The following is a list of sports/games , divided by category.
According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games .
Acrobatic arts
Air sports
Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville .
Wingsuit flying
Aquatic and paddle sports
These sports use water (a river, pool, etc.).
Canoeing
Kayaking
Rafting
Rafting
Rowing
Other paddling sports
Greece – Hungary water polo match (World Junior Championship 2004 Naples , Italy )
Aquatic ball sports
Surface
Underwater
Competitive swimming
Kindred activities
Subsurface and recreational
Diving
Archery
Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.
Ball games
Bat-and-ball games
Awaiting a pitch: batter, catcher, and umpire in baseball
Invasion games
Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.
Basketball family
Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at the 2008 Summer Olympics .
Tyrone try for a goal against Westmeath in a Gaelic football match
Handball family
A 7-meter throw in Handball .
Stick and ball family
Hockey
Ice hockey players Roman Hamrlik and Joffrey Lupul dueling for position
Hurling and shinty
Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in a hurling league game
Lacrosse
Polo
Net and wall games
An international match of volleyball .
Games involving opponents hitting a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
A game of squash
Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:
Pilota family
Valencian pilota .
Racket (or racquet) sports
Sports that use a netted racket
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
Board sports
Skateboard vert jump at the Sprite urban games 2006 in London .
Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown
Surfing in Hawaii
Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Climbing
Canyoning
Cycling
A track cycling Race
Sports using bicycles or unicycles .
Bicycle
Skibob
Unicycle
Combat sports: wrestling and martial arts
A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling
Two men compete in freestyle wrestling .
Striking
A kick in kickboxing .
Mixed or hybrid
Ground fighting in MMA .
Weapons and kicking
Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry , China
Two kendōka.
Other
Flying disc sports
Australia vs Canada ultimate players WUGC 2012 in Japan. Ultimate Canada
Gymnastic
Trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett at 2008 Canadian National Championships
Ice sports
Kite sports
Marker sports
Mixed discipline
The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running
Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.
Motorsports
Sports involving the use of motorized vehicles
Auto racing
The start of a Formula One race in 2008
Motorboat racing
Motorcycle racing
MotoGP racing
ATV racing
ATV racing on a motocross track
Musical
Orienteering
Parkour/Freerunning
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.
Running
200 meters sprint
Sailing
Windsurfing
Snow sports
Skiing
Sled sports
United States Air Force Major Brady Canfield , 2003 U.S. skeleton champion, shows his takeoff form.
Shooting sports
Sports using guns (firearms , air guns , etc.).
Individual
Athletic hybrid
Skirmish
Stacking
Street sports
Strength sports
Tag games
Walking
Weightlifting
North Korean weightlifter Pak Hyon-Suk performing the snatch , one of the two lifts in the sport of Olympic weightlifting .
Overlapping sports
Sports falling into two or more categories.
Sports involving animals
Dog sports
Sports in which dogs participate.
Equestrian sports
Horse racing at Arlington Park , 2007
Sports using a horse.
Fishing
Hunting
Sometimes considered blood sports .
Rodeo-originated
Sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas.
Mind sports
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
Esports
Speedcubing
Strategy board games
A game of mahjong being played in Hangzhou, China
Other
Competitive model sports
Remote control
Different classification
Potentially other sports are listed here.
Air sports
Athletics (track and field)
Pole vault
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
Endurance sports
Skating sports
Snowsports
A snowboarder and a skier
A ski jumper using the V-style
Freestyle skiing
See #Skiing
Strength sports
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Arm wrestling
Table sports
Target sports
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Cue sports
Pool balls
Snooker.
Golf
Team sports
Sports that involve teams.
Match of lacrosse
Jack and Jill competition, Lumberjack World Championships , Hayward, Wisconsin , 2007.
Windsports
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Fictional sports
Fictional sports that are played in real life:
Miscellaneous sports
Logrolling
See also
References