List of sports

The following is a list of sports and games, divided by category.

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

Acrobatic arts

thumb|Cheerleading

Acrobatics
Acrobalance
Adagio
Acro dance
Acroyoga
Artistic cycling
Color guard (flag spinning)
Dancing
Dancesport
Ballroom dancing
Standard
Latin
Salsa
Breakdancing
Acrobatic rock and roll
Wheelchair dancesport
Dragon dance and Lion dance
Gloving
Cheerleading
Figure skating
Freerunning
High kick
Motorcycle stunt riding
Paragliding
Parkour
Pole sports
Pole dance
Quadrobics
Slackwire
Slacklining
Tightrope walking
Trampolining
Tricking

Air sports

thumb|right|[[Lima Lima Flight Team|Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville.]]

alt=|thumb|Wingsuit flying

Aerobatics
3D Aerobatics
Competition aerobatics
Air racing
Drone racing
Airspeeder
Formula One Air Racing
Formula V Air Racing
Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Hot air ballooning
Cluster ballooning
Hopper ballooning
Gliding
Hang gliding
Powered hang glider
Human-powered aircraft
Kiteboarding
Model aircraft
Parachuting
BASE jumping
Canopy piloting
Skysurfing
Wingsuit flying
Airplane wingsuit formation
Bodyflight (indoor skydiving)
Paragliding
Powered paragliding (paramotoring)
Ultralight aviation

Animal sports

Bovines

thumb|Recortes

Bull-leaping
Course landaise
Jallikattu
Recortes
Bull wrestling
Bataille de Reines
Combat de Reines
Tōgyū
Idi probak
Kambala
Pacu jawi
Running of the bulls
Yak polo
Yak racing
Yak skiing

Dog sports

thumb|Agility running

Sports in which dogs participate.

Baiting
Dog fighting
Venatio
Hog-dog rodeo
Sheepdog trial
Treibball
Heelwork to music
Musical canine freestyle
Obedience trial
Rally obedience
Schutzhund
Bikejoring
Canicross
Carting
Dog scootering
Mushing
Skijoring
Weight pulling
Dachshund racing
Greyhound racing
Shepherd's Shemozzle
Sled dog racing
Terrier racing
Beagling
Coon hunting
Coursing
Drag hunting
Earthdog trial
Field trial
Fox hunting
Hare coursing
Hound trailing
Hunting the clean boot
Lure coursing
Nosework
Tracking trial
Trail hunting
Dock jumping
Dog surfing
Agility
Dog show
Dog skateboarding
Disc dog
Flyball
Junior showmanship
Puppy Bowl

Equines

Sports using a horse.

right|thumb|Horse racing at [[Arlington Park, 2007]]

Fishing

Angling
Big-game fishing
Casting
Noodling
Spearfishing
Sport fishing
Surf fishing
Rock fishing
Fly fishing
Ice fishing
Bass fishing

Hunting

Sometimes considered blood sports.

Beagling
Big game hunting
Boar hunting
Deer hunting
Fox hunting
Wolf hunting

Rodeo-originated

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

thumb|Barrel racing

Barrel racing
Bronc riding
Saddle Bronc Riding
Bareback Bronc Riding
Bull riding
Miniature Bull Riding
Charrería
Jaripeo
Chilean rodeo
Goat tying
Pole bending
Roping
Breakaway Roping
Tie-down Roping
Team roping
Steer roping
Steer riding
Steer wrestling

Others

Athletics

Jumping

Long jump
Standing long jump
Triple jump
Standing triple jump
High jump
Standing high jump
Pole vault
Vertical jump

Throwing

Boomerang
Discus
Hammer throw
Javelin
Shot put
Parasports
Club throw
Softball throw
Throws pentathlon
Traditional
Keg-tossing
Weight over bar
Weight throw

Running

Combined

Pentathlon
Throws pentathlon
Women pentathlon
Hexathlon
Heptathlon
Octathlon
Decathlon
Tetradecathlon
Icosathlon

Ball games

Bat-and-ball games (safe haven games)

Games in which the objective of the offensive team is to reach safe havens to score runs, and of the defense to prevent it.

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Baseball
Banana Ball
Beeball
Blind baseball
Beep baseball
Chapitas
Extreme Baseball
Half-rubber
Historic
Knickerbocker Rules
The Massachusetts Game – four bases
Town ball – variable
Vintage base ball
Indian Ball
Japanese-style baseball
No base running
Corkball – four bases
Fuzzball (sport)
Wiffleball
Over-the-line – qv
Sandlot ball
Sans bat
Baseball5
Bolita de cancha
Cuatro esquinas
Hotbox
Kickball
Matball
Pelotica de goma
Punchball
Rigoball
Stoop ball
Wireball
Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se)
Snow baseball
Softball
16-inch softball
Fast-pitch softball
Stickball – variable
Vitilla – three bases
Tee-ball
Women baseball
Brännboll – four bases
British baseball (Pêl-Fas) – four posts
Elle
Pesäpallo – four bases
Rap7 ball
Rounders – four bases or posts
GAA rounders
Thèque

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;Cricket-like

Cricket – two creases
Backyard cricket
Club cricket
First-class cricket
Test cricket
Timeless Test
French cricket
Ice cricket
Indoor cricket
Indoor cricket (UK variant)
Kilikiti
Kwik cricket
Last man stands cricket
Limited overs cricket
List A cricket
ODI
Short form cricket
100-ball cricket
T10 cricket
Twenty20
T20I
Parasports
Blind cricket
Deaf cricket
One-armed versus one-legged cricket
Table Cricket
Sans bat
Kick-it cricket
Leg cricket
Single wicket
Continuous cricket
Tip-and-Run cricket
Softball cricket
Tennis ball cricket
Tape ball cricket
Trobriand cricket
Windball cricket
Women cricket
Women Test
Women ODI
Women T20
Bete-ombro
Crocker
Plaquita
Stoolball – two stools
Vigoro – two wickets
Wicket

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;Longball

Danish longball
Lapta – two salos (bases)
Oină
Palant
Schlagball

;Other games

Bat and trap
Gillidanda
Old cat – variable
Pärk

Billiards

Cue sports

Ground billiards

Pall-mall
Croquet
Roque
Gateball
Trucco
Woodball

Boules sports

Games which the objective is to throw, roll or slide balls as closely as possible to a jack or target.

thumb|Lawn bowls

Bocce
Bocce volo
Boccia
Bolas criollas
Boules
Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls
Curling
Crokicurl
Wheelchair curling
Ice stock sport
Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise)
Marbles
Pétanque
Taistelupetankki
Raffa
Shuffleboard

Bowling

thumb|Bowling

Candlepin bowling
Duckpin bowling
Five-pin bowling
Nine-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling
Trick bowling
Turkey bowling
Basque bowls
Bolo palma
Fowling
Skittles
Finnish skittles
Mölkky
Table skittles
Devil among the tailors

Dodgeball

Dandy shandy
Gaga
Maram Pitti
Prisonball
Seven stones
Spud

Golf

Sports which score is counted in reference to par

thumb|Golf player using a putter to score

Invasion games

Sports in which the method of scoring is through goals.

Basketball

thumb|right|Basketball player [[Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at the 2008 Summer Olympics.]]

Basketball
3x3 basketball
Beach basketball
Biddy Basketball
Deaf basketball
Donkey basketball
Hotshot
One-on-one
Piterbasket
Pop-A-Shot
Rezball
Roller basketball
Six-on-six basketball
Slamball
Streetball
Super Shot
Twenty-one
Unicycle basketball
Water basketball
Wheelchair basketball
Canoe polo
Cestoball
Dueball
Flickerball
Horseball
Korfball
Beach korfball
Netball
Fast5 netball
Indoor netball
Walking netball
Wheelchair netball
Pato
Ringball

Football

; Historical

;Modern codes

Handball

thumb|right|A 7-meter throw in [[Handball.]]

Czech handball
Field handball
Indoor handball
Beach handball
Wheelchair handball
One goal 4x4
Rollball
Visual impaired
Goalball
Torball
Water polo
Beach water polo

Stick and Ball

Sports that use some kind of sticks for scoring goals.

Bando

Hockey

Hurling and shinty

Cammag
Hurling
Camogie
Shinty
Women's shinty
Composite rules shinty-hurling
Iomain

Lacrosse

Indigenous North American stickball
Field lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Women's lacrosse
Lacrosse sixes
Intercrosse
Wheelchair lacrosse
Polocrosse
Segway rugpolocrosse

Polo

thumb|right|A [[polo player.]]

Auto polo
Chovgan
Sagol kāngjei
Arena polo
Beach polo
Bicycle polo
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Camel polo
Cowboy polo
Elephant polo
Hobby horse polo
Roda Polo
Segway polo
Snow polo
Unicycle polo
Yak polo

Other goal sports

thumb|Cycle ball

Anejodi
Angleball
Autoball
Cycleball
Elephant football
Foobaskill
Home Ball
Motoball
Nashball
Pearl ball
Pushball
Quidditch
Tennis polo
Treibball
Whirlyball

Net and wall games

Sports when players/teams score whenever the opponent fails to return validly the possession of ball/bird back.

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| colspan="2" |Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball over a net using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely the body:

Badminton
AirBadminton
Ball badminton
Para-badminton
Fistball
Footbag net
Football tennis
Jianzi
Jokgu
Jollyball
Loofball
Miniten
Peteca
Pickleball
Qianball
Rocball
Sepak takraw
Sipa
Table tennis
Hardbat
Headis
Para table tennis
Tambourelli
Te ano
Tennikoit
Tennis
Beach tennis
Deck tennis
Fast4 Tennis
Paddle tennis
Parasports
Adaptive Standing Tennis
Wheelchair tennis
Road tennis
Soft tennis
Sphairee
Team tennis
Tie Break Tens
Touchtennis
Turbo Tennis
Teqball
Throwball
Volleyball
9-man
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball 4x4
Biribol
Bossaball
Crossnet
Ecuavolley
Footvolley
Hooverball
Newcomb ball
Parasports
Sitting volleyball
Standing volleyball
Beach ParaVolley
Snow volleyball
Water volleyball

| colspan="2" |Games involving opponents hitting/throwing a ball against walls or any rebounding surface using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded:

360ball
American handball
Australian handball
Basque pelota
Frontball
Frontenis
Jai alai
Paleta frontón
Butts Up
Chinese handball
Downball
Downside ball game
Fives
Eton fives
Rugby fives
Four wall paddleball
Gaelic handball
One-wall handball
One wall paddleball
Paddle ball
Patball
Rackets
Racquetball
Roundnet
Squash
Squash Doubles
Hardball squash
Squash tennis
Women squash
Suicide (game)
Tchoukball
Valencian frontó
Wallball
Welsh handball

| colspan="2" |Games that use both walls and net:

Escala i corda
Jeu de paume
Real Tennis
Padbol
Padel
Platform tennis
Squalleyball
Squash-volleyball
Stické
Table squash
Wallyball

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| colspan="2" |Games that use neither walls nor net:

Chaza
Crossminton (previously "Speedminton" or "Speed badminton")
Four square
Russian four square
Frisian handball
Gain-ground
Balle à la main
Ballon au poing
International game
Longue paume
Kin-Ball
Nadan panthu kali
Tamburello

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Pilota family

thumb|right|[[Valencian pilota.]]

American handball
Australian handball
Basque pelota
Jai alai
Chaza
Downball
Fives
Eton fives
Rugby fives
Frisian handball
Four square or FS Handball
Gaelic handball
Gain-ground
Balle à la main
Ballon au poing
International game
Jeu de paume
Longue paume
One-wall handball
Palla
Pallone
Tamburello
Tambourelli
Patball
Roundnet
Schoolyard handball
Valencian pilota
Llargues
Welsh handball

Racket (or racquet) sports

Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)

Sports that use a netted racket

thumb|Badminton

Badminton
Ball badminton
Frontenis
Battledore and shuttlecock
Crossminton
Qianball
Rackets
Racquetball
Real tennis
Road tennis
Soft tennis
Speed-ball
Squash
Hardball squash
Squash tennis
Stické
Tennis
Wheelchair tennis
Touchtennis

Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle

thumb|Table tennis

Basque pelota
Beach tennis
Downside ball game
Four wall paddleball
Frescobol
Hanetsuki
Jombola
Matkot
Miniten
One wall paddleball
Paddle ball
Paddle tennis
Padel
Paleta frontón
Pang Pong
Pelota mixteca
Pickleball
Platform tennis
Sphairee
Table squash
Table tennis (Ping Pong)
Para table tennis

Other ball sports

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Catch
Hornussen
IJscolf
Jeu de mail
Keep away
Rondo
Kolf
Snookball
Yukigassen

Board sports

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

thumb|[[Skateboard|Skateboarding]]

thumb|right|[[Snowboard figure at the 2008 Shakedown]]

thumb|right|Surfing in [[Hawaii]]

Hoverboarding
Kite landboarding
Land sailing
Land windsurfing
Skateboarding
Casterboarding
Freeboard (skateboard)
Freestyle skateboarding
Longboarding
Mountainboarding
Snakeboarding
Streetboarding
Streetluge
Scootering
Skysurfing
Skwal
Snowboarding
Para snowboard
Sandboarding
Snowboard cross
Snowkiting
Snowskating
Surfing
Bodyboarding
Dog surfing
Kiteboarding
Riverboarding
Skimboarding
Standup paddleboarding
Wakesurfing
Windsurfing
Wakeboarding
Kneeboarding
Paddleboarding

Climbing

thumb|right|[[Canyoning]]

Competition climbing
Competition bouldering
Competition ice climbing
Competition lead climbing
Competition speed climbing
Ice climbing
Dry-tooling
Mixed climbing
Mountaineering
Alpine climbing
Expedition climbing
Paraclimbing
Rock climbing
Aid climbing
Big wall climbing
Bouldering
Deep-water soloing
Multi-pitch climbing
Sport climbing
Traditional climbing
Speed climbing
Solo climbing
Free solo climbing
Rope solo climbing
Top rope climbing
Other
Canyoning (Canyoneering)
Coasteering
Hiking
Pole climbing
Rope climbing
Sawanobori

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

thumb|right|Two men compete in [[freestyle wrestling.]]

Striking

thumb|right|A kick in [[kickboxing.]]

Mixed or hybrid

thumb|right|Ground fighting in [[Mixed martial arts|MMA.]]

Weapons

thumb|right|Two kendōka.

thumb|Paintball

Other

Exercising

Aerobics
Aerobic exercise
Water aerobics
Anaerobic exercise
Calisthenics
Street workout
Pilates
Yoga as exercise
Acroyoga
Competitive yoga

Flying disc sports

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Crossbee
Disc dog
Disc golf
Disc golf (urban)
Double disc court
Freestyle
Fricket
Frisbee
Guts
Dodge disc
Flutterguts
KanJam
Polish horseshoes
Ultimate
Goaltimate
Hot box
KanJam
Schtick

Gymnastics

Kite sports

Hang gliding
Kite buggy
Kite fighting
Kite ice skating
Kite landboarding
Kitesurfing
Parasailing
Snowkiting
Sport kite (Stunt kite)

Mixed discipline

Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five-component contests that are scored together using one points system.

thumb|The three components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, running

Adventure racing
Racketlon
Biathlon
Coast to Coast
Triathlon
Cross triathlon
Aquathlon
Aquacycling
Duathlon
Winter triathlon
Quadrathlon
Pentathlon
Ancient Olympic pentathlon
Athletics pentathlon
Throws pentathlon
Women pentathlon
Modern pentathlon
Laser-run
Triathle
Tetrathlon
Military pentathlon
Aeronautical pentathlon
Naval pentathlon
Hexathlon
Heptathlon
Octathlon
Decathlon
Tetradecathlon
Icosathlon
Ski orienteering
Swimrun

Motorsports

Sports involving manned motorized vehicles

Aircraft

thumb|Aerobatic maneuver

Aerobatics
Competition aerobatics
Air racing
Formula One Air Racing
Formula V Air Racing
Powered gliding
Powered hang gliding
Powered paragliding
Stunt flying
Barnstorming
Wing walking

Motorboat

thumb|Formula 1 motorboat

Drag boat racing
Hydroplane racing
Inshore powerboat racing
F1 powerboat racing
Jet sprint boat racing
Offshore powerboat racing
Class 1 powerboat racing
Personal watercraft

Terrestrial vehicles

Automobile

thumb|right|The start of a Formula One race in 2008

Motorcycle

thumb|right|MotoGP racing

Others

thumb|right|ATV racing on a motocross track

All-terrain vehicle competition
Electric bike racing
Electric scooter racing
Electric skateboard racing
Electric unicycle race
Hoverboarding
Ice racing
Monowheel run
Rickshaw run
Segway polo
Snocross
Snowmobiling
Snowmobile skipping
Whirlyball

Orienteering

Amateur radio direction finding (Radio Orienteering)
Fox Oring
Radio Orienteering in a Compact Area
Canoe orienteering
Car orienteering
Geocaching
Geohashing
Letterboxing
Mounted orienteering
Orienteering
Foot orienteering
Mountain bike orienteering
Ski orienteering
Trail orienteering
Rogaining
Urban exploration
Waymarking

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.

Freerunning
Martial Arts Tricking
Ninja Warrior
Obstacle racing (OCR)
Parkour
Trampolining
World Chase Tag

Pedal vehicle

Human-powered vehicles propelled by pedals

Cycling

Sports using bicycles, quadracycles, tricycles or unicycles.

Bicycle

thumb|right|A [[track cycling Race]]

Artistic cycling
BMX
BMX racing
Freestyle BMX
Cycle ball
Cycle polo
Hardcourt Bike Polo
Cycle speedway
Cyclo-cross
Dirt jumping
Downhill mountain biking
Freestyle fixed gear
Bike Trials
Mountain biking
Recumbent bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing
Track cycling
Underwater cycling

Quadracycle

Pedal car racing

Tricycle

Handcycle
Recumbent tricycle racing
Wheelchair racing

Unicycle

thumb|Mountain unicycle

Icetrack cycling
Mountain unicycling
Street unicycling
Unicycling
Unicycle basketball
Unicycle football
Unicycle hockey
Unicycle polo
Unicycle trials

Watercraft

Pedal boat racing

Racing

Running
Marathon
Sprint
Mascot race
Skating
Inline speed skating
Speed skating
Ice cross downhill

Shooting sports

Archery

thumb|right|Members of the Gotemba Kyūdō Association demonstrate Kyūdō.

Archery
Dartchery
Field archery
Flight archery
Gungdo
Indoor archery
Kyūdō
Match crossbow
Mounted archery
Popinjay
Run archery
Target archery

Gun sports

Sports using guns (firearms, air guns, etc.).

Individual

thumb|Skeet shooting

Clay pigeon shooting
Skeet shooting
Trap shooting
Sporting clays
Slingshotting
Bullseye shooting
Rifle
ISSF rifle events
Fullbore target rifle
High power rifle
Benchrest shooting
Paralympic rifle events
Handgun
ISSF pistol events
Paralympic pistol events
Field shooting
Precision rifle competition
Precision Rifle Series
Field target
Metallic silhouette shooting
ICFRA Palma and F-Class
Plinking
Practical shooting
International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)
International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)
Multigun
Cowboy action shooting
Pistol dueling

Athletic hybrid

thumb|Laser-run

Air baseball
Biathlon
Bowling
Field running
Ice baseball
Laser-run
Military patrol
Modern pentathlon
Moose biathlon
Orienteering shooting
Pistol skiing
Ski field shooting
Summer biathlon
Target sprint
Triathle
Underwater target shooting
Water baseball

Skirmish

Airsoft
Laser tag
Paintball

Skating sports

thumb|Inline figure skating

Snow sports

Skiing

thumb|right|A ski jumper using the V-style

right|thumb|Freestyle skiing

Alpine skiing
Downhill
Super-G
Freeskiing
Giant slalom
Slalom
Alpine skiing combined
Para-alpine skiing
Freestyle skiing
Aerials
Moguls
Halfpipe
Slopestyle
Ski cross
Ski ballet
Speed skiing
Backcountry skiing
Monoski
Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
Ski jumping
Nordic combined
Telemark skiing
Ice sledge racing
Ski mountaineering
Ski touring
Skijoring
Teleboard
Telemark skiing
Grass skiing

Sled sports

thumb|Bobsled

Bobsleigh
Jack jumping
Luge
Shovel racing
Skibobbing
Skeleton
Snow tubing
Toboggan

Stacking

Card stacking
Dice stacking
Jenga
Sport stacking

Strength sports

Arm Wrestling
Hyrox
Powerlifting
Strongman
Thumb war
Toe Wrestling
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Tag games

thumb|Kabaddi

Atya patya
Bo-taoshi
British Bulldog (American Eagle; Australian Dingo)
Capture the flag
Darebase
Hana Ichi Monme
Hide-and-seek
Jugger
Kabaddi
Kho kho
Kick the can
Langdi
Marco Polo
Oztag
Red Rover
Seven stones
Surr
Tag
World Chase Tag

Walking

Hiking
Backpacking (hiking)
Off-trail hiking
Naked hiking
Nordic walking
Racewalking
Walking

Water sports

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

Aquatic ball sports

Surface

thumb|right|Water polo

Water polo
Beach water polo
Canoe polo
Stone skipping
Waboba

Underwater

Underwater football
Underwater rugby
Underwater hockey
Underwater ice hockey

Competitive swimming

Swimming stroke
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly stroke
Freestyle swimming
Front crawl
Sidestroke
Individual medley
Synchronized swimming
Medley relay

Kindred activities

Bifins (finswimming)
Surface finswimming

Diving

Cliff jumping
Diving

Subsurface and recreational

thumb|Snorkeling

Apnoea finswimming
Aquathlon (underwater wrestling)
Freediving
Georgian swimming
Immersion finswimming
Scuba diving
Snorkeling
Spearfishing
Sport diving (sport)
Suijutsu
Underwater orienteering
Underwater photography (sport)
Underwater target shooting

Non motorized vehicles

Boat racing

Paddling sports

Canoeing and kayaking

Canoe and kayak diving
Canoeing
Canoe camping
Canoe marathon
Canoe slalom
Outrigger canoeing
Sprint canoe
Whitewater canoeing
Kayaking
Creeking
Flyak
Freeboating
Sea kayaking
Sprint kayak
Surf kayaking
Whitewater kayaking
Squirt boating
Wildwater canoeing

Rafting

right|thumb|Rafting

Rafting
White water rafting

Rowing

Rowing (sport)
Gig racing
Coastal and ocean rowing
Surfboat
Single scull

Other paddling sports

Dragon boat racing
Standup paddleboarding

Sailing

thumb|Windsurfing

Dinghy sailing
Fleet racing
Ice yachting
Kiteboarding
Land sailing
Land windsurfing
Sailing
Windsurfing
Wing foiling
Yacht racing

Weightlifting

thumb|Weightlifting

Basque traditional weightlifting
CrossFit
Highland games
Kettlebell lifting
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Bodybuilding
Strength athletics (strongman)
Steinstossen

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

thumb|Bridge

Contract bridge
Hanafuda
Patience
Klondike
Freecell
Pyramid
Spider
Tri peaks
Poker
Classic poker
Omaha
Online poker
Texas hold'em
Skat
Truco
Whist

Combination puzzle

thumb|Dogic

Speedsolving
Tetrahedron
Pyraminx
Pyramorphix
Cube
2x2x2
3x3x3
3x3x3 One-Handed
4x4x4
5×5×5
6×6×6
7×7×7
Skewb
Square-1
Skewb Diamond (octahedron)
Dodecahedron
Megaminx
Pyraminx Crystal
Skewb Ultimate
Dogic (icosahedron)
Other
Rubik's Clock

Competitive model sports

thumb|RC aircraft

Mini 4WD
Model aircraft racing
Model yacht racing
Neppis

Remote control

Drone racing
Model aerobatics
RC racing
Robot competition
Robot combat
Robot boxing
Robot-sumo
Robot football
Soccer robot
Slot car racing

Esports

thumb|[[0 A.D. (video game)|0 A.D. a real-time strategy game]]

Arcade game
Battle royale game
Digital collectible card game
Fighting game
Multiplayer online battle arena
Puzzle video game
Tile-matching video game
Real-time tactics
Rhythm game
Shooter game
First-person shooter
Third-person shooter
Speedrunning
Sports video game
Strategy video game
Real-time strategy
Vehicle simulation game
Flight simulation video game
Combat flight simulation game
Space flight simulation game
RC flight simulator
Sim racing
Submarine simulator
Vehicular combat game

Strategy board games

thumb|Chaturanga, parent of many strategy board games

thumb|A game of Monopoly

Other

Competitive programming
Debating
Fantasy sport
Quizzing
Capture the flag (cybersecurity)
Puzzles
Tic-tac-toe

Both physical and mind

Chess boxing
Dance pad
Electro-mechanical game
Esports
Fitness game
Phygital sport
Virtual reality game

Different classification

Potentially other sports are listed here.

Air sports

Banzai skydiving
Bungee jumping
Hot air ballooning
Indoor skydiving

Beach sports

Versions of sports played on sand

thumb|Beach tennis

Beach basketball
Beach golf
Beach handball
Beach hockey
Beach karate
Beach rugby
Beach soccer
Beach tennis
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball 4x4
Beach wrestling

Compromise rules

Composite rules shinty–hurling
Iomain
International game
International rules football
One-wall handball

Electronic sports

Sports played using electronic devices.

Boxer Punch machine
Capture the flag (cybersecurity)
Combat robot
Competitive programming
Contesting
Electronic dartboard
Fitness game
Pinball
Radio-control vehicles
Video gaming
Wire loop game

Endurance sports

Chariot racing
Cross-country skiing
Cycling
Iditarod
Long-distance running
Rowing
Swimming
Touch the Truck
Wheelchair racing
Woodchopping

Ice sports

thumb|Speed skating

Figure skating
Four skating
Ice dancing
Ice theatre
Pair skating
Single skating
Synchronized skating
Hockey
Bandy
Rink bandy
Broomball
Moscow broomball
Ice hockey
Sledge hockey
Spongee
Ringette
Ice cricket
Ice fishing
Ice football
Icetrack cycling
Ice yachting
Sled
Bobsleigh
Luge
Skeleton
Speed skating
Barrel jumping
Ice cross downhill
Long-track speed skating
Short-track speed skating
Target
Crokicurl
Curling
Ice stock sport

Marker sports

Airsoft
Archery
Paintball
Darts

Parasports

Visual impaired

thumb|Goalball

Audio Darts
Blind baseball
Beep baseball
Blind cricket
Blind football
Blind inline hockey
Goalball
Torball
Para judo
Showdown

Wheelchair sports

Para-versions of sports played using wheelchairs

thumb|Wheelchair rugby

Power hockey
Wheelchair American Football
Wheelchair Australian rules football
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair curling
Wheelchair dancesport
Wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair handball
Wheelchair lacrosse
Wheelchair netball
Wheelchair pickleball
Wheelchair racing
Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby league
Wheelchair soccer
Powerchair football
Wheelchair tennis

Other

thumb|Sitting volleyball

Adaptive Standing Tennis
Boccia
Deaf basketball
Deaf cricket
One-armed versus one-legged cricket
Table Cricket
Ice sledge racing
Inline sledge hockey
Sledge hockey
Special hockey
Midget wrestling
Para-alpine skiing
Para-athletics
Frame running
Club throw
Softball throw
Para-badminton
Paracanoe
Paraclimbing
Para-cycling
Handcycle
Para-equestrian
Para-gymnastics
Paralympic football
Amputee football
CP football
Paralympic Nordic skiing
Para biathlon
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Paralympic powerlifting
Paralympic shooting
Pararowing
Para snowboard
Para-strongman
Para surfing
Para swimming
Para table tennis
Para taekwondo
Paratriathlon
Sitting volleyball
Standing volleyball
Beach ParaVolley

Snow sports

thumb|right|A snowboarder and a [[skiing|skier]]

Boardercross
Freestyle snowboarding
Ski flying
Skibob
Snow baseball
Snowboarding
Snowshoe running
Snow golf
Snow volleyball
Skiboarding
Yukigassen

Street sports

Free running and jumping
Freestyle footbag
Freestyle football
Powerbocking
Parkour
Scootering
Street workout

Strength sports

Sports mainly based on sheer power.

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Arm wrestling
Leg wrestling
CrossFit
High striker
Highland games
Caber toss
Sheaf toss
Stone put
Weight throw
Olympic weightlifting
Powerlifting
Rock climbing
Strongman
Thumb wrestling
Toe wrestling
Leg wrestling
Tug of war
Woodchopping
Wood splitting
Zourkhaneh
Calisthenics

Tabletop games

thumb|Air hockey

Backgammon
Beer pong
Carrom
Carrom Nok Hockey
Chaturanga and descendants
Connect Four
Crokinole
Draughts (a.k.a. checkers)
Dominoes
Mahjong
Paper football
Reversi (a.k.a. Othello)
Scrabble
Tabletop baseball
Tabletop sports
Air hockey
Cue sports
Headis
Pinball
Table Cricket
Table hockey
Table Shuffleboard/Sling Puck
Table tennis (a.k.a. ping pong)
Tabletop football
Blow football
Button football
Sports table football
Subbuteo
Table football
Teqball
Yahtzee

Target sports

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

thumb|[[Axe throwing at the Ming Culture Village, a theme park near the Yangshan Quarry, China]]

Team sports

Sports that involve teams.

thumb|Hurling

Windsports

Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):

Kite flying
Parachuting
Hot air balloon racing
Indoor skydiving

Fictional sports

Fictional sports that are played in real life:

43-Man Squamish
Calvinball
Quidditch (Harry Potter)
Swiss Guyball
BASEketball
Brockian Ultra-Cricket
Hunger Games
Whack-bat
Blitzball
Fictional Martial Arts

Miscellaneous sports

thumb|right|Jack and Jill competition, [[Lumberjack World Championships, Hayward, Wisconsin, 2007.]]

thumb|[[Logrolling (sport)|Logrolling]]

References