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Alpine Skiing
A winter Olympic sport in which racers descend a snowy slope at high speed through a course marked by gates.
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List of Sports That Contain A
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American Football
A high-contact team sport played with an oval ball where teams advance downfield in scripted plays to score touchdowns.
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Australian Rules Football
A free-flowing team sport played on a large oval where players kick and handball an oval ball through goalposts.
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Badminton
A high-speed racquet sport played with a feathered shuttlecock that must clear a high net without touching the ground.
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Bartitsu
A British self-defence sport blending boxing, savate kicking, jujitsu grappling, and walking-stick combat into one curriculum.
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Baseball
A bat-and-ball team sport in which players score runs by hitting a pitched ball and rounding four bases.
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Basketball
A fast-paced indoor team sport where players score by shooting a ball through an elevated hoop.
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Beach Handball
A high-scoring sand version of handball played four-a-side on a small court, rewarding spectacular spin and in-flight passing shots.
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Beach Soccer
A fast five-a-side football variant played barefoot on sand, with frequent acrobatic shots and overhead-kick goals.
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Beach Volleyball
A two-on-two outdoor variant of volleyball played on sand under stripped-down rules.
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Biathlon
A winter Olympic sport combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, demanding endurance and steady aim under fatigue.
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Billiards
A pocketless cue sport played with three balls on a heated table, in which players score cannons by contacting both opponent balls.
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
A grappling combat sport emphasising ground control, joint locks, and chokes that allow a smaller fighter to defeat a larger one.
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Canoeing
A paddle sport in which athletes propel an open canoe with a single-bladed paddle on flatwater sprint or whitewater courses.
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Capoeira
An Afro-Brazilian art form that blends martial movement, acrobatics, and music played in a circle called a roda.
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Cheerleading
A judged team sport featuring acrobatic stunts, gymnastic tumbling, dance, and synchronised chants on a sprung mat.
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Darts
A pub-born precision sport in which players throw small barbed projectiles at a segmented circular board from a fixed distance.
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Decathlon
A two-day men's multi-event athletics competition combining ten track and field disciplines scored on a points table.
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Dodgeball
A team sport in which players throw soft balls at opposing players to eliminate them while dodging incoming throws.
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Drag Racing
A motor racing discipline in which two vehicles accelerate from a standing start along a straight quarter-mile or eighth-mile strip.
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Dragon Boat Racing
A team paddling sport raced in a long ornate canoe with a drummer, helmsman, and 20 paddlers stroking in unison.
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Endurance Riding
A long-distance equestrian sport in which horse and rider cover challenging trails of up to 160 kilometres in a single day.
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Equestrian
An umbrella discipline in which a rider and horse compete as a team in dressage, jumping, or eventing on a course or arena.
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Eskrima
A Filipino martial art and combat sport built around stick, blade, and improvised weapon techniques drilled at fighting speed.
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Figure Skating
A winter Olympic sport in which athletes glide on ice performing jumps, spins, and choreographed routines judged on technical merit and artistry.
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Football (Soccer)
The world's most popular team sport - an eleven-a-side ball game played on a rectangular pitch with two goals.
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Formula 1
The premier class of single-seater open-wheel motor racing, contested by elite teams on grand prix circuits worldwide.
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Gaelic Football
An Irish team sport blending elements of soccer and rugby, played with a round ball on a large pitch.
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Goalball
A Paralympic team sport for visually impaired athletes who roll a bell-equipped ball at the opposing goal while wearing eyeshades.
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Gymnastics
A judged sport featuring acrobatic routines on apparatus or floor, rewarding strength, flexibility, balance, and choreography.
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Hammer Throw
A throwing Olympic field event in which athletes spin and release a heavy metal ball attached to a wire for distance.
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Handball
A fast indoor team sport where players pass and dribble a ball by hand to throw it past a goalkeeper.
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Heptathlon
A two-day women's multi-event athletics competition combining seven track and field disciplines scored on a points table.
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Iaijutsu
A Japanese sword art focused on the rapid draw, cut, and resheathing of the katana from a seated or standing posture.
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Ice Skating
A winter sport of moving on ice using bladed boots, with competitive forms in speed, figure, and short track racing.
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IndyCar
The premier American open-wheel motor racing series, blending oval, road, and street courses in a single championship.
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Jai Alai
A high-velocity Basque ball game played in a three-walled court with a curved wicker basket strapped to the hand.
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Javelin Throw
A throwing Olympic field event in which athletes hurl a long spear-like implement for maximum distance after a running approach.
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Kabaddi
A South Asian team sport in which a raider holds breath while tagging defenders and returns home to score points.
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Karate
A Japanese striking martial art emphasising punches, kicks, and open-hand techniques delivered with control.
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Karting
A motor racing discipline contested in small open-wheel karts on short purpose-built circuits, often a stepping stone to higher categories.
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Kayaking
A paddle sport in which athletes sit in a closed kayak and use a double-bladed paddle on flatwater or whitewater.
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Korfball
A mixed-gender team sport similar to basketball played with two posts and emphasising teamwork over individual scoring.
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Lacrosse
A team stick sport in which players use netted sticks to catch, carry, and shoot a small rubber ball into a goal.
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Marathon
A long-distance Olympic running event covering 42.195 kilometres, traditionally contested on city streets.
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Mixed Martial Arts
A full-contact combat sport combining striking and grappling from boxing, wrestling, Muay Thai, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Muay Thai
A Thai striking martial art known as the "art of eight limbs" for its use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins.
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Naginata
A Japanese martial art and modern sport practised with a long polearm tipped by a curved single-edged blade.
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NASCAR
An American stock-car racing series in which drivers race heavily modified sedans on oval tracks at high speed.
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Netball
A non-contact team sport derived from basketball played mostly by women in seven assigned court zones.
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Outrigger Canoeing
A Polynesian paddling sport raced in a long canoe with a lateral float that stabilises the hull through ocean swells.
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Padel
A fast-growing doubles racquet sport played on a small enclosed court with glass walls that are part of the play.
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Parkour
An urban movement discipline turned competitive sport in which athletes run, jump, and vault through challenge obstacle courses.
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Pelota
A Basque ball-court family of sports played against a high stone wall with the bare hand, paddle, or a wicker scoop.
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Petanca
A boules sport in which players throw metal balls toward a small target ball called a jack from a fixed circle.
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Pickleball
A paddle sport mixing elements of tennis, badminton, and table tennis played on a small court with a perforated plastic ball.
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Pole Vault
A vertical Olympic field event in which athletes use a flexible fibre pole to vault over a crossbar set at extreme heights.
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Quad Bike Racing
A motor sport in which riders race four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles over closed dirt circuits or open desert routes.
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Quadball
A mixed-gender team sport adapted from the fictional game of Quidditch, played on foot with a broom between the legs.
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Racquetball
An indoor racquet sport similar to squash in which players use a short racquet and a hollow rubber ball on a fully enclosed court.
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Rally
A timed motor racing discipline contested over closed public roads of gravel, tarmac, snow, or dirt in production-based cars.
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Real Tennis
The ancestral indoor court game from which lawn tennis evolved, played on an asymmetric court with sloped roofs and odd angles.
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Rugby League
A faster, more open variant of rugby played thirteen-a-side with a structured set of six tackles per possession.
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Sailing
A wind-powered water sport in which crews race specialised boats around a course defined by buoys.
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Sambo
A Soviet-developed combat sport blending jacket wrestling with judo throws and effective leg-lock submissions on the ground.
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Sepak Takraw
A Southeast Asian team sport played over a net using only the feet, knees, chest, and head to volley a small woven ball.
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Shuffleboard
A precision sport in which players use a long cue to push weighted discs across a smooth court into scoring zones.
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Snowboarding
A winter Olympic sport in which riders descend snow on a single board, competing in racing, freestyle, and big-mountain disciplines.
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Softball
A bat-and-ball team sport similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field.
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Speed Skating
A winter Olympic sport in which skaters race across a 400-metre oval ice track at high speed in long, sweeping strokes.
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Squash
A racquet sport played in an enclosed four-walled court where players alternate hitting a small rubber ball against a front wall.
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Table Tennis
A fast indoor racquet sport played on a table with small paddles and a lightweight celluloid or plastic ball.
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Taekwondo
A Korean martial art and Olympic combat sport famous for fast, high kicks and spinning techniques.
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Tai Chi
A Chinese internal martial art practised as slow-flowing solo forms and as a competitive push-hands grappling sport.
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Triathlon
An endurance multi-sport race combining swimming, cycling, and running performed consecutively without breaks.
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Ultimate Frisbee
A non-contact team sport played by passing a flying disc, with points scored by catching the disc in the opposing end zone.
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Underwater Hockey
A submerged team sport in which snorkellers push a heavy puck across a pool floor using short curved hockey sticks.
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Underwater Rugby
A three-dimensional team sport in which divers wrestle a slightly negatively buoyant ball into a heavy basket at the pool floor.
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Vaulting
An equestrian sport in which an athlete performs gymnastic and dance movements on the back of a cantering horse on a lunge line.
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Volata
A historical Italian team sport blending elements of handball and field hockey on a rectangular pitch with central goals.
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Volleyball
A team net sport where two sides volley a ball over a high net, allowing three touches before returning it.
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Vovinam
A Vietnamese martial art combining strikes, throws, scissor kicks, and weapon forms in a unified sporting curriculum.
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Water Polo
A demanding team sport played in deep water where players swim, pass, and shoot a ball into the opposing goal.
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Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
A classical Olympic wrestling style in which competitors may only attack and grip above the waist.
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Xare
A Basque variant of pelota played with a leather glove that catches and hurls the ball against a court wall.
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Xingyi Quan
A Chinese internal martial art built on linear striking and animal-form movements, with both performance and sparring competitions.
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Xistera Pelota
A family of Basque pelota games played with a long curved wicker scoop used to catch and hurl the ball at a stone wall.
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Yabusame
A Japanese mounted archery sport in which a rider gallops down a straight course and shoots three wooden targets in turn.
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Yachting
A competitive sailing discipline raced on keelboats and large sailing yachts over inshore or offshore courses.
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Yoga Sport
A judged competitive form of yoga in which athletes hold a sequence of postures and transitions evaluated on technique and grace.
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Zui Quan
A Chinese martial art and wushu event styled on the off-balance gait of a drunken person, with judged performance routines.
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Zumba Fitness
A Latin-inspired dance fitness activity now contested as a judged competitive event of choreographed routines to music.
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