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List of Sports from Around the World

Here is a list of most of the popular sports played around the world. Yes, there are many more sports that are played, particularly regional sports. See our All Sports List for a listing of every sport. You can find even more sports described in the section about unusual sports, and there is a comprehensive list of team sports that are played around the world. Follow the links below for more information about some of these sports.


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  • tchoukball game is most poupler $ intersting game so ilikethis  game (from rakesh kumar, Feb 2013)
  • Underwater Hockey? I only play for GB and it is recognised by the government here just not funded. (from Mike Capstack, Feb 2013)
  • I had a huge argument with a friend Holden. He said cheer leading wasn't a sport but it is. (I'm a cheerleader ) This site will help a lot. (from Riley, Feb 2013)
  • ultimate frisbee! - see disc sports
  • All of those are sports even fishing thats what my pe teacher said and i am jamaican so i would be a runner like usain bolt (from kendra, Jan 2013)
  • Walking may also be sports (from Jerry lawn, Jan 2013)
  • Dancing is a sport? It works your leg muscles. Wow, you guys must be haters. (from Lol, Jan 2013)
  • Is there a sport that begins in letter Z? (asked by aku, Jan 2013) - look up Zourkhaneh and
    Zui Quan.
  • DANCING IS NOT A SPORT FISHING AS WELL IS NOT A SPORT. GULF IS A SPORT WE SCORE AND WIN. THIS IS SPORT. (from FANTOKI, Jan 2013)
    • Is dancing realy a sport? you know I love dancing (from Sathindi Nilakshi, Feb 2013)
    • Dancesport is a sport recognized by IOC and on its way to be included into Olympic games in the nearest future. Please do not mistake it with social ballroom dancing. Professional dancesport athletes have all attributes of any other athletes: regimen, long every day practices, competitions, national and world championships, doping control, health control, protein/carb diets. They are being trained in gyms as well as on the floor. If you really do not know much about it please do say it is not a sport. (from Ekaterina, Feb 2013)
  • body building is a sport? (from da c man, Jan 2013)
  • Golf is not a sport. You don't work as a team to score points. Golf is a grandpa hobby. Sorry to that senior up there but golf is not a sport. It's a hobby. Just because you can letter in it doesn't make it a sport. You can letter in prom. And getting good grades. Not sports. (from Maria, Jan 2013)
    • Golf requires skill and competes competivitly, therefore it IS a sport. Try searching the deinition sometime. (from (:, Jan 2013)
  • my mum told me to find a sport to do but nothing here is for me. can you help me. i am a smart and i like playing on electronic stuff. i am curious and barely like any sport! (from eryk, Dec 2012)
  • fishing is a sport but golf isn't (from awesome guy, Dec 2012)
  • parkour should be concidered a sport (from david spunk monkey, Dec 2012)
  • Is that the only sports in the world, that is not only. (from t-t, Dec 2012)
  • I am looking for a sport to do in the winter and i found a couple i want to do (from b, Dec 2012)
  • You do not have some sports like teeball or neucumball so I think you should put them on! (from Cathy, Nov 2012)
  • I didn't know they were so many sports in the world. I was so amazed to see so many sports that i told my mum. Ok that's all i can say. Thank you . (from Pyela Lungu, Oct 2012)
  • I am currently doing a project on Switzerland for school and my teacher was talking about sports, one of which was Hiking. You do not have this on your list and I think it should be. Thank you. (from Valerie, Oct 2012)
  • GOLF AND FISHING ARE NOT SPORTS!!!!! (from kane, Oct 2012)
    • To Kane: Golf is a sport ._. I'm a Senior girl on the golf team, and it's a sport. It requires skill ._. So don't diss the sport unless you can beat me at it. Thanks. And as for the information on this page: thanks! It really helped :) (from Kati3, Nov 2012)
  • i ve a sport which i want to implement. My name is Robert Bartee a young thinker i had a sport which will caused billions, billions of dollars when it ve been implemented. It is my dream that this sport is going to ruled the world in the lined of sports, i ve such on the internet in all parts of the world and i haven't found or hear of this sport. It's a kind of sport which limitation is between age 70 to 75years be it from the age of 7 up to the age of 75 years can play this sport and enjoy the goodness of this sport, seeing a sport compared to this sport, them i can best compared it to the love of football, based on that this sport could be the best of sport in the world of sports when it's implemented, but i don't ve money to implement this sport. If anybody who wanted to comes and help me to have this sport added to the world of sports and be implemented i will love to explain it to them in detail, it shall be done face to face conversation where we'll sit and discussed, that i shall be about to gave them every necessary information and plan of this sport in the benefit of us and in the whole world of sports. Please content me on this number: +231-0880451233 or e-mail:bartino.1.@gmail.com. (from Robert Bartee, Oct 2012)
  • Is dance a sport? I thought it was a sport! yes or no? (from Jodi Pratt, Oct 2012)
    • yes dance is a sport (from megan, Jan 2013)
  • Aren't there more sports in the world? (from eliza, July 2012)
    • reply: yes, there are plenty more. These are just the sports I have more information about on this website and other major sports. See also the list of all sports, team sports and unusual sports (Rob, topend sports)
  • Can you help? Name a sport in two words : nine letters in the first word, six letters in the last - in which all six vowels (A, E, I, O, U, and Y) are used once each. What is it? (from Robert Long, July 2012)

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