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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 S
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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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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 Soccer
A fast five-a-side football variant played barefoot on sand, with frequent acrobatic shots and overhead-kick goals.
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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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Bobsleigh
A winter Olympic sport in which teams pilot a streamlined sled down a refrigerated ice track at high speed.
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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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Cross-country Skiing
An endurance winter Olympic sport in which racers traverse a marked snow course using classic or skating technique.
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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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Discus Throw
A throwing Olympic field event in which athletes rotate inside a circle to fling a heavy circular disc for distance.
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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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Gymnastics
A judged sport featuring acrobatic routines on apparatus or floor, rewarding strength, flexibility, balance, and choreography.
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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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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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Jousting
A historic mounted combat sport in which two armoured riders charge at each other with lances and aim to strike a target.
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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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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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Motocross
A motorcycle racing discipline contested on closed off-road circuits with jumps, ruts, and natural obstacles.
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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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Octopush
An underwater team sport in which snorkellers push a lead puck along a swimming-pool floor with a short curved stick.
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Quoits
A traditional throwing sport in which players toss metal or rope rings at a fixed pin or peg from a set distance.
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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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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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Shot Put
A throwing Olympic field event in which athletes propel a heavy metal sphere from a small circle for maximum distance.
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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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Ski Jumping
A winter Olympic sport in which athletes slide down an inrun, leap from a takeoff, and fly through the air for distance and style.
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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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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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Sport Climbing
A timed and judged Olympic discipline combining speed wall, boulder, and lead climbing on artificial vertical surfaces.
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Sprinting
The shortest, fastest track events in athletics, contested over distances up to 400 metres from a starting block.
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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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Sumo
Japan's traditional grappling sport in which two heavy wrestlers try to force each other out of a circular clay ring.
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Surfing
A water sport in which athletes ride breaking ocean waves on a buoyant board, judged on style, power, and difficulty.
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Swimming
An aquatic Olympic sport in which competitors race across a marked pool using one of four recognised 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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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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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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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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Wushu
The standardised Chinese martial arts sport contested as judged forms and as a full-contact sparring discipline called sanda.
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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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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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Zumba Fitness
A Latin-inspired dance fitness activity now contested as a judged competitive event of choreographed routines to music.
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