An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively is known as sport or game.
According to the World Sports Encyclopedia (2003) there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.
Basically the sports or games or categorised in two main groups Indoor and Outdoor.
Indoor games are those that can be played within an enclosed place or a building for example volleyball, golfing, table tennis, tennis, bowling, card games and boardgames while out door games are played outside for example, soccer, cycling, skiing and skating.
Let us have a look on this list of sports and games
Air Sports: -
a) The term air sports covers a range of aerial activities
b) Some names of air sports:- Aerobatics, Air racing, Ballooning, Cluster ballooning, Hopper ballooning, Wingsuit flying, Gliding, Hang gliding, Powered hang glider, Human powered aircraft, Model aircraft, Parachuting, Banzai skydiving, BASE jumping, Skydiving, Skysurfing, Wingsuit flying, Paragliding, Powered paragliding, Paramotoring, Ultralight aviation etc.
c) The sports inserted above are governed internationally by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
d) World Air Games (WAG) is an international air sports event organized by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (International Aeronautical Federation - FAI), inspired by the Olympic Games and held every four years since 1997.
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Archery
a) Archery is the sport, practice or skill of using a bow to propel arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who participates in archery is typically called an archer or a bowman, and a person who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite.
b) Some names of Archery games:- Field archery, Flight archery, Gungdo, Indoor archery, Kyūdō, Popinjay, Target archery
c) The sport is included in olympic games.
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Ball-over-net games
a) A net is tide at the centre of the play fied in such type of sports.
b) These may be individual or team games. They can be played indoor or outdoor depending on the rules of the game.
c) Some of famous games of such type are Badminton, Ball badminton, Biribol, Bossaball, Fistball, Footbag net, Football tennis, Footvolley, Hooverball, Padel, Peteca, Pickleball, Platform tennis, Sepak takraw, Sipa, Tennis, Throwball, Volleyball, Beach volleyball, Water volleyball, Paralympic volleyball, Wallyball.
d) These games are also involved in olympics.
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Basketball family
a) As name suggest a basket and a ball is involved in this type of sport.
b) These games are played in team.
c) Some of famous games of such type are Basketball, Beach basketball, Deaf basketball, Streetball, Water basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Cestoball, Korfball, Netball, Fastnet, Indoor netball, Ringball, Slamball etc.
d) Some of these are also part of Olympics.
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Bat-and-ball (safe haven)
a) Bat-and-ball games (or safe haven games) are field games played by two opposing teams. The teams alternate between "batting" roles, sometimes called "in at bat" and "out in the field", or simply in and out. Only the batting team may score, but they have equal chances in both roles. The game is counted rather than timed.
b) Some of famous sports of these type are. Baseball, Softball, Slow pitch, Fast-pitch softball, 16-inch softball, Bat and trap, British baseball - four posts, Brännboll - four bases, Corkball - four bases (no base-running), Cricket - two creases, Indoor cricket, Limited overs cricket, One Day International, Test cricket, Twenty20, Danish longball, Kickball, Kilikiti, Lapta – two salos (bases), The Massachusetts Game – four bases, Matball, Oina, Old cat – variable, Over-the-line – qv, Palant, Pesäpallo – four bases, Punchball, Rounders – four bases or posts, Scrub baseball – four bases (not a team game per se), Stickball – variable, Stool ball – two stools, Tee-ball, Town ball – variable, Vigoro – two wickets, Wireball, Wiffleball, Bucketball.
c) Cricket is very famous and a world cup tournament is organised after every four years.
d) Many of these forms are involved in olympics.
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Board sports
a) Sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment.
b) Some of these games are Skateboarding, Scootering, Caster boarding, Freeboard (skateboard), Long boarding, Street boarding, Skysurfing, Streetluge, Snowboarding, Mountain boarding, Sand boarding, Snow kiting, Surfing, Wakesurfing, Body boarding, River boarding, Skim boarding, Windsurfing, Wakeboarding, Kneeboarding etc.
c) These are outdoor type games generally.
d) These sports take place on a variety of terrain, from paved flat-ground and snow-covered hills to water and air.
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Catch games are Dodgeball, Ga-ga, Keep away, Kin-Ball, Newcomb ball, Quidditch, Rundown (aka Pickle), Yukigassen
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Climbing games are Rock climbing, Bouldering, Deep-water soloing, Sport climbing, Traditional climbing, Aid climbing, Ice climbing, Mixed climbing, Abseiling, Mountaineering, Canyoning (Canyoneering), Hiking, Rope climbing, Pole climbing, Coasteering
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Cycling
a) These are the sports involving an unicycle or a bicycle.
b) The various types are Artistic cycling, BMX, Cyclo-cross, Cross-country mountain biking, Cycle polo, Cycle speedway, Downhill mountain biking, Dirt jumping, Freestyle BMX, Hardcourt Bike Polo, Road bicycle racing, Track cycling, Underwater cycling, Skibobbing, Unicycling, Mountain unicycling, Unicycle trials, Unicycle hockey, Unicycle basketball etc.
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Combat sports: Wrestling and martial arts
a) A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
b) The main types of combat sports are Grappling, Two men compete in freestyle wrestling, Aiki-jūjutsu, Aikido, Hala, Kinomichi, Jujutsu, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo (martial art), Sumo, Wrestling, Amateur wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, Freestyle wrestling, Folk wrestling, Boli Khela, Collar-and-elbow, Cornish Wrestling, Dumog, Glima, Gouren, Kurash, Hapsagai, Lancashire wrestling, Catch wrestling, Malla-yuddha, Mongolian wrestling, Pehlwani, Professional wrestling, Schwingen, Shuai Jiao, Ssireum, Varzesh-e Pahlavani, Yağlı Güreş, Greek wrestling etc.
c) Striking is also one type of combat game.
d) Some types of striking games are A kick in kickboxing, Choi Kwang-Do, Cockfighting, Boxing, Bokator, Capoeira, Fujian White Crane, Karate, Kenpō, Kickboxing, Lethwei, Muay Thai, Pradal serey, San shou, Savate, Shaolin kung fu, Sikaran, Silat, Subak, Taekkyeon, Taekwondo, Taido, Tang Soo Do, Wing Chun, Zui quan etc.
e) There are some more Mixed or hybrid combat games. They are Ground fighting in MMA, Amateur pankration, Baguazhang, Bando, Bartitsu, Bujinkan, Hapkido, Hwa Rang Do, Jeet Kune Do, Kajukenbo, Kalarippayattu, Krav Maga, Kuk Sool Won, MCMAP, Mixed martial arts, Northern Praying Mantis, Ninjutsu, Pankration, Pencak Silat, Sanshou, Shidōkan, Karate, Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan, Shoot boxing, Shootfighting, Shorinji Kempo, Systema, T'ai chi ch'uan, Vajra-mushti, Vale tudo, Vovinam, Xingyiquan, etc.
f) Combat games are also played using weapons.
g) Some types of weapon combat are Two kendōka, Axe throwing, Battōjutsu, Boffer fighting, Eskrima, Egyptian stick fencing, Fencing, Gatka, Hojōjutsu, Iaidō, Iaijutsu, Jōdō, Jogo do pau, Jūkendō, Juttejutsu, Kendo, Kenjutsu, Krabi-krabong, Kung fu, Kyūdō, Kyūjutsu, Modern Arnis, Naginatajutsu, Nguni stick-fighting, Okinawan kobudō, Shurikenjutsu, Silambam, Sōjutsu, Sword fighting, Wushu, Kumdo, Wing Chun, etc.
h) Another form of combat sports is Skirmish with sub types Airsoft, Laser tag, Paintball, etc.
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Cue sports are Pool balls, Snooker, Carom billiards, Three-cushion, Five-pins, Balkline and straight rail, Cushion caroms, Four-ball (yotsudama), Artistic billiards, Novuss (and cued forms of carrom), Pocket billiards (pool), Eight-ball, Blackball (a.k.a. British eight-ball pool), Nine-ball, Straight pool (14.1 continuous), One-pocket, Three-ball, Seven-ball, Ten-ball, Rotation, Baseball pocket billiards, Cribbage (pool), Bank pool, Artistic pool, Trick shot competition, Speed pool, Bowlliards, Chicago, Kelly pool, Cutthroat, Killer, Russian pyramid, Snooker, American snooker, Sinuca brasileira, Six-red snooker, Snooker plus, Hybrid carom–pocket games, English billiards, Bottle pool, Cowboy, Obstacle variations, Bagatelle, Bar billiards, Bumper pool, etc.
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Some forms of dances are also included in the sports activity which are Competitive dance, Dance marathon, Irish dance, etc.
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Equine sports
a) Equine sports are the games of different types which include animals or some probe.
b) Sports using a horse are also equine sports. Some types are Buzkashi, Barrel racing, Campdrafting, Cirit, Charreada, Chilean rodeo, Cross country, Cutting, Dressage, Endurance riding, English pleasure, Equitation, Eventing, Equestrian vaulting, Gymkhana, Harness racing, Horse racing, Horseball, Hunter, Hunter-jumpers, Jousting, Polo, Pato, Reining, Rodeo, Show jumping, Steeplechase, Team penning, Tent pegging, Western pleasure, Polo cross,
c) Fishing also a type of equine sports. The sub types are Angling, Big-game fishing, Casting, Noodling, Spear fishing, Sport fishing, Surf fishing, Rock fishing, Fly fishing, Ice fishing,
d) Flying disc games are also equine sports. They are Beach ultimate, Disc dog, Disc golf, Disc golf (urban), Dodge disc, Double disc court, Flutterguts, Freestyle, Freestyle competition, Fricket (aka disc cricket, cups, suzy sticks and crispy wickets), Goaltimate, Guts, Hot box, Ringo, Ultimate etc.
e) Football and its forms are also types of equine games.
f) The sub types of ancient football are Chinlone, Cuju, Episkyros, Harpastum, Kemari, Ki-o-rahi, Marn Grook, Woggabaliri, Yubi lakpi, Medieval football, Ba game, Caid, Calcio Fiorentino, Camping (game), Chester-le-Street, Cnapan, Cornish hurling, Haxey Hood, Knattleikr, La soule, Lelo burti, Mob football, Royal Shrovetide Football, Uppies and Downies, Association football, Jorkyball, Paralympic football, Powerchair Football, Reduced variants, Five-a-side football, Beach soccer, Futebol de Salão, Futsal, Papi fut, Indoor soccer, Masters Football, Street football, Freestyle football, Keepie uppie, Swamp football, Three sided football, Australian football, Nine-a-side footy, Rec footy, Metro footy,
g) English school games are also come under a big category of football. The well known subtypes are Eton College, Field game, Wall game, Harrow football, Gaelic football, Ladies' Gaelic football, Gridiron football, American football, Eight-man football, Flag football, Indoor football, Arena football, Nine-man football, Six-man football, Sprint football, Touch football, Canadian football, Street football (American), etc.
h) There are many sports with rugby such as Rugby football, Beach rugby, Rugby league, Masters Rugby League, Mini footy, Mod league, Rugby league nines, Rugby league sevens, Tag rugby, Touch football, Wheelchair rugby league, Rugby union, American flag rugby, Mini rugby, Rugby sevens, Tag rugby, Touch rugby, Rugby tens, Snow rugby, etc.
i) There are many Hybrid codes Austus, Eton wall game, International rules football, Kronum, Samoa rules, Speedball, Universal football, Volata, etc.
j) Golf and it’s sub types depending upon the rules are also equine game types. The well practiced golf types are Match play, Skins game, Stroke play, Team play, Shotgun start, Speed golf, Miniature golf, etc.
k) Gymnastics and it’s sub type are Acrobatic gymnastics, Aerobic gymnastics, Artistic gymnastics, Balance beam, Floor, High bar, Parallel bars, Pommel horse, Still rings, Uneven bars, Vault, Juggling, Rhythmic gymnastics, Ball, Club, Hoop, Ribbon, Rope, Rope jumping, Slacklining, Trampolining, Trapeze, Flying trapeze, Static trapeze, Tumbling, etc.
l) Goalball, Tchoukball, Team handball, Beach handball, Czech handball, Field handball, Torball, Water polo etc. Ball family games are well known in the world of sports.
m) Hunting is sometimes considered as blood sports. Beagling, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Fox hunting, Hare coursing, Wolf hunting etc.
n) Ice sports are Bandy, Rink bandy, Broomball, Curling, Ice hockey, Ringette, Ice yachting, Figure skating, etc.
o) Kite sports are Kite buggy, Kite fighting, Kite land boarding, Kite surfing, Parasailing, Snow kiting, Sport kite (Stunt kite), etc.
p) Mixed discipline consists of more than two components and more than one components Decathlon, heptathlon, and the pentathlons consist of ten, seven, and five component contests that are scored together using one points system. Also the well known types are Adventure racing, Biathlon, Duathlon, Decathlon, Heptathlon, Icosathlon, Modern pentathlon, Pentathlon, Tetrathlon, Triathlon, Woodsman, etc.
q) Orienteering family sports are Geocaching, Orienteering, Rogaining, Letterboxing, Waymarking etc.
r) Pilota family games are Valencian pilota, American handball, Australian handball, Basque pelota, Jai alai, Fives, Eton Fives, Rugby Fives, Frisian handball, Four square, Gaelic handball, Jeu de paume, Palla, Patball, Valencian pilota, etc.
s) Racquet (or racket) sports are 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. The well known types are Badminton, Ball badminton, Basque pelota, Frontenis, Xare, Beach tennis, Fives, Matkot, Paleta Frontón, Pelota mixteca, Pickleball, Piton, Platform tennis, Qianball, Racketlon, Racquetball, Racquets, Real tennis, Soft tennis, Speed-ball, Speedminton, Squash, Hardball squash, Squash tennis, Stické, Table tennis, Tennis, etc.
t) Remote control games are Model aerobatics, RC racing, Robot combat, Slot car racing etc.
u) Rodeo-originated are the sports that have originated from rodeos in the old Western Americas. The types are Bullriding, Barrel Racing, Bronc Riding, Bareback Bronc Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Roping, Calf Roping, Break-Away Roping, Team Roping, Steer Wrestling, Goat Tying, Pole Bending, etc.
v) Running games are 200 meters sprint, Endurance, 5Km run, 10Km run, Cross-country running, Half marathon, Marathon, Road running, Tower running, Ultra marathon, Sprint, Hurdles, etc.
w) Sailing sports are Ice yachting, Land sailing, Land windsurfing, Sailing, Windsurfing, Kite boarding, Dinghy sailing, etc.
x) Snow sports like skiing games are Alpine skiing, Cross-country skiing, Freestyle skiing, Freeride skiing, Nordic combined, Nordic skiing, Ski jumping, Skijoring, Ski touring, Speed skiing, Telemark skiing etc.
y) Sled sports are Bobsleigh, Luge, Skibobbing, Skeleton, Toboggan etc.
z) Shooting sports are Sports using a firearm which are Clay pigeon shooting, Skeet shooting, Trap shooting, Sporting clays, Target shooting, Field target, Fullbore target rifle, High power rifle, Benchrest shooting, Metallic silhouette, Practical shooting, Cowboy action shooting, Metallic silhouette shooting, etc.
a1) Stacking games are Card stacking, Dice stacking, Sport stacking, etc.
b1) Stick and ball games are Hornussen, Hockey, Ball hockey, Bando, Bandy, Rink bandy, Broomball, Moscow broomball, Field hockey, Indoor field hockey, Floorball, Ice hockey etc.
c1) Ice hockey types are Pond hockey, Power hockey, Ringette, Sledge hockey, Underwater ice hockey, Roller hockey, Inline hockey, Roller hockey (Quad), Skater hockey, Rossall Hockey, Spongee, Street hockey, Underwater hockey, Unicycle hockey, etc.
d1) Hurling and shinty games Cammag, Hurling, Camogie, Shinty, Composite rules shinty-hurling, etc.
e1) Lacrosse games are Box lacrosse, Field lacrosse, Women's lacrosse, Intercrosse etc.
f1) Polo games are Bicycle polo, Canoe polo, Cowboy polo, Elephant polo, Horse polo, Segway polo, Yak polo, Polocrosse etc.
g1) Street sports are Free running, Freestyle footbag, Freestyle football, Powerbocking, Parkour, Scootering, Street workout, etc.
h1) Tag games are British bulldogs (American Eagle), Capture the flag, Hana Ichi Monme, Hide and seek, Jugger, Kabaddi, Kho kho, Kick the can, Oztag, Red rover, Tag, etc.
i1) Walking games are Hiking, Backpacking (wilderness), Race walking, Bushwhacking, Walkingetc.
j1) Wall-and-ball is a game of squash means games involving opponents hitting a ball against a wall/walls using a racket, or other piece of equipment, or merely gloved/barehanded. The sub types are American handball, Australian handball, Basque pelota, Butts Up, Chinese handball, Fives, Gaelic handball, International fronton, Jorkyball, Racquetball, Squash, Squash tennis, Suicide (game), Valencian frontó, Wallball, Wallyball etc.
k1) Kayaking games are Creeking, Flyak, Freeboating, Royaking, Sea kayaking, Squirt boating, Surf kayaking, White water kayaking etc.
l1) Competitive swimming type are Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly stroke, Freestyle swimming, Individual medley, Synchronized swimming, Medley relay, Bifins (finswimming), Surface finswimming, Apnoea finswimming, Aquathlon (underwater wrestling), etc.
m1) Weightlifting games are Basque traditional weightlifting, Bodybuilding, Highland games, Olympic weightlifting, Powerlifting, Strength athletics (strongman), Steinstossen etc.
n1) Motorized land sports are Autocross (aka Slalom), Autograss, Banger racing, Board track racing, Demolition derby, Desert racing, Dirt track racing, Drag racing, Drifting, Folkrace, Formula racing, Formula Libre, Formula Student, Hillclimbing, Ice racing, Kart racing, Land speed records, Legends car racing, Midget car racing, Monster truck, Mud bogging, Off-road racing, Pickup truck racing, Production car racing, Race of Champions, Rally raid, Rallycross, Rallying, Regularity rally, Road racing, Short track motor racing, Snowmobile racing, Sports car racing, Sprint car racing, Street racing, Stock car racing, Time attack, Tractor pulling, Touring car racing, Truck racing, Vintage racing, Wheelstand competition, etc.
o1) Motorboat racing is water automotive sport and the types are Drag boat racing, F1 powerboat racing, Hydroplane racing, Jet sprint boat racing, Offshore powerboat racing, Personal water craft etc.
p1) Motorcycle racing games are MotoGP racing, Auto Race, Board track racing, Cross-country rally, Endurance racing, Enduro, Freestyle motocross, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grasstrack, Hillclimbing, Ice racing, Ice speedway, Indoor enduro, Motocross, Motorcycle drag racing, Motorcycle speedway, Off-roading, Rally raid, Road racing, Superbike racing, Supercross, Supermoto, Supersport racing, Superside, Track racing, Trial, TT racing, Free-style moto, etc.
q1) Mind sports are 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.
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