other categories.
- American handball
- Children playground sport
- Combat robot
- DanceSport
- Disabled sports
- Fives
- Foosball
- Footbag (hacky sack)
- Haggis Hurling
- Jai-Alai
- Keysport (La Llave)
- Modern pentathlon
- Ringo
- Tetherball
- Triathlon
- I Win
Outdoor sports
Sports not based on a specific field.
- Aerobatics
- Aeromodelling
- Ballooning
- Caving
- Casting
- Canyoning
- Fell running
- Flying disc
- Geocaching
- Gliding
- Hang gliding
- Mountaineering
- Orienteering
- Parachuting
- Paragliding
- Scuba diving
- Skydiving
- Sled-dog sports
- Sport fishing
- Surfing
- Zorbing
Power sports
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Racquet sports
Sports where players use racquets to hit a ball or other object.
- Badminton
- Ball Badminton
- Paddleball
- Pington
- Racquetball
- Racquets
- Racketlon
- Real tennis
- Soft tennis
- Squash
- Squash tennis
- Stické
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Tennis Polo
- Xare
Skating
Sports in which skates are used.
- Artistic roller skating
- Figure skating
- Ice hockey
- Inline speed skating
- Rink hockey
- Roller derby
- Roller hockey
- Roller skating
- Roller speed skating
- Short track speed skating
- Speed skating
- Synchronized skating
Skiing / Snowsports
Sports in which skis or snowboards are used.
- Alpine skiing (also known as Downhill skiing)
- Backcountry skiing (also known as Off Piste skiing)
- Biathlon
- Cross country skiing (together with ski jumping and nordic combined also known as Nordic skiing)
- Firngleiten
- Freestyle skiing
- Grass skiing
- Nordic combined
- Roller skiing
- Skibob
- Ski flying
- Skijoring
- Ski jumping
- Ski touring
- Speed skiing
- Telemark skiing
Sleighing
Sports that use sleighs.
- Bobsleigh
- Land luge (also known as street luge and road luge)
- Luge
- Skeleton
- Wok Racing
Sports Entertainment
Target sports
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
- Archery
- Atlatl
- Billiard Sports
- Bocce
- Boccia
- Bowling
- Croquet
- Curling
- Darts
- Golf
- Disc golf
- Speed golf
- Golfcross
- Horseshoe throwing
- Laser Tag
- Lawn bowls
- Marbles
- Pall mall
- Pelota
- Petanque
- Shooting
- Skittles
- Trugo
Team sports
Sports that involve teams.
- Airsoft
- American football
- Australian rules football
- Bandy
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Handball
- Beach Soccer
- Beach Rugby
- Beach Volleyball
- Basque pelota
- Broomball
- Camogie
- Canadian football
- Canoe Polo
- Cricket
- Curling
- Danball
- Eton Wall Game
- Faustball
- Fistball
- Floorball
- Football (soccer)
- Footvolley
- Futsal
- Gaelic football
- Goalball
- Handball
- Hit the Green Thing
- Field Hockey
- Hornussen
- Hurling
- Ice Hockey
- Kabaddi
- Kabucha Toli (also called Stickball or Toli)
- Kickball
- Korfball
- Lacrosse
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- FYRMacedoniaball
- Netball
- PAINBALL (DeathThrow)
- Paintball
- Petanque
- Polo
- Roller Hockey
- Rounders
- Royal Shrovetide Football
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Scuffleball
- Sepak Takraw
- Shinty
- Skittles
- Softball
- Speedball
- Takraw
- Tennis Polo
- Tchoukball
- Throwball
- Ultimate, sometimes called "Ultimate Frisbee".
- Volleyball
- Water polo
Mind sports
Sports that require little or no physical abilities (see also board games).
Water sports
Sports that are played in, on or near the water: (see List of water sports)
See also
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