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Beachminton

Beachminton, also called beach badminton, is a badminton-like racket variant on sand. Depending on the venue it uses badminton rackets, a plastic shuttle, net and smaller sand court; rules…

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Beer Mile

Beer mile is an age- and rule-dependent track race: four drink stops are combined with four 400 m laps. Total time decides, but local alcohol laws, safety limits and non-alcohol variants mu…

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Beer Pong

Beer pong is a social cup throwing game: teams throw table-tennis balls into opposing cups, remove hits and play under house or tournament rules. Tournament contexts often use water in cups…

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Behcup

Behcup is a thinly documented putting target game described as golf-adjacent: balls are played with a putter or similar club into a small goal rather than a hole. The entry is deliberately…

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Beikou Tarkbei (Daur Hockey)

Beikou Tarkbei, often described as Daur hockey, is a traditional stick-and-ball game of the Daur in Inner Mongolia. It uses curved wooden sticks and a small ball on open ground; rules, fiel…

Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0

Belgian Ring

Belgian ring is a Belgian working-dog sport with obedience, jumping exercises and protection tasks. Entry belongs in qualified dog-sport clubs with welfare, control and safety structure.

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Belt Wrestling

Belt wrestling describes belt-grip wrestling forms such as Alysh, where both athletes grip the belt or jacket and score through throws. In UWW Alysh context, bouts use mats, jacket, belt, w…

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Bench Press

Bench press is a standalone barbell strength discipline and part of powerlifting. A valid lift is performed on a bench with controlled descent, a pause on the chest, a press command and a c…

SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0

Benchrest Shooting

Benchrest shooting is precision shooting from a fixed bench using front and rear rests. Tiny groups or target scores, wind reading, equipment tuning and safe range practice under range and…

PMateus · CC BY 3.0

Beugelen

Beugelen is a Dutch Limburg precision ball game on a specialised beugelen court. Heavy balls are played tactically through a metal hoop with a wooden scoop or bat.

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Biathle

Biathle is a UIPM multisport discipline made up of running, swimming and running again. The sections are continuous; total time, safe swimming, transitions and age/class-dependent distances…

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Biathlon

Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with small-bore rifle shooting at a range. Skating endurance, calming the pulse, hits in prone and standing bouts, penalty loops or time penalties and…

Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Wheeler · Public domain

Big wave surfing

Big wave surfing is an extreme surfing discipline on very large ocean waves. Surfers paddle into the wave or use tow-in support depending on spot and format; wave choice, control, safety cr…

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Bike Polo

Bike polo is a hardcourt team game on bicycles: players handle ball and mallet, shoot at small goals and must tap back in after foot contact with the ground. The entry means modern hardcour…

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Bikebiathlon

Bike biathlon is a regionally documented summer-biathlon context combining cycling or mountain-bike sections with shooting or target stations. The source base is uneven; this entry remains…

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Bikejoring

Bikejoring is a dryland dog-powered sport: a suitable dog pulls a rider on a bike over a trail. Commands, pulling harness, bike antenna/line, trail control, dog health and safe speed matter…

Harold Meerveld · CC BY 2.0

Billiard Golf

Billiard golf is a pool-billiards/house-rule variant in which golf-like low stroke counts and assigned pockets or tasks are played in sequence. It is played on a pool table with cue, balls,…

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Billiards

Billiards is an umbrella cue sport for disciplines such as pool, snooker, carom and English billiards. They share table, balls, cue, stroke control, angles and position play; objective and…

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Biribol

Biribol is a Brazilian pool-volleyball game. Two teams play in a small pool with a net; the official format uses four players per side and scores when the ball reaches the opponent's water…

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Birling

Birling is a balance duel on a floating log. Two people try to stay on the rotating log longer than the opponent through quick steps, direction changes and rhythm; rules and classes usually…

Texture39 · CC0

Blackball Pool

Blackball pool is a pool-billiards variant using red and yellow object balls plus the black eight. Compared with other eight-ball rules, baulk rules, group choice, fouls and safety decision…

SMcCandlish, from Wikipedia version by Milfmaster9 · Public domain

Blind Baseball

Blind baseball is usually played as beep baseball: an audible ball, buzzing bases and clear calls make batting, running and defence accessible to blind and visually impaired players.

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Blind Chess

Blind chess is chess for blind and visually impaired players. It uses tactile pegged boards, distinguishable pieces, announced moves, adapted notation and FIDE/IBCA provisions so both playe…

rorkhete · CC BY-SA 3.0

Blind Cricket

Blind cricket is cricket for blind and visually impaired players with an audible ball, B1/B2/B3 classes, adapted team composition and much stronger communication in bowling, batting and fie…

Paul Gillett · CC BY-SA 2.0

Blind Football

Blind football is the IBSA/Paralympic football 5-a-side variant for blind players. Four outfield players wear eyeshades, the ball is audible, guides and sighted goalkeepers support orientat…

Laura Hale · CC BY-SA 4.0

Blind Golf

Blind golf is golf for blind and visually impaired players where a guide or coach supports alignment, distance, hazards and safety. Shot goals, holes and course logic remain golf-like, but…

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Blind Tennis

Blind tennis is tennis for blind and visually impaired players with an audible ball, tactile lines, adapted court size and allowed bounces by class. The current context is IBTA-adjacent ada…

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Blitz Chess

Blitz chess is chess with very short thinking time. Under FIDE logic each player has less than 15 minutes total thinking time; clock pressure, tactics, time management and quick error contr…

Mariofan13 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Blokart

Blokart is a compact one-design land-sailing class using a three-wheeled sail kart, mast, sail and steering/sheet control. IBRA sources describe a dedicated racing ruleset with class, modif…

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BMX

BMX is the bicycle motocross context in cycling: depending on discipline it covers BMX racing on start-gate tracks, freestyle/park/street/flatland forms or pump-track-adjacent technique. Th…

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BMX freestyle

BMX freestyle is a UCI cycling discipline in which riders perform tricks, lines and bike control on park obstacles or in flatland routines. Difficulty, execution, originality and use of cou…

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BMX Racing

BMX racing is the bicycle motocross racing discipline: up to eight riders start from a gate and sprint over a short BMX track with jumps, rollers and berms. Scoring uses motos, placing and…

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Boardercross

snowboarders race each other on a downhill winding course. Also called Snowboard Cross. Participation format: Individual and team. It is typically contested on or in Snow and winter sport v…

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Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh is a winter or snow sport in which speed, technique, precision, or execution is evaluated. At its core, the sport is about complete the ice track in the fastest total time with sl…

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Bocce

Bocce is a target-ball game from the boules/bocce family. Players or teams throw balls as close as possible to the pallino, block opponents or move the lie; points after each frame are awar…

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Boccia

Boccia is a ball or target-game sport in which points, goals, hits, or sets decide competition. At its core, the sport is about place coloured balls closer to the white jack than the oppone…

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Bodyboarding

Bodyboarding is wave riding on a short bodyboard, usually prone and with swim fins for propulsion and control. Competitions judge wave choice, manoeuvres, control, difficulty and execution…

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Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is a judged physique and presentation sport. Muscle development, symmetry, proportion, definition, posing, stage presence and category rules matter; it is not won by repetition…

Airman 1st Class Collin Schmidt · Public domain

BODYCOMBAT

BODYCOMBAT is a non-contact Les Mills group-fitness programme with martial-arts-inspired movement. It is modelled as choreographed cardio/coordination training, not as sparring or combat co…

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Bodyflight

Bodyflight is controlled flight in a vertical wind tunnel. Competitions score body position, formation, dynamic flying, freestyle execution or time in the airflow.

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BODYPUMP

BODYPUMP is a Les Mills barbell class using high repetitions and moderate loads for strength endurance. It is modelled as a studio/group-fitness format, not as powerlifting or weightlifting…

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Bog Snorkelling

Bog snorkelling is a timed race through a water-filled bog trench. Documented rules centre on the World Bog Snorkelling Championships: mask, snorkel, fins, marked course and timed result.

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Bolas Criollas

Bolas criollas is a Venezuelan target-ball game. Teams throw heavy coloured bolas/bochas on an earth, sand or clay court as close as possible to the small mingo; arrime, boche, measuring an…

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Boli Khela

Boli Khela is a traditional wrestling form from the Chattogram region of Bangladesh. Its core is grappling, clinch work, throws, holds and regional festival context.

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Boogie Woogie (Dance)

Boogie woogie is a fast swing/rock'n'roll partner dance. In competition, musicality, lead and follow, footwork, figures, improvisation and presentation are judged; socially it also works as…

Jari Salopino · CC BY-SA 4.0

Boomerang Throwing

Boomerang throwing is a precision and throwing sport with returning boomerangs. Depending on discipline, accuracy, catching sequence, flight time, distance, fast catch or overall score coun…

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Boot throwing

Boot throwing is an unusual distance-throwing game in which a rubber boot is thrown as far as possible into a marked sector. Rules and boot classes depend strongly on event or association,…

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Bootcamp Fitness

Bootcamp fitness denotes varied group-fitness or circuit workouts combining strength, cardio and interval elements. No single globally standardised rulebook is documented.

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Bootschen

Bootschen is a Yenish stone target game. Players throw their own marked stones as close as possible to the standing plamp; it resembles bocce/petanque but uses stones and regional rules rat…

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Borden Ball

Borden ball is an indoor school team game with a ball, goals and limited ball holding. Typical rules use passing, few steps with the ball, short possession time, crease/safety rules and loc…

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Bossaball

Bossaball is a hybrid net game on an inflatable court with trampolines. Teams combine volleyball contacts, football/body contacts, jumping power and rally tactics; entry is realistic mainly…

Dejongfreek · CC BY-SA 3.0

Bosseln

Bosseln is a Frisian/North German road and path throwing sport. Teams roll or throw a bossel ball along a defined route; fewest throws, route reading, bends, road edge, surface and team cal…

Hartmut Schmidt Heidelberg · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bosseln (rehabilitation sport)

Bosseln in rehabilitation and disability sport is an indoor target game. Two teams slide or throw bossel pieces from a throwing lane into a target field toward the daube; scoring rewards ta…

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Bouldern

Bouldering is climbing short boulder problems without a rope, using fall height, mats, hold/foothold sequences and movement solutions. IFSC competitions score tops, zones, attempts or point…

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Boule Lyonnaise

Boule lyonnaise is a boules discipline in the sport-boules family. Rather than only standing and pointing, it features run-up shots, precision shooting, progressive shooting formats and lon…

TwoWings · Public domain

Boules

Boules is an umbrella term for target-ball games such as petanque, boule lyonnaise and other boules disciplines. The common core is placing balls tactically closer to a target ball; exact c…

steve lodefink · CC BY 2.0

Bowling

Bowling here means ten-pin bowling: players roll a ball down a lane to knock down ten pins in up to two deliveries per frame. Approach, line, release, repeatability and converting strikes a…

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Bowls

Bowls, often called lawn bowls, is a target-ball game on a green. Players roll biased bowls on curved lines toward the small target ball, the jack; weight, line, green reading and team tact…

Editor5807 · CC BY 3.0

Box Lacrosse

Box lacrosse is indoor lacrosse in a rink with boards. Teams use sticks, ball, goals and protective equipment in tight space; fast changes, short passing windows, body pressure and goal sco…

DMighton · CC BY-SA 3.0

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which techniques, control, strikes, throws, or holds are evaluated in direct contest. At its core, the sport is about defeat the opponent through scoring or an e…

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