Outline of sports explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sports:

Sport  - a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively, sports can be played on land, in water and in the air.

What is a sport?

Sports can be described as all of the following:

Types of sports

List of sports

List of sports

Sport by region

Africa

West Africa

Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo

North Africa

Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara

Central Africa

Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe

East Africa

Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

Southern Africa

Botswana • Eswatini • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa

Dependencies

Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Antarctica

None

Asia

Central Asia

Kazakhstan[1] • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan

East Asia

China[2]

Tibet

Hong Kong[3] • Macau[4]

Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan[5]

North Asia

Russia[6]

Southeast Asia[7]

Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia[8] • East Timor (Timor-Leste)[9] • Indonesia[10] • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam

South Asia

Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan• Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka

India[11]

Delhi

West Asia

Armenia[12] • Azerbaijan[13] • Bahrain • Cyprus[14] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia[15] • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine[16] Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey[17] • United Arab Emirates • Yemen

Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)

North Caucasus

Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)

South Caucasus

Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)

Europe

Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine

United Kingdom

England (Birmingham, Bristol, Cornwall, London, Milton Keynes, Sussex, Worthing) • Northern Ireland (Belfast) • Scotland (Glasgow) • Wales (Cardiff)

Vatican City

European Union

North America

Canada

Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon

United States

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

Central America

Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama

Caribbean

Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands

Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
  • Australasia[18]
  • Australia (Brisbane, Sydney)
  • Dependencies/Territories of Australia
  • Christmas Island[19] • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
  • New Zealand[20]
  • Melanesia[21]
  • Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)[22] • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea[23] • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •
  • Micronesia
  • Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •
  • Polynesia[24]
  • American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)

    South America

    Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela

    South Atlantic

    Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha

    History of sports

    History of sports

    Recreational sporting

    Rules

    Sports in court

    General
    American football
    Association football
    Baseball
    Basketball
    Other sports

    Sports training and nutrition

    Muscles training

    Sports nutrition

    Sports medicine

    Sports medicine

    Sports and media

    Sports magazines

    Sports television programs

    Sports ethics and conduct

    Sports participants

    See also: List of sportspeople.

    Sports venues

    Sport venue

    Sports venue features

    Sports equipment

    Game play

    Sports management

    Sport management

    Sports culture

    Sports and politics

    Politics and sports

    Sporting events

    Sports governing bodies

    Sports governing body

    See also: List of international sport federations.

    World governing bodies of various notable sports:

    Sociology of sport

    See main article: Sociology of sport. The sociology of sport is a subfield of sociology which aims to study sports through the lens of interactions between different groups and cultures.[25] The field has also investigated how various gender divides in sports can influence feminist movements.[26]

    Sport psychology

    See main article: Sport psychology. Sport psychology is the study of how psychological factors can impact engagement in professional and recreational sports, as well as how sports impact an athlete's psychological state.[27] After becoming popular in the early 20th century, it is now a recognized scientific field which is relevant to many different sports.[28] Modern sports psychologists often use a combination of goal setting, visualization techniques and preperformance routines to help athletes achieve their goals.[29] [30] [31]

    See also

    Sports-related outlines

    External links

    Notes and References

    1.   Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
    2.   The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
    3.   Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
    4.   Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
    5.   Under the de facto control of the Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
    6.   Russia is a transcontinental country; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
    7. Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
    8. http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/cambodia/pdf/pre_rep1.pdf General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3 September 2008
    9.   East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
    10.   Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
    11.   Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.
    12.   Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
    13.   Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
    14.   The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. The U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East.
    15.   Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
    16.   Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
    17.   Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
    18. The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
    19. [Christmas Island]
    20. [New Zealand]
    21. Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
    22. Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.
    23. [Papua New Guinea]
    24. Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
    25. Macri. Kenneth J.. 2012. Not Just a Game: Sport and Society in the United States. Inquiries Journal. en. 4. 8.
    26. Hayhurst. Lyndsay MC. 2011-04-01. Corporatising Sport, Gender and Development: postcolonial IR feminisms, transnational private governance and global corporate social engagement. Third World Quarterly. 32. 3. 531–549. 10.1080/01436597.2011.573944. 145619969. 0143-6597.
    27. Book: Weinberg, Robert Stephen. Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2011. Human Kinetics. 978-1-4504-0038-1. en.
    28. Fuchs. Alfred H.. 1998. Psychology and "The Babe". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. en. 34. 2. 153–165. 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6696(199821)34:2<153::AID-JHBS3>3.0.CO;2-T. 9580977. 1520-6696.
    29. Book: Vealey, Robin S.. Coaching for the Inner Edge. 2005. Fitness Information Technology. 978-1-885693-59-4. en.
    30. Book: Williams, Jean Marie. Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance. 2006. McGraw-Hill. 978-0-07-284383-5. en.
    31. Ravizza K, Hanson T. (1995). Heads up baseball: Playing the game one pitch at a time. Lincolmwood, IL: Masters Press.

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