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.[1]

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.

Football family

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

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

        1. ↑ Lipoński, Wojciech (2003). "Introduction". World Sports Encyclopedia. Ozgraf. ISBN 0760316821 – via Internet Archive. Former reference version, How many sports are there in the world? ("World Sports Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)). See ISBN 9780760316825.
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