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.
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Contents
- 1 What is a sport?
- 2 Types of sports
- 3 List of Sports
- 4 Sport by region
- 5 History of sports
- 6 Recreational sporting
- 7 Rules
- 8 Sports in court
- 9 Sports coaching
- 10 Sporting events
- 11 Sports training
- 12 Sports medicine
- 13 Sports nutrition
- 14 Sports and media
- 15 Sports ethics and conduct
- 16 Sports participants
- 17 Sports venues
- 18 Sports equipment
- 19 Game play
- 20 Sports management
- 21 Sports culture
- 22 Sports and politics
- 23 Organized sports
- 24 Sociology of sport
- 25 Sport psychology
- 26 See also
- 27 References
- 28 External links
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
- Amateur sports
- Athletic sports
- Blood sport
- Demonstration sport
- Disabled sports
- Electronic sports
- Extreme sports
- Fantasy sports
- Female sport
- Individual sport
- Motorsports
- Professional sports
- Spectator sport
- Team sport
- Throwing sports
- Underwater sports
List of Sports
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Sport by region
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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
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- Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
- East Africa 40px
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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
- Central Asia
- East Asia
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- Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan[5]
- North Asia
- 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
- West Asia
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)
- 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
North America
Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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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
- Australasia[18]
- Australia
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- New Zealand[19]
- Australia
- 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)
- Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
South Atlantic
History of sports
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- History of American football
- History of baseball
- History of archery
- History of association football
- History of Australian rules football
- History of basketball
- History of chess
- History of cricket
- History of cue sports
- History of curling
- History of cycling
- History of field hockey
- History of figure skating
- History of Formula One
- History of hang gliding
- History of the Gaelic Athletic Association
- History of hurling
- History of lacrosse
- History of martial arts
- History of netball
- History of orienteering
- History of professional wrestling
- History of rodeo
- History of roller derby
- History of rowing
- History of rugby league
- History of rugby union
- History of skiing
- History of snooker
- History of surfing
- History of swimming
- History of tennis
- History of water polo
- History of wrestling
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:
- NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
- Association football
- Baseball
- Barry Bonds perjury case
- Federal Baseball Club v. National League
- Flood v. Kuhn
- Seitz decision
- Toolson v. New York Yankees
- Basketball
- Other sports
Sports coaching
Sporting events
Sports training
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Sports medicine
Sports nutrition
Sports and media
- Broadcasting of sports events
- Sports Emmy Award
- List of Sport films
- Sports journalism
- Sports radio
- World record
Sports magazines
Sports television programs
Sports ethics and conduct
Sports participants
Sports venues
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- Arena
- Association football pitch
- Australian rules football playing field
- Baseball park
- Billiard hall
- Game court
- Golf course
- Gym
- Gymkhana
- Ice hockey arena
- Ice rink
- Olympic-size swimming pool
- Roller rink
- Rugby league playing field
- Speed skating rink
- Stadium
- Tennis court
Sports venue features
- Bleacher
- Club seating
- Field house
- Grandstand
- Dohyō
- Groundshare
- Leisure centre
- Luxury box
- Medialuna
- Palace of Sports
- Palaestra
- Personal seat license
- Turf management
Sports equipment
Game play
- Power play
- Losing streak
- Falcon – an accidental blow to the head
- Grind
Sports management
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Sports culture
Sports and politics
- Nationalism and sport
- UK Sport
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Racism in sport
- Sport policies of the European Union
Organized sports
- Division
- Multi-sport events
- Sports league
- Olympic Games
- Regulation of sport
- Sports governing body
- Trial
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:
- 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
Sociology of sport
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Sport psychology
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See also
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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- ↑ 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.