Outline of sports

What is a sport?

• 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 sports
• Demonstration sports
• Disabled sports
• Electronic sports
• Extreme sports
• Fantasy sports
• Female sport
• Individual sport
• Motorsports
• Professional sports
• Racing
• Spectator sport
• Team sport
• Throwing sports
• Underwater sports
• Women's sports
• Youth sports

  List of sports

Sport by region

History of sports

• Sports history organizations
• History of American football
• History of archery
• History of association football
• History of Australian rules football
• History of baseball
• 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

• Sports game
• Fantasy sport

  Rules

• Foul
• Goal
• Open
• Referee
• Score
• Sudden death
• Offside

  Sports in court

• Court of Arbitration for Sport

• 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

• Bosman ruling
• Fraser v. Major League Soccer
• Webster ruling

• Barry Bonds perjury case
• Federal Baseball Club v. National League
• Flood v. Kuhn
• Seitz decision
• Toolson v. New York Yankees

• Haywood v. National Basketball Association
• Robertson v. National Basketball Association

• Kolpak ruling

  Sports training

Sports medicine

• Concussions in sport
• Sports injuries
• Sports drink
• Doping in sport
• List of doping cases in sport

  Sports and media

• Broadcasting of sports events
• Sports Emmy Award
• List of sports films
• Sports journalism
• Sports radio
• World record

  Sports magazines

• Sports Illustrated
• SportsEvents Magazine

  Sports television programs

• Pulp Sport

  Sports ethics and conduct

• Gamesmanship
• Racism in sport
• Sportsmanship
• * Spirit of the Game in Ultimate
• Violence in sports
• * Hooliganism
• * Violence in baseball
• * Violence in ice hockey

  Sports participants

• Animals in sport
• * Sport horse
• Athlete
• Coach
• Fan
• Scout
• Sports commentator
• Student athlete

  Sports venues

• 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
• Race track
• 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

• Floodlights
• Sports equipment
• Sportswear

  Game play

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

  Sports management

• Demonstration sport
• Sports marketing
• Sponsor
• Scout
• List of professional sports leagues by revenue

  Sports culture

• Fan loyalty
• National sport
• Nudity in sport
• Performance art
• Sports memorabilia
• Sporting club
• List of sports attendance figures
• List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues

  Sports and politics

• Nationalism and sport
• Ministry of Sports
• Racism in sport
• Sport policies of the Arab League
• Sport policies of the European Union

  Sporting events

• Division
• International sport
• Multi-sport event
• National championship
• Olympic Games
• Sports league
• Tournament
• World championship
• List of professional sports leagues

  Sports governing bodies

• Regulation of sport

• The Olympic Games: International Olympic Committee
• Baseball: International Baseball Federation, but several countries/regions have their own professional bodies with rules variations, including Cuba, US/Canada, and Japan
• Basketball: FIBA, but national pro leagues may diverge from its rules, as in the US
• Cricket: International Cricket Council
• Cue sports: World Confederation of Billiards Sports:
• * Carom billiards: Union Mondiale de Billard
• * Pocket billiards : World Pool-Billiard Association
• * Snooker and English billiards: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
• Football variants have many governing bodies, with widely divergent rules:
• * Association football : FIFA
• * Gridiron football is divided in into:
• ** American football: International Federation of American Football 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
• * Rugby football is divided into two "codes" or sets of rules:
• ** Rugby league: Rugby League International Federation
• ** Rugby union: International Rugby Board
• * Australian rules football: AFL Commission
• * Gaelic football: Gaelic Athletic Association
• * International-rules football: A conference of the AFL and GAA
• Golf: International Golf Federation
• Ice hockey: International Ice Hockey Federation
• Motor racing:
• * Car racing: International Federation of the Automobile
• * Motorcycle racing: International Motorcycling Federation
• * Motorboat racing: International Motonautical Union and others, depending on boat type
• Tennis: International Tennis Federation
• Underwater sports
• * Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques

  Sociology of sport

Sport psychology

Sports-related outlines

• Outline of association football
• Outline of auto racing
• Outline of baseball
• Outline of basketball
• Outline of canoeing and kayaking
• Outline of cycling
• Outline of exercise
• Outline of fencing
• Outline of golf
• Outline of martial arts
• Outline of motorcycling
• Outline of skiing
• Outline of sports car racing