Category: Sports organisations Soon after aircraft were invented, pilots realised that they could be used as part of a flying circus to entertain people or impress others in what was termed aerobatics. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... Aikido (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji), literally meaning harmony energy way, or with some poetic licence, way of the harmonious spirit, is a gendai budo — a modern Japanese martial art. ... Air racing is a sport that involves small airplanes and is practiced around the world each year. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... The term Air sports covers a range of aerial activities such as: Aerobatics Aeromodelling Ballooning General aviation Gliding Hang gliding Microlighting Parachuting Paragliding Rotocraft They are governing internationally by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and there are also national organisations in many countries. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) is an amateur map and compass sport that combines the skills of orienteering and radio direction finding. ... The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is an international confederation of national Amateur Radio organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern and collectively represents matters to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ... -1... The International Archery Federation (FITA, from French Fédération Internationale de Tir à lArc) is the sport governing body of the sport of archery. ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ... This article is about the racquet sport badminton. ... Balloons are often used or given on special occasions, like cards or flowers. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... Look up bandy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth cylinder called a bat. ... The International Baseball Federation (or IBAF) is the worldwide body which governs play between national teams, including the World Cup of Baseball (in conjunction with Major League Baseball) and the Olympic baseball tournament (in conjuction with the International Olympic Committee). ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls attempts to score. ... The International Basketball Federation (French Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs international competitition in the basketball. ... A beach volleyball game in progress Beach volleyball in Vancouver Beach volleyball has evolved from the popular social games of volleyball played on many beaches around the world. ... FIVB Logo Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport of volleyball. ... The name biathlon is commonly confused with duathlon, the term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. ... Billiards is a family of games played on a table, with a stick, known as a cue stick, which is used to strike balls, moving them around the table. ... Historic bobteam from Davos around 1910 Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. ... A set of Bocce balls Bocce is a precision sport closely related to bowls and pétanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. ... Swedish bodybuilder Anders Graneheim Bodybuilding is the process of developing muscle fibers through the combination of weight training, increased caloric intake, and rest. ... IFBB Logo The International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) is a bodybuilding organization founded in 1946 by Ben and Joe Weider. ... Boules /bul/ is a collective name for games played with metal balls. ... Bowling ball and two pins Ten-Pin Bowling is a sport with a simple aim—knock down as many pins as possible by rolling a ball along a pathway called the lane. ... Five-pin bowling is a bowling variant which is popular in Canada, where many bowling alleys offer it, either alone or in combination with ten-pin bowling. ... Men playing bowls Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bowls Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than ones opponent is... Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano at Madison Square Garden, 1951 Julio Cesar Chavez and Ivan Robinson at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, 2005 Amir Khan of Britain and Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa of Cuba at the Athens Olympics, 2004 Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting... International Boxing Association (IBA) is one of numerous sanctioning bodies of professional boxing. ... Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano at Madison Square Garden, 1951 Julio Cesar Chavez and Ivan Robinson at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, 2005 Amir Khan of Britain and Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa of Cuba at the Athens Olympics, 2004 Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting... The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ... The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is one of the sanctioning organizations currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. ... Contract bridge, more usually known as Bridge, is a trick_taking card game for four players who form two partnerships, or sides. The partners on each side sit opposite one another. ... World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body of world contract bridge. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... Carambole billiards (or carom) is a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France, though the exact date of invention is not clear. ... In the sport of fishing with a fishing rod, casting is the act of throwing the hook into the water, by quickly flicking the rod from behind the angler toward the water. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-05, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines the sports of chess and boxing. ... The World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) is the governing body of the new sport chess boxing. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ... Croquet is a recreational game and, latterly, a competitive sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing arena. ... US Armed Forces cross country meet Cross-country running is a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain before other teams. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... Curling is a game played on ice with granite stones Curling is a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, but played on ice with polished heavy stones rather than plastic balls. ... The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Entrance of UCI headquarter at Aigle (Switzerland) Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is a professional cycling union that oversees cycling events in the international community. ... Dancesport denotes dance as a sport activity. ... International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) (formerly ICAD) was founded in 1957. ... Standardized dart board Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dart board) hung on a wall. ... This article refers to the act of jumping into water, often acrobatically, from a distance. ... Fina may refer to: Fina is the name of Belgian petroleum company Petrofina. ... A dragon boat (Chinese: 龍舟, 龍船; Simplified Chinese: 龙舟, 龙船, Mandarin Pinyin: lóng zhōu, lóng chuán) is a very long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing, which may also be known as dragonboating. ... The International Dragon Boat Federation is the international governing body for the team water sport of dragon boating. ... starting position on a 10×10 draughts board Checkers or draughts (pronounced drafts), is a group of mental sport board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemys pieces. ... A junior horse riding event at the Melbourne Show Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Épée event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. ... Finswimming is the progression of a swimmer using fins either on the water surface or under water, using only muscle strength. ... The Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) is the World Underwater Federation. ... Sport fishing is a form of recreational fishing where the primary reward is the challenge of finding and catching the fish rather than the culinary or financial value of the fishs flesh. ... Rugby Fives is a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court. ... A floorball match Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a high density plastic ball into the opponents goal. ... While the word Frisbee is claimed as a trademark of the Wham-O toy company, the term is often used generically to describe flying discs similar to those made by that company. ... The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the sanctioning body for an annual series of overall flying disc sports competions. ... Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer). ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... Australian football, which is also known as Australian rules football, or less formally as Aussie rules or footy is a code of football which originated in Melbourne, Australia. ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... Canadian football is a sport in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (100. ... The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football) is a professional league located entirely in Canada that plays Canadian football. ... Football Canada is the governing body for amateur Canadian football. ... Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... Gliding (or soaring) is a recreational activity and competitive sport where individuals fly un-powered aeroplanes known as gliders or sailplanes. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... Go, Weiqi, or Baduk is a strategic, two-player board game originating in ancient China between 2000 BC and 200 BC. The game is now popular throughout East Asia. ... Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. ... The International Blind Sports Federation is a charity organization founded in 1981 in Paris. ... Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. ... The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. ... The International Golf Federation is an organisation which, despite its grand title, occupies only a small place in the structure of golf. ... Photo finish of a greyhound race in Tampa, Florida, USA on February 9, 1939 Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. ... The 5 apparatus: Clubs, Rope, Ball, Hoop, Ribbon Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which single competitors or five-person teams manipulate five types of apparatus: Ball, Clubs, Hoop, Ribbon, and Rope. ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. ... Handball (also known as team handball, field handball or Olympic handball in the United States) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... Handball (also known as Irish/Gaelic handball, court handball or wall handball) is a sport similar to racquetball and squash. ... Hang gliding is one of the windsports. ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... High Speed Telegraphy (HST) competitions challenge individuals to correctly receive and copy Morse code transmissions sent at very high speeds. ... The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is an international confederation of national Amateur Radio organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern and collectively represents matters to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... The International Hockey Federation (Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon, or FIH) is the global body governing the sport of field hockey, which is known simply as hockey in most countries. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) was founded in 1908 and is the worldwide governing body for both ice hockey and in-line hockey. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Horseshoes is an outdoor game played between two people (or two teams of two people) using four horseshoes and two stakes. ... For the Cornish sport of hurling, see Hurling the Silver Ball. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 JÅ«dō; gentle way) is a martial art, sport, and philosophy originated in Japan. ... Jujutsu (also jujitsu, ju jitsu, ju jutsu, or jiu jitsu; from the Japanese 柔術 jūjutsu gentle/yielding/compliant Art) is a Japanese martial art. ... Kabaddi or Kabadi is a team pursuit sport, primarily played in South Asia. ... Two Karate practitioners engaging in competition style Karate. ... Kendo Kendo (剣道 Kendō, 劍道) , which is the modern martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. ... The International Kendo Federation (IKF) was founded in 1970. ... Kickboxing match(not Thai boxing) Kickboxing can be described as a generic term for a sporting martial art that, while similar to boxing, uses feet as well as hands for fighting. ... The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is the Largest Kickboxing Sanctioning Body in the World. ... Korfball (in Dutch korfbal, which literally means basketball) is a team ball game. ... The International Korfball Federation (IKF) was founded in Antwerp (Belgium) on the June 11, 1933 as a continuation of the International Korfball Bureau established in 1924 by the Dutch and Belgian Associations. ... A womens lacrosse player carries the ball past a defender. ... International Lacrosse Federation was founded in 1974 to promote and develop the game of lacrosse throughout the world. ... A womens lacrosse player carries the ball past a defender. ... The International Federation of Womens Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA) was formed in 1972 to promote and develop the game of Womens lacrosse throughout the world. ... A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. ... Miniature golf Miniature golf, also known as mini-golf, midget golf, or crazy golf is a game modelled after the sport of golf. ... Ryan Purwick (top) works the guard of Joaquin Velasco. ... Competitors in the final round of the Mens Modern Pentathlon pull for the finish line at the Goudi Sports Complex on August 26, 2004. ... Motocross racing Start of a Motocross race Motorcycle Racing There are a variety of sports involving racing motorcycles. ... The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) is the governing body of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. ... Mountaineering is the sport or hobby or profession of climbing mountains and is sometimes also known as alpinism, particularly in Europe. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... Muay Thai (Thai มวยไทย, IPA /muai32 tÊ°ai32/) (Thai Boxing) is the Thai name for an indigenous form of martial art practiced in several southeast Asian countries including Cambodia (where it is known as Pradal Serey) and Myanmar where it is generally known as Lethwei. ... The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is the Largest Kickboxing Sanctioning Body in the World. ... Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. ... Originally known as womens basketball and adapted from basketball in the USA, netball, while basically unknown in its homeland, is the preeminent womens team sport (both as a spectator and participant sport) in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in Jamaica, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United... The International Federation of Netball Associations, or INFA, is a federation of 39 netball associations from around the world, and is responsible for organising and co-ordinating international netball events and international netball procedures. ... The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which competitors involve in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... The international orienteering symbol. ... The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is an international confederation of national orienteering organizations. ... Skydiver about to land Parachuting, or skydiving, is a recreational activity, competitive sport and method of deployment of military personnel (and occasionally, firefighters). ... The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ... Pelota (in Basque and Catalan, pilota; in French pelote, from Latin pila) is a name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using ones hand, a racket, a wooden bat (pala), or a basket propulsor, against a wall (frontón in Spanish, frontoi in Basque, front... Finnish baseball (pesäpallo) is a fast-moving ball sport greatly similar to baseball. ... On the beach at Nice, France Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a jack (a small wooden ball called a cochonnet in French, which means piglet). ... Pigeon racing is a sport in which pigeons are removed by an agreed distance from their home coops and then released at a predetermined time. ... Playing polo Polo (also known as Cho-gan) is a team game played on a field with one goal for each team. ... For the Dan Clowes comic, see Eightball Eight ball is a billiards game played with a cue ball and 15 billiard balls on a pool table with 6 pockets. ... Power boating describes activities performed in a motorized boat. ... The bench press is one of the three events of powerlifting. ... The International Powerlifting Federation is the international governing body for the sport of powerlifting as recognized by the International Olympic Committee. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. ... Rink hockey is a rollersport variant of Roller hockey one of the three most popular hockey variants, along with Field hockey and Ice Hockey. ... The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) is the world-wide governing body of roller skating and in-line skating. ... The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) is the world-wide governing body of roller skating and in-line skating. ... Pairs skaters perform a death spiral in artistic roller skating competition Artistic roller skating (sometimes called roller figure skating) is a group of roller skating events similar to figure skating on ice. ... The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) is the world-wide governing body of roller skating and in-line skating. ... -1... A coxless pair, sweep-oar rowing to the left of the photo; the bowside rower (or the starboard one, although the British term applied on this occasion) is further towards the bow of the boat. ... The International Rowing Federation (FISA) (in French: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dAviron) is the international governing body for rowing. ... Rugby league is a team sport, played by two teams of 13 players. ... The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) is the world governing body for the sport of rugby league. ... Ireland v the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. ... The International Rugby Board (IRB), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the world governing and law-making body for the game of Rugby Union (as opposed to Rugby League—see the respective entries for differences between the two). ... Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water using wind as the source of power. ... The International Sailing Federation is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, particularly yacht and dinghy racing. ... The logo of the International Federation of Amateur Sambo Sambo (Russian, самбо) -- (also called Sombo and sometimes written in all-caps) is a modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union. ... San Shou (散手) or San-Da (散打) is a relatively new martial art, which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon intense study of various traditional methods. ... The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is the Largest Kickboxing Sanctioning Body in the World. ... Sepak Takraw (Kick Volleyball) is a fast growing and popular sport in Asia. ... Shinty, also known as camanachd, or iomain, is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. ... The Camanachd Association (in Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) is the governing body of the Scottish sport of Shinty. ... The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns, including airguns. ... Skeleton is an individual, sledding, winter sport where competitors drive the sled in a prone, head-first position down an ice track on a sled or sleigh. This differs from luge, where the rider drives the sled from a supine, feet-first orientation. ... Skibobbing is a winter sport involving a bicycle-type frame attached to skis instead of wheels. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing) is an adventure and fitness activity as well as a competitive winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily in Europe and Canada. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... Freestyle Skiing began in the 1930s, Norwegian skiers began using ski acrobatics in alpine and cross country training. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... Dogsled racing is a winter dog sport involving the timed competition of teams of sleddogs that pull a sled, on the runners of which the dog driver or musher stands. ... Snooker table Snooker is a billiard sport that is played on a large (12 × 6) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions. ... IBSF logo The International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) is the organisation that governs non-professional Snooker and English billiards around the world. ... Snowboarder in a half-pipe Snowboarder trail entry Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but inspired by surfing and skateboarding. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Speed skating or speedskating is a form of ice skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance over the ice as quickly as possible. ... The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. ... Short track speed skating (also Shorttrack speedskating) is a form of ice skating akin to speed skating. ... The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. ... Sports acrobatics, or sport acrobatics, is a fairly recently developed sport which can be competed in pairs or groups on the floor, or individually on a tumble run. ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. ... Squash racquet and ball Squash is an indoor racquet sport which was, until recently, called Squash Rackets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball used in its parent game Racquets or Rackets--see below). ... The World Squash Federation (WSF) is the international federation for squash. ... Sumo (相撲 Sumō, alternatively 大相撲 ÅŒzumō), or Sumo wrestling, is a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area. ... Surfing outside Kaneohe Bay, Hawai‘i. ... Swimming is the method by which living creatures move themselves through water in a method not involving simply walking on the bottom. ... Fina may refer to: Fina is the name of Belgian petroleum company Petrofina. ... A hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and ballet, synchronized swimming involves competitors (either individuals, duets or teams) combining strength, endurance, flexibility, grace and artistry with exceptional breath control while upside down underwater. ... Fina may refer to: Fina is the name of Belgian petroleum company Petrofina. ... Professional level table tennis rally, showing table, net, and player Wang Liqin winning a forehand drive against Jorg Rosskopf. ... The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations. ... Taekwondo (also spelled Tae Kwon Do or Taekwon-Do) is the most popular of the Korean martial arts and is the Korean national sport. ... The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) is a governing body for the sport and martial art of Taekwondo. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 202 national tennis associations. ... Trampolining is a competitive sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. ... A triathlon is an athletic event made up of three contests (from the Greek). ... The International Triathlon Union was formed in 1989, and organizes official world championship series races for the sport of triathlon (swim-bike-run races). ... This article is about the sport, for the Paul McCartney album, see: Tug of War (album) Tug of war Tug of war or tug o war, also known as rope pulling, is a sport that directly pits two teams against each other in a test of strength. ... Tumbling can have several meanings: Tumbling is floor gymnastics, similar to somersault, backhandsprings, and cartwheels. ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. ... Ultimate (commonly called Ultimate Frisbee) is a competitive non-contact team sport played with a disc that has a mass of 175 g. ... The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the sanctioning body for an annual series of overall flying disc sports competions. ... The Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) is the World Underwater Federation. ... Volleyball is one of the most popular sports in the world. ... FIVB Logo Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport of volleyball. ... It has been suggested that Ball handling skills be merged into this article or section. ... Fina may refer to: Fina is the name of Belgian petroleum company Petrofina. ... Recreational skiiers typically use two skis — other techniques abound. ... International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) is the international regulatory body promoting water skiing and other water sports, setting the offcial rules of water skiing and official tournaments, coordinating the work of national federations. ... Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars, the execution of which is a combination of power and technique. ... The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is the international governing body for the sport of weightlifting. ... Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Kung fu. ... The International Wushu Federation (or IWUF) is an organization established in 1990 to promote competitive wushu (Chinese martial arts) internationally outside China, competitive wushu in this sense meaning generally the internationally recognized contemporary wushu forms, used in the Wushu World Championships for example. ...