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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 E
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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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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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Bobsleigh
A winter Olympic sport in which teams pilot a streamlined sled down a refrigerated ice track at high speed.
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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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Cricket
A bat-and-ball team sport played on a circular field with a central pitch where bowlers deliver to batters defending wickets.
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Croquet
A precision lawn sport in which players knock balls through wire wickets in a set order using a mallet.
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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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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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Fencing
An Olympic combat sport in which competitors score by touching their opponent with a thin sword on valid target areas.
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Field Hockey
A team stick sport played on grass or turf where players strike a small ball into a goal.
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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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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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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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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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Ice Hockey
A fast-paced team sport played on ice in which skaters shoot a puck into the opposing net with curved sticks.
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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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Inline Hockey
A fast team sport played on inline skates with hockey sticks and a puck or ball on a smooth indoor or outdoor surface.
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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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Jet Skiing
A motorised water sport in which riders race or perform freestyle on a personal watercraft over a buoyed course.
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Karate
A Japanese striking martial art emphasising punches, kicks, and open-hand techniques delivered with control.
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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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Lethwei
A Burmese bare-knuckle striking sport that permits headbutts alongside the punches, kicks, knees, and elbows of kickboxing.
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Luge
A winter Olympic sport in which sliders race feet-first on their backs down a refrigerated ice track on a small sled.
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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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Netball
A non-contact team sport derived from basketball played mostly by women in seven assigned court zones.
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Nine-pin Bowling
A European bowling sport in which players roll a heavy ball at nine pins arranged in a diamond pattern on a narrow lane.
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Nordic Combined
A winter sport that pairs ski jumping with cross-country skiing, with the jump result setting the starting order for the race.
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Orienteering
A navigational endurance sport in which competitors race to find control points marked on a detailed topographic map.
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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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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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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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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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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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Skeleton
A winter Olympic sport in which competitors race head-first on their stomach down a refrigerated ice track on a small steel sled.
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Snooker
A precision cue sport played on a large green table with 22 balls, where players pot reds and colours in a strict sequence.
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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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Synchronized Swimming
An aquatic Olympic sport blending swimming, dance, and gymnastics in choreographed routines performed in a pool.
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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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Tennis
A racquet sport played on a rectangular court where opponents hit a felt ball over a net using strung racquets.
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Triple Jump
A horizontal Olympic field event in which athletes perform a hop, step, and jump into a sandpit for maximum total distance.
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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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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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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 (Freestyle)
An Olympic combat sport in which competitors use throws, takedowns, and pins, with attacks allowed across the whole body.
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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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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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Zumba Fitness
A Latin-inspired dance fitness activity now contested as a judged competitive event of choreographed routines to music.
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