SPORTS

SPORTS

 There are several types of sports, usually divided by four main categories according to the types of skills required: physical sports (swimming, gymnastics), motorised sports (these often involve vehicles like cars or motorbikes), mind sports (like chess, which needs a lot of attention and critical thinking skills), and sports with animals (horseback riding, for example). Some of these activities can be individual, and others may be performed on couples or even teams.

Archery	Artistic Gymnastics	Bodybuilding	Boshleigh
Cycling	Kayaking	Oympic Swimming	Paddleboarding
Rafting	Rowing	Skeleton	Snorkeling
Surfing	Synchronized swimming	Fencing	Long jump
Pole Vault	Rhythmic Gimnastics	Baseball	Basketball
Weightlifting	Wrestling	Curling	Football
Handball	Tennis	Ice hockey	Rugby
Checkers	Chess	Climbing	Darts
Hicking	Pool	Table tennis	Voleyball

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Adventure Sports		Aquatic Sports
Kayaking Bobsleigh Canoeing Skiing Rafting Skeleton Skibobbing Surfing	Esquí Bici esquí	Snorkeling Olympic Swimming Bodyboarding Diving Freediving Paddleboarding Rowing Scuba Diving Synchronized Swimming	Buceo Buceo Remo Submarinismo Natación Sincronizada
Strength and Agility Sports		Ball Sports
Aerobics Aikido Archery Artistic Gymnastics Baton Twirling Bodybuilding Boxing Equestrianism Cross-Country Cycling Discus Throw Fencing Figure Skating Horse Racing Judo Karate Kendo Kickboxing Kung Fu Long Jump Marathon Mixed Martial Arts Muay Thai Pole Vault Powerlifting Racewalking Rhythmic Gymnastics Sumo Trail Running Trampolining Ultimate Weightlifting Wrestling	Tiro Con Arco Gimn. Artísitica Culturismo Boxeo Equitación Campo a través Ciclismo Disco Esgrima Patinaje Artístico Carrera Caballos Salto Longitude Artes Marciales Mixtas Salto Con Pértiga Levantamiento Pesas Marcha Atlética Gimnasia Rítmica Salto Trampolín Levantamiento Pesas Lucha	Baseball Basketball Tennis Badminton Bowling Cricket Curling Dodgeball Football Golf Handball Hockey Horseball Hurling Ice Hockey Kickball Lacrosse Paddle Polo Racquetball Rinkball Rounders Rugby Soccer Softball Squash Table Tennis Volleyball Water Polo	Besisbol Baloncesto Tenis Bolos Balón prisionero Fútbol Balonmano Hockey hielo Fútbol (Am) Tenis de mesa Voleyball
		Mountain Sports
		Climbing Cross-country cycling Hiking Mountaineering	Alpinismo Ciclismo De Fondo Senderismo Alpinismo
Extreme Sports		Motorised Sports
BASE Jumping Abseiling Bouldering Gliding Kiteboarding Kitesurfing Parachuting Paragliding Parasailing Skateboarding Skydiving Skysurfing Snowboarding Wakeboarding Windsurfing	Salto base Rapel Paracaidismo Parapente	Drifting Formula Racing Kart Racing Rallycross
		Mind Sports
		Go Bridge Checkers Chess Mahjong	Damas Ajedrez Dominó chino
Sport Activities Even though a sport is -in general- a physical activity, there is also another type of activities that aren’t considered sports. These, despite requiring a physical effort to be performed, aren’t regulated and organized, unlike sports. Moreover, some sports activities like the decathlon, also aren’t sports, but instead, they are formed by various events and challenges of different sports. Let’s check out the most common ones.
Airsoft Aquathlon Ballooning Barrel Racing Biathlon Capoeira Cheerleading Crossfit Dancing Darts Decathlon	Animadores/as Dardos	Foosball Gymkhana Heptathlon Jogging Laser Tag Paintball Parkour Petanque Pool Triathlon	Futbolín Petanca Billar

How to use play, do and go? There are three different verbs in English that can be used to talk about sports. Let’s take a look at these. Play When talking about team sports, ‘play’ is the verb to use. Usually, the sports that go with ‘play’ are those that need a ball or some other similar equipment to be played. For example: “Let’s play football!” or “Do you want to play volleyball tomorrow?” Some of the most common sports that go with play are tennis, football, golf, cricket, basketball, volleyball, chess. Do This verb is used when talking about a sport that’s done individually instead of in a team. Some examples of these sports are aerobics or martial arts. “I do martial arts on Sundays.” The most common sports in this group are karate, athletics, archery, gymnastics. Go This is the correct option to refer to a sport that ends in -ing, like swimming or skating. For example, “Marcia and Alex are going swimming on Saturday.”, or “The girls go skiing in the winter.” Among the most common sports in this category are cycling, swimming, dancing, snowboarding, running, fencing.