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.

What is a sport?

Sports can be described as all of the following:

Entertainment – - Any sport that includes spectators, either free or paid admission, with no pre-scripted plot of the final outcome. The athletics might also get entertained by complete sports objective.
Exercise – some sports are physical exercise while others are mental exercise.

Types of sports

List of Sports

Sport by region

Africa

West Africa

Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo

North Africa

Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara

Central Africa

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

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Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

Southern Africa

Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland

Dependencies

Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Antarctica

None

Asia

Central Asia

Kazakhstan^[1] • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan

East Asia

China^[2]

Tibet

Hong Kong^[3] • Macau^[4]

Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan^[5]

North Asia

Russia^[6]

Southeast Asia^[7]

Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia^[8] • East Timor (Timor-Leste)^[9] • Indonesia^[10] • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam

South Asia

Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan• Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka

India^[11]

Delhi

West Asia

Armenia^[12] • Azerbaijan^[13] • Bahrain • Cyprus^[14] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia^[15] • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine ^[16]Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey^[17] • 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, Karachay–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

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

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

Oceania'''(includes the continent of Australia)

Australasia^[18]

Australia

Dependencies/Territories of Australia

Christmas Island^[7] • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island

New Zealand^[19]

Melanesia^[20]

Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)^[21] • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea^[22] • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •

Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •

Polynesia^[23]

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

Sports history organizations

Recreational sporting

Rules

Sports in court

General

American football

American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
Two cases that involved the trademark rights of the Washington Redskins:
- Harjo et al v. Pro Football, Inc.
- Pro-Football, Inc. v. Harjo
NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma

Association football

Baseball

Basketball

Other sports

Kolpak ruling

Sports coaching

Sports coaching

Sporting events

Multi-sport event

Sports training

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Sports medicine

Sports injuries

Sports nutrition

Sports drink

Sports and media

Sports magazines

Sports television programs

Pulp Sport

Sports ethics and conduct

Sports participants

Sports venues

Sports venue features

Sports equipment

Game play

Power play
Losing streak
Falcon – an accidental blow to the head
Grind

Sports management

Sports culture

Sports and politics

Organized sports

Sports governing bodies

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The Olympic Games: International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Baseball: International Baseball Federation (IBAF), but several countries/regions have their own professional bodies with rules variations, including Cuba, US/Canada, and Japan
Basketball: FIBA (International Basketball Federation), but national pro leagues may diverge from its rules, as in the US
Cricket: International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cue sports: World Confederation of Billiard Sports:
- Carom billiards: Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
- Pocket billiards (pool): World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA)
- Snooker and English billiards: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA or World Snooker)
Football variants have many governing bodies, with widely divergent rules:
- Association football (soccer): FIFA
- Gridiron football is divided in into:
  - American football: International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the world governing body, but U.S. domestic leagues at professional and college levels may diverge from its rules
  - Canadian football: Canadian Football League (CFL)
- Rugby football is divided into two "codes" or sets of rules:
  - Rugby League: Rugby League International Federation (RLIF)
  - Rugby union: International Rugby Board (IRB)
- Australian rules football: AFL Commission
- Gaelic football: Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
- International-rules football: A conference of the AFL and GAA
Golf: International Golf Federation (IGF)
Ice hockey: International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
Motor racing:
- Car racing: International Federation of the Automobile (FIA)
- Motorcycle racing: International Motorcycling Federation (FIM)
- Motorboat racing: International Motonautical Union (UIM) and others, depending on boat type
Tennis: International Tennis Federation (ITF)
Underwater sports
- Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)

Sociology of sport

Sport psychology

References

↑ 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.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
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↑ 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.

External links

pt:Anexo:Lista de desportos

[1] Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.

[2] The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).

[3] Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.

[4] Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.

[5] 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.

[6] Russia is a transcontinental country; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.

[ccau-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
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[8] General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3 September 2008

[9] East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.

[10] Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania

[11] Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.

[12] Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.

[13] 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.

[14] 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.

[15] Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.

[Palestine-16] 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.

[17] 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.

[Australasia-18] The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."

[nzpol-19] New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.

[Melanesia-20] Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.

[indo-21] 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.

[pngaus-22] Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.

[Polynesia-23] 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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