I need a list of all land based sports. I'm writing an ariticle
about the range of activities... the readers are in the USA
so ideally all the sports you can find are currently played
in the USA, though this is not vital. I am interested in
the lesser known sports as much as the main ones.

I'm most intersted in sports which are competitive, non mechanised
not involve animals... things like basketball, baseball that sort
of thing... the MORE the better, at least the top 100 or so.

Again, if the sport is played outside the usa that is fine,
though it would be a big help if you told me where it was played.

I don't want things like archery or shooting
where there is no movement (I want the quick moving ones
eg soccer but not golf, not poker, not snooker etc).

Please include both Team and individual.

For things like running that have various sub categories
like marathon, ultra marathon etc please include all the
extra sub types.

I'm NOT interested in ice, martial arts or water
basedsports.

All I need is a list, simple text is fine, with
one per link. 

No particular order, and please use a downloadable
link that expires after 24 hours.

If you can include seperately which ones are the most popular,
and the approximate number of players that would be great too, 
though not vital by any means, I'm most interesed
in as big a list of the types of activites as possible.

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Clarification of Question by therealstarbuck-ga on 19 Jun 2006 18:56 PDT

If the sports is like paintball (ie active, fast but sort of
"mechanised") then that is fine- the speed is thing that matters, but
obviously more mechanised things like car racing is not ok.

thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 19 Jun 2006 19:06 PDT

I'm assuming you meant to type "one per line", rather than "one per link".

If I'm mistaken, and you really need links, please clarify what you need.

Thanks.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by therealstarbuck-ga on 19 Jun 2006 19:17 PDT

Sorry- just text NO links... yes I meant "one per line" :)

Thanks for getting back to me.

Here's a list of about 100 action sports, with little or no mechanization.

I think these meet your criteria well, but there is a caveat or two to offer.  

Some sports like a triathalon are combined events, and include events
that both do and don't meet your criteria...I've kept these on the
list.

There are a few games with alternative names -- for instance, both
ping pong and table tennis are listed.

And as far as I know, everything listed is a legitimate competitive
event -- even aerobics has its world champions.

Sorry, but I didn't find any ready-made data that would indicate which
are the most or least popular activities on the list.

Let me know if there's anything you need beyond the list, below.


pafalafa-ga


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1,500 Meters
10,000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
100 Meters
110 Meter Hurdles
1600 Meters
20-Kilometer Road Walk 
200 Meters
3,000 Meter Steeplechase
3200 Meters
4 X 100 Meter Relay 
4 X 400 Meter Relay 
400 Meter Hurdles
400 Meters
5,000 Meters
50-Kilometer Road Walk 
800 Meters
Aerobics
Arena Football
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Biathlon
Bocce
Bowling
Boxing
Cheerleading
Cricket
Croquet
Curling
Cycling
Decathlon
Discus
Duckpin Bowling
Épee
Fencing
Field Hockey
Foil
Football
Football - Australian Rules
Football - Canadian
Football - Gaelic
Football - Indoor
Freestyle Wrestling
Goalball
Greco-Roman Wrestling 
Gymnastics
Half Marathon
Hammer
Handball
Heptathlon
High Jump 
Hurling
Inline Skating
Ironman
Jai Alai
Javelin 
Lacrosse
Laser Tag
Lawn Bowling
Long Jump
Long Jump 
Marathon
Mountain Biking
Mountain Boarding
Mountaineering
Orienteering
Paddleball
Paintball
Pentathlon
Petanque
Pickleball
Ping-Pong
Pole Vault 
Racketball
Racquetball
Rollerskating
Rounders
Rugby
Running
Sabre
Shooting
Shot Put
Skateboarding
Soccer
Softball
Sportaerobics
Squash
Standing High Jump 
Standing Long Jump 
Standing Triple Jump 
Stunt Biking
Sumo
Table Tennis
Tennis
Triathlon
Triple Jump 
Twirling
Volleyball
Wallyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling




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Again, let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

paf


search strategy -- Google searches on combinations of sports names to
identify lists of sporting events, which were then extracted into a
single master list.

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Request for Answer Clarification by therealstarbuck-ga on 19 Jun 2006 21:11 PDT

I said "please use a downloadable
link that expires after 24 hours."

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 20 Jun 2006 05:13 PDT

Funy how my brain works...I saw the line/link error, but missed the 24
hours request...Sorry!  But thanks for the stars.

paf

and please use a downloadable  link that expires after 24 hours
Why?
So no-one else in your class can copy for free?

kemlo-ga 

and please comment on like every question on here

Why?

Becasue you have no life.