List of sports

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 the disadvantage that some sports may fit in more than one category. Here they are only listed in one.

Table of contents

1 Athletics 2 Animal sports 3 Combat sports 4 Cycling 5 Extreme sports 6 Gymnastics 7 Motorised sports 8 Other 9 Outdoor sports 10 Power sports 11 Racket sports 12 Skating 13 Skiing / Snowsports 14 Sleighing 15 Target sports 16 Team sports 17 Mind sports 18 Water sports 19 Fictional sports

Athletics

\nTrack and field athletics.\n* Jumping\n** Triple jump\n** Long jump\n** High jump\n* Running\n**Sprints\n**Middle distance\n**Long distance\n* Throwing\n** Discus\n** Dwarf throw\n** Hammer throw\n** Horseshoe\n** Javelin\n** Atlatl\n** Shotput\n* Walking

Animal sports

\nSports in which animals play a role.\n* Bullfighting\n* Camel racing\n* Pigeon sport\n* Equestrian sports:\n** Quarterhorse racing\n** Steeplechase\n** Equestrianism\n** Thoroughbred racing\n** Harness racing\n* Dog sports: See List of dog sports

Combat sports

\nGenerally sports in which athletes fight or combat each other, usually one-on-one.\n* Aikido\n* Ba Gua\n* Boxing\n* Capoeira\n* Fencing\n* Hapkido\n* Iaido\n* Judo\n* Ju-jitsu\n* Karate\n* Kendo\n* Mixed martial arts\n* Muay Thai\n* Naginata-do\n* Sambo\n* Sumo\n* Taekwondo\n* Tai Chi Chuan\n* Wing Chun\n* Wrestling\n* Wushu

Cycling

\nSports using bicycles or unicycles.

• BMX\n* Cycloball\n* Cyclocross\n* Mountain bicycling\n* Mountain unicycling\n* Road cycling\n* Track cycling\n* Unicycle trials

Extreme sports

• BASE jumping\n* Bodyboarding\n* Bungee jumping\n* Military Fitness\n* Motocross\n* Parkour\n* Rock climbing\n* Skateboarding\n* Snowboarding\n* Wakeboarding

Gymnastics

\nGymnastic sports.\n* Aerobics\n* Acrobatics\n* Artistic gymnastics\n* Rhythmic gymnastics\n* Trampolining

Motorised sports

\nSports based on motorised transportation.\n* Air Racing\n* Autosport\n* Motorboat racing\n* Motorcycle racing

Other

\nSports not in any of the other categories.\n* American handball\n* Children playground sport\n* Combat robot\n* Dance sport\n* Disabled sports\n* Fives\n* Foosball\n* Footbag (hacky sack)\n* Haggis Hurling\n* Modern pentathlon\n* Tetherball\n* Triathlon\n* Mesoamerican ballgame

Outdoor sports

\nSports not based on a specific field.\n* Aerobatics\n* Aeromodelling\n* Ballooning\n* Caving\n* Casting\n* Canyoning\n* Flying disc\n* Gliding\n* Hang gliding\n* Mountaineering\n* Orienteering\n* Parachuting\n* Paragliding\n* Scuba diving\n* Skydiving\n* Sled-dog sports\n* Sport fishing\n* Surfing\n* Zorbing

Power sports

\nSports mainly based on sheer power.\n* Bodybuilding\n* Powerlifting\n* Tug of war\n* Weightlifting\n* Dwarf tossing

Racket sports

\nSports where players use rackets to hit a ball or other object.\n* Badminton\n* Racquetball\n* Real tennis\n* Soft tennis\n* Squash\n* Table Tennis\n* Tennis

Skating

\nSports in which skates are used.\n* Figure skating\n* Roller hockey\n* Roller skating, Inline skating\n* Short-track speed skating\n* Skateboarding\n* Speed skating\n* Synchronized skating

Skiing / Snowsports

\nSports in which skis or snowboards are used.

• Alpine skiing (also known as Downhill skiing)\n* Backcountry skiing (also known as Off Piste skiing)\n* Biathlon\n* Cross country skiing (together with ski jumping and nordic combined also known as Nordic skiing)\n* Firngleiten\n* Freestyle skiing\n* Grass skiing\n* Nordic combined\n* Roller skiing\n* Skibob\n* Skijoring\n* Ski jumping\n* Ski touring\n* Speed skiing\n* Telemark skiing
• Snowboarding\n* Freestyle snowboarding\n* Extreme snowboarding

Sleighing

\nSports that use sleighs.\n* Bobsleigh\n* Land luge (also known as street luge and road luge)\n* Luge\n* Skeleton\n* Wok Racing

Target sports

\nSports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.\n* Archery\n** Kyudo\n* Atlatl\n* Billiards\n** Bar billiards\n* Bocce\n* Bowling\n* Croquet\n* Curling\n* Darts\n* Golf\n* Disc golf\n* Horseshoe throwing\n* Laser Tag\n* Lawn bowls\n* Marbles\n* Pall mall\n* Petanque\n* Shooting\n* Skittles\n* Snooker

Team sports

\nSports that involve teams.\n* Airsoft\n* American football\n* Australian rules football\n* Bandy\n* Baseball\n* Basketball\n* Basque pelota\n* Camogie\n* Canadian football\n* Canoe Polo\n* Cricket\n* Curling\n* Eton Wall Game\n* Faustball\n* Floorball\n* Football (soccer)\n* Gaelic football\n* Handball\n* Futsal\n* Field Hockey\n* Hornusser\n* Hurling\n* Ice hockey\n* Kabaddi\n* Korfball\n* Lacrosse\n* Netball\n* Paintball\n* Petanque\n* Polo\n* Roller Hockey\n* Royal Shrovetide Football\n* Rugby\n* Sepak Takraw\n* Shinty\n* Skittles\n* Softball\n* Throwball\n* Volleyball\n* Ultimate (Frisbee)

Mind sports

\nSports that involve no physical abilities, only mental (see also board games).\n* Bridge\n* Chess\n* Checkers (draughts) \n* Poker\n* Go\n* Scrabble\n* Shogi

Water sports

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

Fictional sports

\nSports which exist only in imaginary settings, for instance in fiction.\n**Apopudobalia\n**BaseKetball\n**Calvinball\n**Quidditch\n**Rollerball Category:sports \n\n\n