List of sports

The following is a list of sports/games, 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.

According to the World Sports Encyclopedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.

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

Sports using bicycles or unicycles.

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

Sports using a horse.

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.

Sports where a player uses a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects. Racket sports are games in which players use rackets to hit a ball or other object.

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

Sports using a firearm.

Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded.

These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).

Sports seen in Movies/Books/Video Games/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.

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Sports played using electronic devices.

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

See #Skiing

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

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

Sports that involve teams.

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

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