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Games that include balls Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835-36. Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including: Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball. Invasion games, such as football and basketball. Net and wall games, such as volleyball.
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [1]
Some of the most recognised sporting events in the world today are multi-sport events – the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan American Games and the Mediterranean Games – among others. This article lists all major multi-sport events, whether defunct or functioning, in the modern day.
The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running.
Such games are often ‘war’ games, which involve capturing an opponent’s pieces. The most popular of all such games today is chess. Chess is a game of great skill that calls for the ability to plan moves and recognize threats several steps ahead. Each player has an ‘army’ of 16 pieces with which to fight a battle.
List of American football video games. List of association football video games. List of Australian rules football video games. List of baseball video games. List of basketball video games. List of cricket video games. List of ice hockey video games. List of rugby union video games. List of volleyball video games.
Tennis games. Tennis games are often used to help players of all abilities to practice the different strokes involved in tennis. The number of participants needed varies from as few as two players to as many players as can fit on a tennis court. These games are often used by coaches and other tennis instructors to help teach the basic skills of ...
Kicking ball games arose independently multiple times across multiple cultures. The Chinese competitive game cuju (蹴鞠, literally "kick ball"; also known as tsu chu) resembles modern association football. This is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty.