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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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List of Sports That Contain T
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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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Basketball
A fast-paced indoor team sport where players score by shooting a ball through an elevated hoop.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lethwei
A Burmese bare-knuckle striking sport that permits headbutts alongside the punches, kicks, knees, and elbows of kickboxing.
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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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Motocross
A motorcycle racing discipline contested on closed off-road circuits with jumps, ruts, and natural obstacles.
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MotoGP
The top class of motorcycle road racing, contested by purpose-built prototype bikes on grand prix circuits worldwide.
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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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Netball
A non-contact team sport derived from basketball played mostly by women in seven assigned court zones.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Triathlon
An endurance multi-sport race combining swimming, cycling, and running performed consecutively without breaks.
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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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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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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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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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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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Zumba Fitness
A Latin-inspired dance fitness activity now contested as a judged competitive event of choreographed routines to music.
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