On this page you will find information about virtually every sport being played around the world. Starting with the major sports followed by unusual/rare and new sports as they developed. Every major sport will have its own dedicated page and all the big events in that sports as well.
Recognized Sports:
There is a core list of 200+ recognized sports around the world which are either played professionally or at least have a governing body behind it. We list each and every such sport right here on this page.
| SPORT | FEDERATION |
|---|---|
| Football/Soccer | FIFA |
| Cricket | ICC |
| Rugby League | RLIF |
| Tennis | ITF |
| Boxing | WPBF |
| UFC | UFC |
| Aikido | IAF |
| Air sports | FAI |
| Airsoft | IAPS |
| Alpine Skiing | IPC AS |
| Archery | WA |
| Arm Wrestling | WAF |
| Athletics | IPC AT |
| Australian rule football | AFL |
| Auto racing | FIA |
| Badminton | BWF |
| Bandy | FIB |
| Baseball & softball | WBSC |
| Basketball | FIBA |
| Basque pelota | FIPV |
| Beach soccer | BSWW |
| Behcup | WBF |
| Biathlon | IBU |
| Billiard sports | WCBS |
| Bobsleigh and skeleton | FIBT |
| Bocce | CBI |
| Boccia | BISSFED |
| Bodyboarding | IBA |
| Bodybuiling | IFBB |
| Bootthrowing | IBTA |
| Boule Lyonnaise | FIB |
| Boules sporst | CMSB |
| Bowling (Canadian five-pin) | C5PBA |
| Bowling (Ten Pin) | FIQ |
| Bowls | WB |
| Bowls | PBA |
| Boxing | WPBF |
| Boxing | AIBA |
| Bridge | WBF |
| Broom ball | IFBA |
| Canoying | ICF |
| Casting | ICSF |
| Chess | FIDE |
| Croquet | WCF |
| Curling | WCF |
| Cycling | UCI |
| Dance sports | IDSD |
| Darts | WDF |
| Dragon boot racing | IDBF |
| Drauts | FMJD |
| Elephant polo | WEPF |
| Equestrian | FEI |
| Fencing | FIE |
| Fishing | CIPS |
| Fistball | IFA |
| Floorball | IFF |
| Flying Disk | WFDF |
| Foosball | ITSF |
| Football ( Amercan & Canadian) | IFAF |
| Football (Gaelic) | GAA |
| Football 5-a-side | IBSA |
| Football 7-a-side | CPISRA |
| Gamefishing | IGFA |
| Go | IGF |
| Goalball | IBSA |
| Golf | IGF |
| Grayhound racing | ACTOA |
| Gymnastic | FIG |
| Handball (court) | USHA |
| Handball (team) | IHF |
| Hapkido boxing | HBIO |
| Harness horse racing | UET |
| Hocky | FIH |
| Horse racing | IRB |
| Horse shoes | NHPA |
| Hurling | GAA |
| Ice hockey | IIHF |
| Ice skating | ISU |
| Ice sledge hockey | IPS |
| Intercrosse | FIIC |
| Judo | IJF |
| Ju-jitsa | JJIF |
| Kabaddi | IKF |
| Karate | WKF |
| Kendo | IKF |
| Kick boxing | WKF |
| Korf ball | IKF |
| King fu | IKF |
| Lacroose | IKF |
| Life saving | FIL |
| Luge | ILSF |
| Fil | FIL |
| Malakhamb | MCW |
| Miniature golf | WMF |
| Mixed Martial arts | ISCF |
| Mordern Arnis | IMAF |
| Modern pentathlon | UIPM |
| Motorcyle sport | FIM |
| Mountaining running | WMRA |
| Mountain boarding | IMRA |
| Mountainerring | UIAA |
| Muay thai | IKF |
| Net ball | IFNA |
| Nordic skiing | IPC NS |
| Orienteering | IOF |
| Padle ball | NPA |
| Parkao | WFPF |
| Petanque | FIPJP |
| Pigeon racing | RPRA |
| Pitch and Putt | IPPA |
| Pole dance | IPSF |
| Polo | FIP |
| Power boating | UIM |
| Power Lifting | IPC PO |
| Practical shooting | IPSC |
| Quidditch | IQA |
| Rackelton | FIR |
| Racquetball | IRF |
| Radio controlled car racing | IFMAR |
| Rafting | IRF |
| Rogaining | IRF |
| Roller sports | FIRS |
| Rope skipping | IRSF |
| Rope skipping | WRSC |
| Rounders | NRA |
| Rowing | FISA |
| Rugby five | RFA |
| Rugby league | RLIF |
| Rugby union | WR |
| Sailing | ISAF |
| Sambo | FIAS |
| Sepak Takraw | ISTAF |
| Shooting | ISSF |
| Skateboarding | ISF |
| Skymountaneering | ISMF |
| Skibobbing | FISB |
| Skiing | FIS |
| Soft tennis | ISTF |
| Sports Climbing | IFSC |
| Squash | WSF |
| Sumo | ISF |
| Surfing | ISA |
| Bodyboarding | IPC SW |
| Table hockey | ITHF |
| Table soccer | ITSF |
| Table tennis | ITTF |
| Tennis | ITF |
| Tent pegging | ITF |
| Throwball | FIT |
| Touchball | ITU |
| Trithlon | TWIF |
| Tug of war | CMAS |
| Volly ball and Beach Vollyball | FIVB |
| Vovinam | WVVF |
| VX ( rocketball) | IRIBF |
| Water skiing | IWSF |
| Weight lifting | IWF |
| Wheelchair basketball | IWBF |
| Wheelchair curling | WCF |
| Wheelchair dance sport | WDS |
| Wheelchair fencing | IWAS |
| Wheelchair Rugby | IWRF |
| Wheelchair Tennis | ITF |
| Wrestling | UWW |
| Wushu | IWUF |
| Yoga | YCW |