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Brannboll

Brannboll is a Scandinavian bat-and-run game. A batting side hits into the field and runs around stations; the fielding side scores or gains advantage through catches, burns and returns. Ru…

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a grappling combat sport without strikes. Athletes fight for positions, control, points, advantages and submissions; gi and no-gi formats differ in clothing and detai…

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Breakaway roping

Breakaway roping is a rodeo timed event: a mounted roper catches a calf with a breakaway rope tied to the saddle. When the rope releases and the flag drops, the time stops; fastest legal ti…

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Breaking

Breaking is an urban battle dance sport from hip-hop culture. B-Boys and B-Girls face each other in rounds; musicality, vocabulary, originality, technique and execution are judged rather th…

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Breaststroke

Breaststroke is a swimming discipline in which athletes race a set pool distance face-down with symmetrical arm pull, breaststroke kick, breathing, glide phase, legal turns and finish.

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Brennball

Brennball is a school and group game with ball, running bases and burn mark. The throwing/running side tries to reach stations and score; the fielding side returns the ball to the burn mark…

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Bridge

Bridge is a partnership trick-taking and bidding game. Four players play as two pairs; in tournaments the same boards are compared, so bidding, declarer play, defence and partnership agreem…

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British Baseball

British baseball, also called Welsh baseball, is a regional British/Welsh bat-and-ball form and not the same as North American baseball. Typical features include local laws, underarm bowlin…

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Broomball

a game like ice hockey played with a broom. At its core, the sport is about score more goals than the opposing team. Participation format: Teams, usually six-a-side. It is typically contest…

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Brus

Brus is a traditional Nordic trick-taking card game from the Karnöffel/Bruus family. It uses a 36-card deck, unusual beating cards and points for tricks or risked high cards; a modern world…

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Buffalo Racing

Buffalo racing is a traditional animal sport in which water buffalo race over short distances while controlled by riders or handlers. The Chonburi Buffalo Racing Festival in Thailand is the…

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Buhurt

Buhurt is medieval-inspired full-contact sport with rule-compliant armour, blunt weapons, marshals and team or duel formats. It has its own list and tournament formats.

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Buildering

Buildering is urban climbing on buildings, bridges, facades or other artificial structures not primarily built as climbing facilities. The entry remains catalog-sourced and needsReview: acc…

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Bull Fighting

Bull fighting is modelled as an English spelling/term variant of the broad tauromaquia/bullfighting context. It is not an independent modern sport-federation entry; it points to the same pr…

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Bull riding

Bull riding is a roughstock rodeo event in which a rider tries to stay on a bucking bull for eight seconds. Rider and bull performance are scored; protection personnel, arena and stock rule…

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bullfighting

Bullfighting / tauromaquia is a legally and culturally regulated, but highly contested animal-use spectacle context. Spanish ministry and BOE sources document rules for taurine events, but…

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Bumper Pool

Bumper pool is a compact billiards variant on a small special table with two pockets and fixed bumper obstacles. The aim is to pocket your own balls before the opponent; house rules are com…

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Bungee Jumping

Bungee jumping is an operator-led adventure activity: a person jumps from an approved platform, bridge, tower or crane with elastic cord, harness/ankle cuffs and recovery system. It is not…

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Bunnock

Bunnock is a Canadian-regional target throwing game. Two rows of guards and soldiers stand about 10 metres apart; teams throw throwers and must knock down the opposing guards first, then so…

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Butterfly stroke

Butterfly stroke is a competitive swimming discipline with simultaneous arm action, dolphin kick, body undulation, starts, turns and time scoring in the pool.

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Buzkashi

Buzkashi is a Central Asian mounted traditional game, especially known in Afghanistan. Riders fight for control of a game object; forms, teams, boundaries and rules vary by regional format…

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Caber Toss

Caber toss is the Highland Games heavy event in which a tapered log is picked, balanced, carried and turned so it lands as straight as possible in the 12 o'clock direction; distance is not…

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Cageball

Cageball is a small-sided football variant played in an enclosed cage or walled pitch. The boards keep the ball in play, creating many touches, short routes and few normal sideline stoppage…

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calf roping

Calf roping / tie-down roping is a mounted rodeo timed event in which a calf is roped legally, the run is completed and a valid tie is shown under event rules. Fastest valid time plus penal…

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Calisthenics

Calisthenics is a sport or discipline with its own rules, equipment, and scoring formats. At its core, the objective is the strongest, cleanest, or most creative bodyweight performance depe…

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Callanetics

Callanetics is a low-impact fitness method built around small, precise pulsing movements. It focuses on posture, body control, deep muscle work, flexibility and calm studio or home practice.

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Calva

Calva is a traditional Spanish target-throwing sport. A marro or morrillo is thrown from distance at the calva/chana wooden or horn target; the valid point is a direct clean hit without the…

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Camel polo

Camel polo is a source-thin, event- and region-based polo variant on camels. Teams play with mallets and a ball on a field, but rules, team size and organisation are not documented as robus…

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Camel Racing

Camel racing is an animal racing sport with racing camels on camel racetracks. The core result is finish order and time over defined distances; modern contexts often use robot-jockey system…

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Cammag

Cammag is a traditional Manx stick-and-ball game from the Isle of Man, related to shinty and hurling. Modern practice is mainly a local heritage match rather than a standardised global leag…

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Camogie

Camogie is a fast Irish Gaelic stick-and-ball game. Players use hurley and sliotar to score points over the bar or goals into the net; pace, ball control, helmet safety and team tactics sha…

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Campdrafting

Campdrafting is an Australian riding and cattle-work competition. Horse and rider cut one beast from the mob in the camp, work it under control into the arena and guide it around pegs and t…

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Canadian Football

Canadian football is a Canadian gridiron football code. Two 12-player teams use snaps, forward passes, running plays, kicks and three downs to gain territory and score touchdowns, field goa…

D'Arcy Norman from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Candlepin Bowling

Candlepin bowling is a regional bowling variant with small balls without finger holes, ten tall thin pins and three rolls per box. Fallen pins often stay as wood and influence the next roll…

Rene Schwietzke · CC BY 3.0

Canicross

Canicross is off-road running as a human-dog team. Runner and dog are connected by waist belt, dog harness and bungee line; pace, commands, trail choice and dog welfare shape performance.

Pocketjfr · CC BY-SA 4.0

Canine Freestyle

Dog dancing / canine freestyle is dog sport with choreographed movement by dog and handler to music. Technical execution, harmony, creativity and dog-appropriate presentation are judged.

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Canine Hoopers

Canine hoopers is dog sport using a low course of hoops, barrels and tunnels. Dog and handler solve lines through distance handling and cues; the focus is low-impact teamwork.

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Canne de combat

Canne de combat is a French stick-fighting discipline in the savate context. Athletes use a light straight cane, protective clothing and a circular contest area; points come from technicall…

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Canoe freestyle

Canoe freestyle is an ICF whitewater discipline on a standing wave, hole or comparable feature. Athletes perform as many different tricks as possible in short rides; move value, variety, st…

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Canoe marathon

Canoe marathon is an ICF long-distance paddling discipline for kayak and canoe classes. Races cover longer distances on rivers, lakes or lap courses; portages, pacing, boat carry and total…

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Canoe Ocean Racing

Canoe ocean racing is long-distance paddling on the open ocean or large open water, usually with surfskis and preferably downwind conditions. Line choice, wave reading, safety, endurance an…

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Canoe polo

Canoe polo is an ICF team game in kayaks. Two teams of five play on a rectangular water pitch, control the ball by hand or paddle and score into goals suspended above the water.

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Canoe Slalom

Canoe slalom is a whitewater canoeing discipline. Athletes race kayaks or canoes through numbered downstream and upstream gates as fast as possible; gate touches or missed gates add time pe…

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Canoe sprint

Canoe sprint is an ICF flatwater racing discipline. Kayaks and canoes start in marked lanes on calm water over set distances such as 200, 500, 1000 or 5000 metres; the fastest valid finish…

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Canoeing

Canoeing is the broad paddlesport context for canoe craft on calm water, rivers, lakes or courses. This entry covers entry, safety, boat control and discipline overview; specific competitio…

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Canopy Piloting

a parachute skydiver performs aerial feats above a small body of water. Also called Pond Swooping. At its core, the objective is precise formations, accuracy, flight line, speed, distance,…

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Canyoning

Canyoning means travelling through canyons using rappelling, climbing, sliding, swimming or wading. Route choice, water level, rope skills, equipment and group or guide safety are central.

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Capoeira

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game practice in the roda. Movement, evasion, kicks, acrobatics, music and call-and-response shape the game; it is not modelled as a classical…

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Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag is a traditional team tag game on a divided field. Teams try to capture the opposing flag and bring it back to their own territory without being legally tagged.

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Capture the Flag Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity CTF is an information-security competition where individuals or teams solve authorised challenges, analyse vulnerabilities or defend systems within defined scopes.

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Car Ice Racing

Car ice racing is motorsport with cars on ice, snow or frozen courses. It remains catalog-sourced because sources vary by club, region and former series; the previous pure winter-sport card…

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Carom Billiards

Carom billiards is a cue sport on a pocketless billiards table. With three balls, the player's cue ball must contact the other balls and, depending on discipline, cushions; angles, spin and…

Bjorn Erik Pedersen · CC BY-SA 3.0

Carriage driving

Carriage driving is equestrian sport with turnout, carriage, rein handling and clear safety roles. Depending on format, driven dressage, marathon/terrain phases, cones/obstacles, horse cont…

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Carrom

Carrom is a strike-and-pocket board game in which a striker is flicked by finger to pocket carrommen and the queen into corner pockets. Official Laws of Carrom and international federation…

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Casterboarding

Casterboarding is a roller sport using a two-wheeled articulated board. Riders generate propulsion by twisting the decks and ride carves, balance drills or tricks on smooth, dry surfaces.

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Casting Sport

Casting sport is a precision and distance-throwing sport with angling tackle. Fly or plug/weight casts hit targets or achieve distances in marked sectors; catching fish is not the focus.

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Catch Wrestling

Catch wrestling, also catch-as-catch-can, is a historic grappling and wrestling style with takedowns, pins, holds and submissions. The modern source landscape is fragmented; no uniform worl…

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Catchball

Catchball is a net game in which teams catch, pass and throw the ball back over the net. It is close to volleyball but replaces striking contacts with catch-and-throw rallies and team posit…

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Cave Diving

Cave diving is technical diving in flooded caves and not a normal recreational dive. Training, redundancy, guideline use, lights, gas planning, team procedures and conservative risk managem…

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Cave Surveying

Cave surveying is a technical caving discipline: teams measure stations, distances, bearings and inclinations, sketch passages and create maps. It is more survey and expedition practice tha…

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