Outline of sports
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sports:
Sport – a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively, sports can be played on land, in water and in the air.
Types of sports
Physical sports
Air sports
Archery
Ball over a net games
Basketball family
Bat-and-ball (Safe haven)
Main article:
Bat-and-ballBaton twirling
Main article:
Baton twirlingBoard sports
Main article:
Board sportsSports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
Boules
Bowling
Catch games
Climbing
Cycling
Sports using bicycles or unicycles.
Bicycle
Skibob
Unicycle
Combat sports
Main article:
Combat sportsMain article:
Martial ArtsCombat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
Grappling
Skirmish
Weapons
Striking
Mixed or hybrid
Cue sports
Dance
Equine Sports
Main article:
EquestrianismSports using a horse.
Fishing
Flying disc sports
Golf
Gymnastics
Handball Family
Main article:
Team handballHunting
Sometimes considered blood sports.
Kite Sports
Mixed discipline
Decathlon, Heptathlon, and the Pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five component contests that are scored together using one points system.
Musical Performance Sports
Orienteering family
Paddle sports
See Outline of kayaking and canoeing
Canoeing
Kayaking
Rafting
Rowing
Pilota family
Racquet (or racket) sports
Sports where a player use a racquet (or racket) to hit a ball or other objects.
Remote control
Running
Sailing
Skiing
Sled sports
Shooting sports
Sports using a firearm.
Stacking
Stick and Ball Games
Street Stunts
Tag games
Walking
Wall-and-ball
Games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded.
Water sports
Main article:
Water sportsBall Sports
Competitive Swimming
Subsurface and recreational
Weightlifting
Mind sports
Main article:
Mind sportsRequiring little or no physical exertion or agility mind sports are often not considered true sports. Some mind sports are recognised by sporting federations.[1]
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. (See also List of world championships in mind sports)
chess
Card Games
Speedcubing
Speaking Sports
Strategy Board Games
Motorized sports
Auto racing
Main article:
Auto racingMotorboat racing
Motorcycle racing
Miscellanea
Animal sports
Athletics (track and field)
Electronic sports
Sports played using electronic devices.
Endurance sports
Miscellaneous sports
Olympic Sports
Main article:
Olympic SportsSummer Olympics
Winter Olympics
Other
Skating sports
Snowsports
Strength sports
Sports mainly based on sheer power.
Table sports
See also Cue Sports.
Target sports
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
Team sports
Sports that involve teams. (Many are listed elsewhere too.)
Windsports
Sports which use the wind (apart from sailing):
Fictional sports
Sport by region
Africa
- West Africa
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- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- North Africa
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- Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
- Central Africa
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- Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe
- East Africa
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- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
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- Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland
- Dependencies
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- Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Antarctica
- None
Asia
- Central Asia
- Kazakhstan[2] • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
- East Asia
- China[3]
- Tibet
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- Hong Kong[4] • Macau[5]
- Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan[6]
- North Asia
- Russia[7]
- Southeast Asia[8]
- Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia[9] • East Timor (Timor-Leste)[10] • Indonesia[11] • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam
- South Asia
- Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan• Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
- India[12]
- Delhi
- West Asia
- Armenia[13] • Azerbaijan[14] • Bahrain • Cyprus[15] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia[16] • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine [17]Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey[18] • United Arab Emirates • Yemen
Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
- North Caucasus
- Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
- South Caucasus
- Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
Europe
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales
- Vatican City
- European Union
North America
- Canada
Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States
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- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
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- District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
- Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
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- Oceania'''(includes the continent of Australia)
- Australasia[19]
- Australia
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- Christmas Island[8] • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
- New Zealand[20]
- Melanesia[21]
- Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)[22] • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea[23] • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •
- Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •
- Polynesia[24]
- American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)
South America
- Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
South Atlantic
- Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha
History of sports
Recreational sporting
Rules
Sports in court
- General
- Association football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Other sports
Sports coaching
Sporting events
Sports training
Sports medicine
Sports nutrition
Sports and media
Sports magazines
Sports television programs
Sports ethics and conduct
Sports participants
Sports venues
Sports venue features
Sports equipment
Game play
Sports management
Sports culture
Sports and politics
Organized sports
Sports governing bodies
World governing bodies of various notable sports:
Sociology of sport
Sport psychology
See also
Sports-related lists
References
- ^ Bridge; Olympic Chief Backs Bridge for Entry as a Winter Sport, 26 September 1998, Alan Truscott
- ^ Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
- ^ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
- ^ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
- ^ Under the de facto control of the Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
- ^ Russia is a transcontinental country; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ a b Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
- ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3 September 2008
- ^ East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
- ^ Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
- ^ Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.
- ^ Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- ^ Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
- ^ The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. The U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East.
- ^ Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
- ^ Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
- ^ Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
- ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
- ^ New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.
- ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
- ^ Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.
- ^ Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.
- ^ Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
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