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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.
If you've been searching for sports that start with D, you'll find 7 detailed sports below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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Table of contents
| Darts | Decathlon | Discus Throw | Diving |
| Dodgeball | Drag Racing | Dragon Boat Racing |
List of Sports That Start With D
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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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Diving
An aquatic Olympic sport in which competitors perform acrobatic dives from springboards and platforms judged on execution.
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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.
About sports starting with D
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