Outline of sports

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100m race record holder Usain Bolt (in yellow) and other runners, Moscow, 2013.
Danish player Frederikke Lærke dives while Russian player Sofiya Lyshina looks on during a women's beach handball match, European Championships 2019.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sports:

Sport – a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively, sports can be played on land, in water and in the air.

What is a sport?

Sports can be described as all of the following:

  • Entertainment – Any sport that includes spectators, either free or paid admission, with no pre-scripted plot of the outcome. The athletics might also get entertained by complete sports objective.
  • Exercise – some sports are
    mental exercise
    .

Types of sports

List of sports

List of sports

Sport by region

Africa

West Africa
Togo
North Africa
Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
Central Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe
East Africa
Zambia • Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Botswana • Eswatini • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa
Dependencies
Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Antarctica

None

Asia

Central Asia
Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
East Asia
China[2]
Tibet
Hong Kong[3] • Macau[4]
Mongolia • Taiwan[5]
North Asia
Russia[6]
Southeast Asia[7]
Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam
South Asia
Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
India[11]
Delhi
West Asia
Yemen

Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)

North Caucasus
Parts of
North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai
)
South Caucasus
Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)

Europe

Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine
United Kingdom
England (Birmingham, Bristol, Cornwall, London, Milton Keynes, Sussex, Worthing) • Northern Ireland (Belfast) • Scotland (Glasgow) • Wales (Cardiff)
Vatican City
European Union

North America

Canada
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
Wyoming
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
Central America
Panama
Caribbean
United States Virgin Islands
Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
Australasia[18]
Australia (Brisbane, Sydney)
Dependencies/Territories of Australia
Christmas Island[19] • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
New Zealand[20]
Melanesia[21]
Solomon Islands • Vanuatu
•
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island
(USA) •
Polynesia[24]
Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna
(France)

South America

Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela

South Atlantic

Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha

History of sports

History of sports

Recreational sporting

Rules

Sports in court

General
American football
Association football
Baseball
Basketball
Other sports

Sports training and nutrition

Muscles training

Sports nutrition

Sports medicine

Sports medicine

Sports and media

Sports magazines

Sports television programs

Sports ethics and conduct

Sports participants

See also:
List of sportspeople

Sports venues

Sport venue

Sports venue features

Sports equipment

Game play

  • Power play
  • Losing streak
  • Grind

Sports management

Sport management

Sports culture

Sports and politics

Politics and sports

Sporting events

Sports governing bodies

Sports governing body

See also:
List of international sport federations

World governing bodies of various notable sports:

Sociology of sport

Main article: Sociology of sport

The sociology of sport is a subfield of sociology which aims to study sports through the lens of interactions between different groups and cultures.[25] The field has also investigated how various gender divides in sports can influence feminist movements.[26]

Sport psychology

Main article: Sport psychology

Sport psychology is the study of how psychological factors can impact engagement in professional and recreational sports, as well as how sports impact an athlete's psychological state.[27] After becoming popular in the early 20th century, it is now a recognized scientific field which is relevant to many different sports.[28] Modern sports psychologists often use a combination of goal setting, visualization techniques and preperformance routines to help athletes achieve their goals.[29][30][31]

See also

Sports-related outlines

References

  1. ^   Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
  2. ^   The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
  3. ^   Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
  4. ^   Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
  5. Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan
    .
  6. transcontinental country
    ; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
  7. ^ Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
  8. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3 September 2008
  9. ^   East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
  10. ^   Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
  11. PRC
    .
  12. Western Asia
    , it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
  13. exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey
    .
  14. C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East
    .
  15. ^   Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
  16. Palestinian National Authority
    .
  17. Istanbul
    .
  18. ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
  19. ^ Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia.
  20. ^ New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.
  21. ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
  22. Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands
    .
  23. ^ Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.
  24. ^ Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
  25. ^ Macri, Kenneth J. (2012). "Not Just a Game: Sport and Society in the United States". Inquiries Journal. 4 (8).
  26. S2CID 145619969
    .
  27. ISBN 978-1-4504-0038-1
    .
  28. PMID 9580977
    .
  29. ISBN 978-1-885693-59-4
    .
  30. ISBN 978-0-07-284383-5
    .
  31. ^ Ravizza K, Hanson T. (1995). Heads up baseball: Playing the game one pitch at a time. Lincolmwood, IL: Masters Press.

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