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Crossminton

Crossminton is a racket sport without a net. Two separated squares, rackets and a speeder define the court; games are usually played to 16 points and best of three.

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Crossnet

Crossnet is a recreation and event game combining volleyball and four square. Four quadrants sit around a cross-shaped net; players rotate after errors and points are scored in the fourth s…

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Cubbies

Cubbies, also called Cuppies or Wembley in some communities, is an informal football minigame usually played with one goal, one keeper and several outfield players. Players try to qualify f…

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Cumberland wrestling

Cumberland wrestling is the Cumberland and Westmorland backhold wrestling tradition. Opponents start chest to chest with a fixed hold around the back, throw from standing in a marked ring a…

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Cup Stacking

Cup stacking, formally sport stacking, is a skill and timed sport using special cups. In events such as 3-3-3, 3-6-3 and Cycle, stacks are built up and down in prescribed order as fast and…

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Curling

players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards the target area. At its core, the sport is about place stones closer to the centre of the house than the opposition. Participation format: Tea…

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Cushion Caroms

Cushion caroms is a carom-billiards context on a pocketless table. With three balls and a cue, players score caroms while using one or more cushions before the scoring contact depending on…

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Cutter Rowing

Cutter rowing is team rowing in a cutter, often in German seasport context. Rhythm, commands, steering, boat length and course are decisive.

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Cutting

Cutting is a western riding discipline where horse and rider separate one cow from the herd and prevent it from returning. NCHA/AQHA contexts judge herd work, cow control, difficulty, coura…

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Cycle Ball

Cycle-ball is an indoor cycling sport. Two teams use specialist bikes to play a ball with bike, head or body toward a goal; balance, ball control, passing and finishing decide play.

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Cycle Speedway

Cycle speedway is a short-form cycling discipline on a compact track: riders start together, usually race a few anticlockwise laps and control brakeless specialist bikes through line choice…

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Cycling

there is a large range of sports involving riding a bicycle. Participation format: Individual, team, and para formats. It is typically contested on or in Road, velodrome, or terrain dependi…

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Cycling Time Trial

Cycling time trial is bicycle racing against the clock. Riders start individually or as teams at intervals and cover a road course as fast as possible; pacing, aerodynamics, line choice and…

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Cycling Trials

Cycling trials is technical bicycle control in obstacle sections. Riders cross marked gates, steps, rocks or artificial obstacles as cleanly as possible while avoiding foot dabs or other pe…

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Cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross is a cycling discipline on short circuits with grass, dirt, tarmac, sand, mud, barriers and carry sections. Riders start together; placing, laps, bike handling and mounts/dismou…

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Cyr Wheel

Cyr wheel is a discipline using a large metal ring in and around which athletes perform turns, spirals, balances and choreographic elements. International competition rules are maintained b…

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Czech Handball

Czech handball here means narodni hazena, Czech national handball. It is a distinct regional handball code with seven-player teams, field zones and its own rules, not IHF/EHF indoor handbal…

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Da Cau

Da cau is Vietnamese shuttlecock sport. A feathered shuttlecock is controlled without hands using foot, knee, leg or body; it is played freely in circles or in competition forms over a net.

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DanceSport

DanceSport is rule-based competitive dance. Depending on the discipline, couples, solo athletes or formations perform on a dance floor; technique, timing, musicality, partner work and prese…

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Dandi Biyo

Dandi Biyo is a traditional Nepali stick game using a long dandi stick and a short pointed biyo wooden piece. The biyo is flicked up and then struck; fielders try to catch it or return it u…

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Danish Longball

Danish longball is a simple bat-and-ball running game from school and recreation contexts. One team bats and runs to a safe zone while the fielding team controls the ball and forces outs un…

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Dartchery

Dartchery is a rare hybrid of archery and darts. Archers shoot arrows at a dartboard-style target; historical rules use darts scoring such as 301 and exact checkout logic.

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Darts

Darts is a precision sport with dartboard, oche and three darts per visit. In standard formats such as 501, segment values and checkout decisions matter; victory usually requires a legal do…

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Daur Hockey

Daur hockey, also described as Beikou/Boikoo Tarkbei, is a traditional Daur stick-and-ball game. Sources treat it as a cultural predecessor or local hockey context; they do not support curr…

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DDC Frisbee

DDC Frisbee means Double Disc Court, a flying-disc discipline. Two pairs defend one court each while throwing two discs at once; points come from landings in the opponent court, outs or a d…

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Deadlifting

Deadlifting is a barbell strength discipline. The aim is to lift the bar legally from the floor to a stable lockout; in competition valid attempts, commands, technical standards and weight…

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Deaf Athletics

Deaf athletics is athletics in the ICSD/Deaflympics context. The events remain running, jumping, throwing and combined events; deaf eligibility, visual start/communication signals and techn…

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Deaf Basketball

Deaf basketball is basketball in the ICSD/Deaflympics context. It is played on a basketball court under base-sport rules; deaf eligibility, visual team communication, referee signals and ev…

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Deaf Football

Deaf football is football in the ICSD/Deaflympics context. The game remains a team football code; deaf eligibility, visual referee/team communication and clear stoppages matter.

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Deaf judo

Deaf judo is judo for deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes. Bouts follow judo/IJF logic with ippon, waza-ari, grips, throws and holds; communication, start/stop moments and attention are suppo…

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Deaf swimming

Deaf swimming is competitive swimming for deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes. Races follow pool, stroke, start, turn and time-scoring logic; starts, distance alerts and false-start communica…

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Deaf Tennis

Deaf tennis is tennis in the ICSD/Deaflympics context. Singles, doubles and mixed remain tennis formats; deaf eligibility, visual event communication and clear score/line procedures matter.

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Deaf Volleyball

Deaf volleyball is volleyball in the ICSD/Deaflympics context. The game remains a net team sport with passing, setting, attacking and blocking; deaf eligibility, visual calls and team commu…

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Decathlon

Decathlon is the classic men's combined athletics event across ten disciplines over two days. Sprinting, jumping, throwing, hurdles and middle-distance running are converted into one total…

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Decathlon / Heptathlon

Decathlon and heptathlon are athletics combined events. Athletes complete multiple running, jumping and throwing events over two days; performances are converted into points using combined-…

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Deck Shuffleboard

Deck shuffleboard is a court variant in which discs are pushed with cues along a marked shuffleboard court into scoring areas.

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Deck tennis

Deck tennis is a small net game using a ring or quoit. The rules centre on throwing, catching, returning and lines.

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DEKAFIT

DEKA FIT is a Spartan DEKA fitness-racing format with ten DEKA zones and running segments. Time, standards, divisions and penalties follow DEKA/Spartan rules.

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Demolition Derby

Demolition derby is a local motorsport show format using prepared vehicles in an arena. Winner logic is local: stay mobile, make hits and meet safety/tech-inspection rules under the organis…

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Diabolo Sport

Diabolo sport is a juggling and dexterity discipline using a diabolo, handsticks and string. Training focuses on spin building, axle correction, throws, catches, trick combinations and, dep…

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Digor

Digor, also called Degor or Dogor, is a traditional Bhutanese target-throwing game using flat round stones. Individuals or teams throw from a set lane toward target pegs, trying to land the…

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Disc Dog

Dog frisbee / disc dog is dog sport using dog-safe discs, in which dog and handler complete distance, catching, accuracy or freestyle tasks. Safety depends strongly on throwing technique, d…

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Disc Golf

Disc golf is a flying-disc target sport played on course holes with baskets. The aim is to complete each hole in as few throws as possible; disc choice, flight line, wind, obstacles and saf…

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Disc Sports

Disc sports is an umbrella for flying-disc disciplines such as ultimate, disc golf, freestyle, double disc court and other WFDF contexts. Rules, field and scoring depend on the concrete dis…

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Discus throw

Discus throw is a technical athletics throwing event. Athletes throw the discus from a circle with protective cage into a marked sector; only valid throws are measured and the greatest dist…

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Diving

Diving covers springboard and platform diving in a diving pool. Difficulty, approach, take-off, flight phase, body line and water entry are judged; `kunst-und-turmspringen` is treated as a…

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Dock Diving

Dock diving is a dog sport in which dogs jump from a dock into a pool and, depending on discipline, achieve distance, height, speed or target retrieval. The focus is the human-dog team.

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Dodgeball

Dodgeball is a team ball sport on a marked court. Teams throw balls, dodge and use catches tactically; hits, catches, court boundaries and game/set rules decide, not acrobatic or judged sco…

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Dog dancing

Dog dancing is a dog-handler sport where a team performs a musical routine with tricks, heelwork-to-music elements, freestyle movements and visible cooperation. Presentation, content, artis…

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Dog Obedience

Dog obedience is dog sport in which dog-handler teams perform obedience exercises such as heelwork, stay, recall, retrieving or distance control precisely in the ring. Entry usually runs th…

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Dog Parkour

Dog parkour is a dog-sport/titling format in which dog-handler teams use safe everyday or outdoor obstacles creatively, controlled and with spotting. IDPKA and All Dogs Parkour document saf…

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Dog Racing

Dog racing is an umbrella context for dog races, especially greyhound racing on regulated tracks. The entry is framed as spectator/legal/animal-welfare context and not as a normal recreatio…

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Dog Scootering

Dog scootering is dryland sled-dog sport in which one or more dogs pull a scooter on suitable trails. Dog health, pulling harness, line management, commands, temperature and trail safety ar…

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Dog Sled Racing

Dog sled racing is sled dog sport: a musher and dog team complete marked snow or dryland trails against the clock, with team handling, trail decisions, vet checks and animal welfare at the…

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Dog Sledding

Dog sledding is mushing: a musher guides a dog team with a sled on snow or winter routes. Beginners realistically start guided or in a club/kennel context with clear dog, weather and safety…

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Dog sports

Dog sports is an umbrella for organised dog-handler sports such as agility, rally obedience, obedience, scent work, trick dog, disc dog or field/working formats. This entry describes choice…

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Dogging (Sport)

Dogging is modelled here as a fuzzy umbrella for active dog activities such as jogging, walking, hiking or related dog sports. It is not a clearly documented world-federation or major-compe…

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Dota 2 Esports

Dota 2 esports is organised competition in Valve's MOBA Dota 2. Two five-player teams draft heroes and attempt to destroy the opposing Ancient.

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Downhill Mountain Biking

Downhill mountain biking is a UCI mountain-bike discipline: riders individually complete a technical descent with steep sections, corners, jumps and obstacles. The fastest valid run time on…

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Downhill Skiing

Downhill skiing is the high-speed downhill discipline in alpine skiing. Course reading, line choice, glide speed, jumps, equipment control and valid time from start to finish decide.

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