SportS

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I have tried to do a classification of sports in categories.

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(Where do sports such as parallel bars and jumping fit ?)

Speed sports (where the goal is to be as quick as possible. No or very little contact with your opponents.):

• BiCycling?
• OrienteerinG?
• RunninG?
  • RunninG/CrossCountry?
  • RunninG/LongDistance?
  • RunninG/Track?
• SwimminG?

Surpassing sports (where the goal is to pull your body or an object beyond a physical mark):

• JumpS?
  • LongJump?
  • HighJump?
  • TripleJump?
  • PoleVault?
• ThrowS?
  • ShotPut?
  • DiscuS?
  • JavelIn?
  • HammeR?
• HalteroPhily?

Precision sports (where the goal is to be as accurate as possible in throwing, tossing, rolling, ... No or very little contact with your opponents.):

• ArcherY?
• BilliardS?
• BowlinG?
• CroqueT?
• GolF?
• ShootinG?

Ball sports (where you and your opponent(s) are working to get control of and place a ball):

• BadmintoN?
• BaseBall?
• BasketBall?
• AmericanFootBall?
• AustralianRulesFootball?
• CrickeT?
• FieldHockey?
• FootBall
• IceHockey?
• TableTennis?
• TenniS

Fighting (where you and your opponents compete against each other using your strength and speed in contact.):

• ArmWrestling?
• BoxinG?
• WrestlinG?
• FencinG?
• MartialArts
• RopePulling?

Motor sports (where you use the power of an engine as an important part of the sport.):

• AutoRacing?
• EndurO?
• Formula1
• SpeedBoating?

Combination sports (where the winning is decided by putting together results from several of the other categories):

• BiathloN? (SkiIng? and ShootinG?)
• PentathloN? (track and field events)
• TriathloN? (Running/LongDistance?, SwimminG?, and BiCycling?)
• DecathloN? (100m, LongJump?, ShotPut?, HighJump?, 400m, 110m HurdleS?, DiscuS?, PoleVault?, JavelIn?, 1500m)

Comparison sports (where the winning is decided by a judge):

• BodyBuilding?
• CheerLeading?
• DivinG?
• FigureSkating?
• GymnasticS?
• SyncopatedSwimming?
• WoodworkerContests?

Sports emphasizing balance and co-ordination (usually recreational but can also be competitive; these are also comparison sports!)

• IceSkating?
• RollerSkating?
• Skateboarding
• SkiIng?
  • CrossCountrySkiing?
  • DownhillSkiing?
  • SnowBoarding
• SurfinG?

Sports without competition (where the ultimate goal is not to win but to have fun):

• BushWalking?

Hunting sports (where the sport is to find, lure, catch some animal):

• BassFishing?
• FoxHunt?
• HuntinG?
  • Hunting/Bowhunting?

I think the following are not sports, but instead (simply) GameS?; strictly speaking, there are no such things as "brain sports"

Brain-sports (where you have to think) - Card Games:

• ContractBridge?

Brain-sports (where you have to think) - Board Games:

• ChesS
• GameOfGo? - How bout the AncientOrientalGameOfGo?? Enough texts refer to it as that. :)

Brain-sports (where you have to think) - Letter Games:

• CrossWords?