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Drag boat racing

Drag boat racing is straight-line boat motorsport on water: two high-powered boats launch from a standing start, pass timing beams and run a short sprint distance under class and safety rul…

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Drag Racing

Drag racing is motorsport on a straight course: vehicles launch side by side, react to the starting lights and run a short distance for time, index, class or direct pairing results.

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Dragon boat

Dragon boat is a team paddling sport with a long crew boat, paddlers in rows, a steerer and often a drum or caller rhythm. Shared stroke, boat run, water technique, safety and timed racing…

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Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon boat racing is team paddling in long dragon boats with usually 10 or 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steerer. Stroke rhythm, boat run, crew coordination and time or placing over short t…

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Draughts

Draughts/checkers is a strategic board sport on a chequered board with men, compulsory capture and variants such as international 10x10 draughts or 64-square draughts. FMJD sources document…

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Dressage

Dressage is an equestrian discipline where horse and rider perform prescribed tests as precisely, freely and harmoniously as possible in a dressage arena. Individual movements, execution, o…

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Drifting

Drifting is judged motorsport on closed courses: drivers hold controlled oversteer and are scored by series-dependent criteria such as line, angle, style, speed, proximity and mistakes.

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Drone Racing

Drone racing is technical drone air sport: pilots fly small racing drones, often from an FPV perspective, through gates and courses. Valid laps, line, reaction, battery and repair managemen…

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Drone Soccer

Drone soccer is a drone team sport in a protected arena. Teams pilot caged drone balls, assign roles such as striker, guide and defender, and score when the striker flies through the goal r…

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Duathlon

Duathlon is a World Triathlon multisport format made of running, cycling and running again. Total time, transitions, helmet/bike rules and penalties decide; there is no swim segment.

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Duckpin Bowling

Duckpin bowling is a regional bowling variant with shorter pins, smaller holeless balls and three rolls per frame. This creates different hit, spare and strike dynamics from other pin games.

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Dumog

Dumog is a regionally documented Filipino grappling and clinch context within Filipino martial arts. The entry describes balance breaking, grip work, takedowns and structural control; no si…

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E-Sport

Esport is organised competition in digital games and platforms. Scoring, mode, hardware, version and participation format depend on the concrete title, publisher and tournament organiser.

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EA SPORTS FC Esports

EA SPORTS FC esports is organised competition in Electronic Arts' football simulation EA SPORTS FC. Players compete in digital football matches and FC Pro formats.

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Earthdog

Earthdog is a dog-sport test for small terriers and dachshunds. Dogs work through artificial tunnels following scent to protected quarry; instinct, search, tunnel work and controlled indica…

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Ecuavoley

Ecuavoley is an Ecuadorian volleyball variant with three players per team, a higher net and local tournament practice. The aim is to play the ball legally into the opponent's court or force…

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Egg-and-Spoon Race

An egg-and-spoon race is a recreational or school-sports-day race: participants balance an egg or substitute egg on a spoon and cover a short course or relay. House rules define whether dro…

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Eight-Ball

Eight-ball is a pool-billiards discipline with 15 object balls and the cue ball. After groups are chosen, a player must legally pocket their group; only then does the called black eight dec…

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Eight-man Football

Eight-man football is a reduced-player gridiron football variant with eight players per side. Snaps, downs, touchdowns and kicks remain football-adjacent; field width, formations, eligibili…

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Ekiden

Ekiden is a Japanese-rooted long-distance relay, usually on road courses. Teams split a long distance into legs; the tasuki or relay sash is passed at exchange points, and the fastest team…

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Electric Boogie

Electric boogie is treated here as a street-dance/IDO competition context: isolations, popping/robotics-adjacent movement, musicality and presentation are judged at events. It is not standa…

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Elephant Polo

Elephant polo is a historical/regional show and animal-context variant of polo with elephants. Because of welfare and organisation issues, the entry remains catalog-sourced and is not recom…

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Endurance Racing

Endurance racing is long-distance motorsport: teams race over long distances or time windows and manage tyres, energy/fuel, driver changes, pit stops, multi-class traffic and vehicle reliab…

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Endurance riding

Endurance riding is an equestrian sport over long marked terrain routes. Horse and rider complete loops, crew phases and veterinary checks; only a rules-compliant fit horse may continue or…

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Enduro

Enduro is off-road motorcycle sport on marked courses, trails and special tests. Route sheet, time checks, technical terrain, endurance, protective gear and bike care shape the competition.

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EnduroCross

EnduroCross is motorcycle off-road racing on compact obstacle courses with logs, rocks, tyres, matrix or water obstacles. Technical line choice, obstacle control, heat/final placing and leg…

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English Billiards

English billiards is a cue sport on a six-pocket table with three balls. Points are scored through cannons, pots and in-offs, so angle control, break-building and exact scoring knowledge ma…

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Equestrian

Equestrian is the umbrella context for horse sport and riding/driving disciplines such as dressage, jumping, eventing, endurance, driving and vaulting. Practical entry runs through supervis…

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Equestrian Vaulting

Equestrian vaulting is equestrian sport in which athletes perform gymnastic and acrobatic elements on or beside a horse moving on a lunge circle. Scoring uses compulsory/freestyle work, tec…

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Eton Fives

Eton Fives is a hand-played fives wall game on an asymmetrical court with walls, buttress and gloves. It is usually played as doubles; the aim is to win rallies by preventing a legal return.

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Eurodance (Dancefloor)

Eurodance (Dancefloor) is source-critical: the evidence mainly supports a music and club/dancefloor context, not a standalone standardised sport rulebook. The entry therefore remains a danc…

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Eventing

Eventing combines dressage, cross-country and jumping. Horse and rider must show precision, endurance, cross-country ability and jumping skill; penalties from the phases form the final resu…

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Expedition Racing

Expedition racing is the long expedition-style form of adventure racing: teams navigate checkpoints and combine trekking, mountain biking, paddling and other disciplines over many hours or…

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Extrembügeln

Extreme ironing is a tongue-in-cheek performance and novelty extreme sport where a garment is ironed in unusual places. The entry does not describe a stable modern league or a DIY recommend…

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Falconry

Falconry is legally regulated work with trained birds of prey in hunting, keeping, conservation and demonstration contexts. Animal welfare, knowledge, permits, mentorship, raptor handling a…

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Fast-Pitch Softball

Fast-pitch softball is the fast competitive form of softball with underhand pitching, batting, baserunning and defence on a diamond with a pitching circle. Runs are scored when runners reac…

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Fast5

Fast5 is a fast netball variant with five players per team, shorter periods, power play and multi-point shooting zones. It remains netball-based, but fewer players and tactical scoring zone…

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Fastpacking

Fastpacking combines trail running and ultralight backpacking over longer routes, often with overnight travel or FKT/route logic. Endurance, pack weight, navigation, weather management, saf…

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Faustkampf (Pygme)

Pygme / ancient Greek boxing denotes ancient Greek boxing, not a current officially governed sport federation. Sources such as Olympics/IOC, Britannica and British Museum material document…

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Feldkorbball

Feldkorbball is a regional Korbball outdoor-field form with passing, basket shooting and local rule context. The entry stays separate from international korfball and is marked `needsReview`…

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Fell Running

Fell running is British hill and mountain running over fells with steep ascent and descent, changing terrain, navigation, weather risk and often mandatory safety kit.

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Fencing

Fencing is an Olympic duel and weapon sport with foil, epee or sabre. On the piste, target areas, footwork, distance, timing, protective clothing and weapon-specific rules such as right of…

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Ferret Racing

Ferret racing is a regional show and charity context in which ferrets run through short tubes or tunnels. The entry remains welfare-bound: only short supervised formats with calm animals, h…

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Field Archery

Field archery is archery on an outdoor course with changing angles, light conditions and marked or unmarked distances. It is about precise shots at target faces in terrain, not generic prec…

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Field Handball

Field handball is the historical outdoor form of handball on a large field, including documented 11v11 Olympic competition in 1936. Current active handball entries are handled through handb…

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Field hockey

Field hockey is the FIH outdoor hockey discipline with stick, ball, 11-a-side teams, hockey pitch and shooting circle. Goals count when the ball is played legally in the circle; puck or ice…

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Field Lacrosse

Field lacrosse is the outdoor field form of lacrosse with stick, ball, goals, running lines, ground balls and shooting on a large field. World Lacrosse separates field, box and Sixes rulebo…

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Field Target

Field target is an airgun precision sport on outdoor lanes with metal targets, small kill zones, range estimation, wind reading and regulated shooting positions. Local law, transport and ra…

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Field trial

Field trial is a working test for hunting/working dogs, especially gundogs. Dog and handler show obedience, search/marking work, steadiness, handling and working aptitude in field or huntin…

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Fierljeppen

Fierljeppen is a Frisian-Dutch traditional sport: athletes sprint from the ramp, grab the pole, climb while crossing a water ditch and land as far as possible in the sand bed.

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Figure Skating

Figure skating is an ISU ice sport in which skaters perform programmes with edges, jumps, spins, steps, music interpretation and technical elements. Scoring uses defined technical elements,…

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Fingerboarding

Fingerboarding is a community-driven miniature board sport: tricks are performed with a fingerboard on tabletop spots, mini ramps, rails and obstacles. Robust world-federation rules are not…

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Fingerhakeln

Fingerhakeln is an Alpine strength and tradition sport at a standard table. Two pullers hook fingers through a leather strap; grip strength, reaction, technique, class rules and catchers sh…

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Finnish Skittles

Finnish skittles, also kyykka, is a Finnish-Karelian target-throwing game: players or teams throw wooden bats (karttus) at kyykka pins and try to knock them out of the playing square. The d…

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Finswimming

Finswimming is a CMAS water sport where athletes use a monofin or bi-fins in pool or open water to swim as fast as possible. Depending on discipline, snorkel, surface swimming, underwater d…

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Fistball

Fistball, or Faustball, is a striking team sport with five players per side. The ball is played over a ribbon/net into the opponent's field with arm or fist; one bounce before each contact…

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Fisticuffs

Fisticuffs is a historical English term for fist fighting or bare-knuckle/pugilism contexts. This entry is handled as boxing history and rule history; practical beginner guidance runs throu…

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Five-a-Side Football

Five-a-side football is small-sided football with five players per team on a smaller indoor, cage or turf pitch. It uses football basics, but local small-sided rules for goal areas, boards,…

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Five-Pin Billiards

Five-pin billiards is a carom/cue-sport discipline with three balls and five pins in the centre of the table. Points come through legal ball contacts, pin scoring and red-ball scoring; it i…

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Five-pin bowling

Five-pin bowling is a Canadian bowling variant with a small ball, five pins in a V formation and three balls per frame. Pins have different point values; a frame can score 15 pin points and…

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