Sports

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in

competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the

competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing), but the

term is also used to include activities such as mind sports (a common name for some card

games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports where mental

acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sport is commonly defined as an organized,

competitive and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play. Sports differ

from games based on levels of organization and profit (not always monetary). Accurate

records are kept and updated, while failures and accomplishments are widely announced in

sport news.

In British English, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the collective noun "sport".

In American English, "sports" is the term used for more than one specific sport. For

example, "football and swimming are my favorite sports", is more natural sounding to an

American than "I enjoy sport".

The term is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities in which offense and

defense are played, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and

motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill,

sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with

physical sports. Air sports, billiards, bridge, chess, motorcycle racing, and powerboating

are all recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee with their world

governing bodies represented in the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports

Federations.[1]

Sports that are subjectively judged are distinct from other judged activities such as beauty

pageants and bodybuilding shows because an activity is being evaluated, rather than the

physical attributes of the contestant.

List Of Professional Sports

Auto racing
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Boxing
Cricket
Curling
Cycling
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Team Handball
Ice Hockey
Inline hockey
Motorcycle racing
Lacrosse
Mixed Martial Arts
Paintball
Speedway
Rugby league
Rugby union
Softball
Tennis
Video games
Volleyball

List Of Professional Sports Leagues

A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams. They make the rules for competition and behavior and discipline its members as necessary.

Rugby league

* Australia
o National Rugby League (one team in New Zealand)
o Queensland Cup
o New South Wales Cup
o Jim Beam Cup

* France
o French elite championship
o Lord Derby Cup

* Great Britain
o Super League (one team in France)
o National Leagues
o Challenge Cup
o National League Cup

* New Zealand
o Bartercard Cup

* United States
o American National Rugby League

Rugby union

* Professional Rugby Players Association
* IRB Sevens World Series

* (Australia)
o Super 14
o Australian Rugby Championship (defunct)
o Australian Provincial Championship (at least dormant)

* (England)
o Guinness Premiership
o Heineken Cup
o EDF Energy Cup
o European Rugby Shield

* (France)
o Ligue Nationale de Rugby
+ Top 14
+ Rugby Pro D2
o Heineken Cup
o European Rugby Shield

* (Italy)
o Super 10
o Heineken Cup
o European Rugby Shield

* (Ireland)
o Magners League
o Heineken Cup
o European Rugby Shield

* (Japan)
o Top League
o Microsoft Cup

* (New Zealand)
o Super 14
o Air New Zealand Cup
o Ranfurly Shield

* (Russia)
o Professional Rugby League

* (Scotland)
o Magners League
o Heineken Cup
o European Rugby Shield

* (South Africa)
o Super 14
o Currie Cup
+ Premier Division
+ First Division
o Vodacom Cup

* (Wales)
o Magners League
o Heineken Cup
o EDF Energy Cup
o European Rugby Shield

Speedway

* Czech Republic: Ekstraliga

* Denmark: Danish Speedway League

* Germany: Bundesliga

* Poland:
o Speedway Ekstraliga
o Pierwsza Liga (1st League)
o Druga Liga (2nd League)

* Sweden:
o Elitserien
o Allsvenskan

* United Kingdom:
o Sky Sports Elite League
o Premier League
o Conference League

Paintball

* NPPL- National professional paintball league(based in US)

Mixed Martial Arts

* United States: Ultimate Fighting Championship a.k.a. UFC
o World Extreme Cagefighting a.k.a. WEC (a division of UFC)
* "World Combat League" founded by Chuck Norris

Lacrosse

Box / Indoor lacrosse

* NLL - National Lacrosse League (United States and Canada)
* MSL - Major Series Lacrosse (Canada)
* WLA - Western Lacrosse Association (Canada)
* ACL - Alantic Coast Lacrosse (Canada)
* WCL - West Coast Lacrosse (Canada)

Field lacrosse

* MLL - Major League Lacrosse (United States)

Motorcycle Racing

* MotoGP
* Superbike World Championship
* AMA Superbike Championship

Inline Hockey

Professional Inline Hockey Association (United States)

Ice Hockey

* National Hockey League (United States and Canada)
* American Hockey League (United States and Canada)
* Central Hockey League (United States)
* Kontinental Hockey League (Russia, with teams also in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Latvia)
* Deutsche Eishockey Liga (Germany)
* ECHL (United States and Canada)
* Elitserien (Sweden)
* Asia League Ice Hockey (Japan, South Korea and China)
* Nationalliga A (Switzerland)
* SM-liiga (Finland)
* Southern Professional Hockey League (Southeastern United States)
* United Hockey League (United States)
* GET-ligaen (Norway)

Team Handball

* German Bundesliga (handball)
* Liga ASOBAL (Spain)
* Championnat de France de handball

Golf

Men's

Top-level tours

* PGA TOUR (United States)
* European Tour
* Japan Golf Tour
* Asian Tour (Asia outside Japan)
* PGA Tour of Australasia (Australia and New Zealand)
* Sunshine Tour (southern Africa, mainly South Africa)
* Canadian Professional Golf Tour

Senior tours

* Champions Tour (United States)
* European Seniors Tour

Developmental tours

* Nationwide Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the PGA TOUR)
* Challenge Tour (second-tier European tour)
* Japan Challenge Tour (second-tier Japanese tour)
* Alps Tour (third-tier tour operating in Austria, France, Italy, Morocco and Switzerland,

with events also in the Czech Republic and Tunisia)
* EPD Tour (third-tier tour based in Germany)
* Gateway Tour (third-tier US tour)
* Minor Leauge Golf Tour (low cost fourth-tier US tour)
* NGA Hooters Tour (third-tier US tour)
* PGA EuroPro Tour (third-tier tour based in the UK)
* US Pro Golf Tour (third-tier US tour)
* Telia Tour (men's version is a fourth-tier tour based in Sweden)

Women's

Top-level tours

* LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association; United States)
* LPGA of Japan Tour
* Ladies European Tour
* LPGA of Korea Tour (South Korea)
* Ladies Asian Golf Tour (Asia outside of Japan and Korea)
* ALPG Tour (Australia)

Senior tours

* Legends Tour (United States)

Developmental tours

* FUTURES Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA)
* Step Up Tour (second-tier Japanese tour, operated by the LPGA of Japan)
* Telia Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies

European Tour)

Football

Football: American and Canadian

United States

* National Football League (Official Page)
* United Football League (Official Page)
* Arena Football League (Official Page)

Canada

* Canadian Football League (Official Page)

Japan

* X-League

Football: Association Football

Albania

* Kategoria superiore

Algeria

* Algerian Championnat National

Argentina

* Primera División Argentina

Armenia

* Armenian Premier League

Australia and New Zealand

* Hyundai A-League

Austria

* Bundesliga

Azerbaijan

* AFFA Supreme League

Bangladesh

* B.League

Belarus

* Belarusian Premier League

Belgium

* Belgian First Division

Bolivia

* Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

* Campeonato Brasileiro
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Bulgaria

* Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

Canada

* Canadian Soccer League

Chile

* Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División

China

* Chinese Super League

Colombia

* Copa Mustang

Costa Rica

* Primera División de Costa Rica

Croatia

* Prva HNL

Cyprus

* Cypriot First Division

Czech Republic

* Gambrinus Liga

Denmark

* SAS Ligaen (top level)
* Viasat Sport Division (second level)

Ecuador

* Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol

El Salvador

* Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Egypt

* Egyptian League

England

* Premier League
* The Football League, composed of:
o Football League Championship
o Football League One
o Football League Two

Estonia

* Meistriliiga

Finland

* Veikkausliiga

France and Monaco

* Ligue 1
* Ligue 2

Germany

* 1st Bundesliga
* 2nd Bundesliga
* 3rd Liga

Georgia

* Umaglesi Liga

Greece

* Super League Greece
* Second Division

Honduras

* Liga Nacional de Honduras

Hong Kong

* Hong Kong First Division League

Hungary

* Borsodi Liga

Iceland

* Landsbankadeild

India

* I-League
* I League 2nd Division
* National Football League (India) (Defunct)

Indonesia

* Liga Indonesia

Iran

* Persian Gulf Cup (Premier League)
* Azadegan League (1st Division)
* Iran Football's 2nd Division
* Iran Football's 3rd Division

Iraq

* Iraq Super League

Ireland

* FAI League of Ireland
o FAI Premier Division, the top level of the above

Israel

* Ligat ha'Al (Premier League)
* Liga Leumit (National League)

Italy

* Serie A
* Serie B
* Serie C1
* Serie C2

Japan

* J. League
* Japan Football League

Kazakhstan

* Kazakhstan Super League

Kuwait

* Kuwaiti Premier League

Latvia

* Virsliga

Lithuania

* A Lyga

Malaysia

* Malaysia Super League
* Malaysia Premier League

Malta

* Maltese Premier League

Macedonia

* Makedonska 1. Liga

Mexico

* Primera División de México (Premier Division)
* Primera División A
* Segunda División de Mexico
* Tercera División de México

Moldova

* Divizia Nationala

Montenegro

* Montenegrin First League

Morocco

* GNF 1

Netherlands

* Eredivisie
* Eerste Divisie

Northern Ireland

* Irish Premier League

Norway

* Tippeligaen (top level)
* Adeccoligaen (second level)

Paraguay

* Liga Paraguaya

Peru

* Primera División Peruana

Poland

* Orange Ekstraklasa

Portugal

* Portuguese Liga
* Liga de Honra (second level)

Qatar

* Qatar National First Division

Romania

* Liga I
* Liga II

Russia

* Russian Premier League

Saudi Arabia

* Saudi Premier League

Scotland

* Scottish Premier League
* Scottish Football League, composed of:
o Scottish First Division
o Scottish Second Division
o Scottish Third Division

Singapore

* Singapore Professional Football League (S.League)

Slovakia

* Corgon Liga

Slovenia

* PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije

Serbia

* Serbian Superliga

South Africa

* Premier Soccer League

South Korea

* Korea Professional Football League (K-League)

Spain

* La Liga
* Liga BBVA

Sweden

* Allsvenskan

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

* Swiss Super League
* Challenge League

Syria

* Syrian League

Trinidad and Tobago

* Professional Football League

Tunisia

* Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
* Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2

Turkey

* Turkcell Super League
* TFF First League

Ukraine

* Ukrainian Premier League

Uruguay

* Primera División Uruguaya

United Arab Emirates

* UAE League

United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Bermuda

* Major League Soccer (MLS) (US and Canada - premier league)
* United Soccer Leagues (USL)
o USL First Division
o USL Second Division
o USL W-League
* Major Indoor Soccer League
* Women's Professional Soccer

Uzbekistan

* Uzbek League

Venezuela

* Primera División Venezolana

Vietnam

* V-League

Football: Australian rules football

* Australian Football League (Official Page)
* Victorian Football League
* South Australian National Football League (Official Page)
* West Australian Football League
* Victorian Women's Football League

Field Hockey

* Indian Premier Hockey League

Cycling

United States

* American Bicycle Association Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
* National Bicycle League (BMX)
* USA Cycling (multi discipline)

International

* UCI ProTour

Curling

* Canadian Curling Association

Cricket

* Australia
o Sheffield Shield
o Ford Ranger One Day Cup
o KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
o Cricket Australia Cup
o Women's National Cricket League
o Tasmanian Grade Cricket
o Sydney Grade Cricket
o Victorian Premier Cricket
o CA Under-19 Cup
o CA Under-17 Cup

* England
o County Championship
o Friends Provident Trophy
o Pro40
o Twenty20 Cup
o Second XI Championship
o Benson & Hedges Cup
o Minor Counties Cricket Championship

* India
o Indian Premier League
o Indian Cricket League
o NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
o Ranji Trophy
o Duleep Trophy
o Deodhar Trophy
o Irani Trophy
o Twenty20 Zonal Competition
o Vijay Hazare Trophy
o Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup

* New Zealand
o New Zealand first-class cricket championship
o State League
o State Twenty20
o State Championship
o State Women's Twenty20
o New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy
o Hawke Cup

* Kenya
o National Elite League Twenty20
o Zonal League
o N.P.C.A. 50 Over League
o N.P.C.A. 20 Over League
o Sahara Elite League

* South Africa
o MTN Domestic Championship
o South African Airways Provincial Challenges
o Standard Bank Pro 20 Series
o SuperSport Series

* Sri Lanka
o Inter-Provincial Twenty20
o Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Cricket Tournament
o M. J. Gopalan Trophy
o Premier Limited Overs Tournament
o Premier Trophy
o Royal-Thomian
* Bangladesh
o National Cricket League of Bangladesh
o One-Day Cricket League of Bangladesh

* Pakistan
o ABN-AMRO Cup National One-day Championship
o ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup
o Nissar Trophy
o Patron's Trophy
o Pentangular Trophy
o Quaid-i-Azam Trophy

* Wales
o Minor Counties Cricket Championship
o MCCA Knockout Trophy

* West Indies {composed of each country with its own leagues)} -

* Barbados

* Guyana

* Jamaica

* Bermuda

* Leewards Islands

* Anguilla

* Antigua and Barbuda

* British Virgin Islands

* Nevis

* Montserrat

* St. Kitts

* St. Maarten

* United States Virgin Islands

* Trinidad & Tobago

* Bahamas

* Windward Islands

* Dominica Grenada

* St. Lucia

* St. Vincent & the Grenadines

* Cuba
o Carib Beer Cup
o KFC Cup
o Stanford 20/20
o TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge
o TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series
o Inter-Colonial Tournament
o WIWCF Women's Senior Tournament

* Barbados
o Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket Tournament

* Netherlands
o Nachenius Tjeenk Twenty20 Cup [1]
o Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond Cricket Tournament
o First Division
o Transitional Division
o Second Division
o Third Division
o Fourth Division
o Women Premier League
o Two-Day Competition

* Canada
o British Columbia Mainland Cricket Leagues
o Metro Vancouver Cricket League
o District Cricket Association [2]
o Inter-Provincial Competition
o Scotiabank National T20 Championship

* Scotland
o Cricket Scotland 50 Over Competition
o Lloyds TSB Scotland League

* Bermuda
o 50-Overs League
o Open Cricket
o 20-20 Cricket
o Bowl-Off

* Japan
o J2C League A [3]
o J2C League B
o J1C
o J2C
o Women's Tournament
o Women's League
o Japan Korea 06
o Univ. Satellite
o Univ. (Men)
o Univ. (Women)

* Ireland
o Antalis Cup
o Senior Two Title

* Argentina
o The NEC Trophy [4]
o First Division Championship
o Robin Stuart Shield
o Saturday Championships
o Sunday Championships
o Twenty20 League [5]

* Namibia
o Standard Bank Cup
o SAA Provincial Challenge
* Rwanda
o The National Suffo League

* Nepal
o National League [6]
o 2 Day National League
o National Twenty20 League
o U-19 National League
o Women Cricket League

* Zimbabwe
o Logan Cup
o Faithwear Cup [7]
o Twenty20 Cup
o MTN Domestic Championship

* Nigeria
o GTA 20/20 CRICKET TOURNEY [8]
o Iris Smart Technologies (CCC) League
o Super Four
o Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Tournament

* Estonia
o Estonian cricket league
o Ice cricket

* Hong Kong
o Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes
o Summer Eights [9]
o Saturday League
o Sunday League
o Social League
o Knock-out Tournament
o Hong Kong Cricket Association Round Robin

* Bahrain
o Bahrain Cricket League [10]

* Chile
o Metropolitan Cup
* Singapore
o Stan Nagiah Trophy

* America
o Pro Cricket
o Major League Cricket
o Colorado Cricket League
o Central West Championship
o Twenty20 League
o FREEDOM T20 Cricket Tournament [11]

* Uganda
o Castle Lager League [12]
o NCR20/20 Corporate League [13]
o East and Central Africa Cricket Championship (ECACC)
o Mawanda Cup
o Africa Zone VI Championship

* Papua New Guinea
o Papua New Guinea National Championships [14]
o Elite Super Series Twenty 20
o Elite Super Series 50 Over Competition

* Fiji
o Diwarka Prasad Trophy
o Pacific Games

* Samoa
o Pacific Games

* Tonga
o Pacific Games

* New Caledonia
o Pacific Games

* United Arab Emirates
o Alam Steel 4 Nations
o Pro Arch Trophy 2008
o AJCC -Corporate
o Alubond -Premier B

Boxing

* World Boxing Council
* World Boxing Association
* International Boxing Federation
* World Boxing Organization
* World Boxing League

Bowling

* Professional Bowlers Association
* United States Bowling Congress

Basketball

* A1 Liga (Croatia)
* ACB - Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (Spain, first level)
* ABA - American Basketball Association
* Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* BBL - Baltic Basketball League (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden)
* BBL - Basketball BundesLiga (Germany)
* BBL - British Basketball League (United Kingdom)
* BLNO (Norway)
* BSN - National Superior Basketball (Puerto Rico)
* CBA - Chinese Basketball Association
* CBA - Continental Basketball Association
* E.O.K. - Greece Basketball Association
* Euroleague - Pan-European competition for elite clubs
* Eurocup - know as the ULEB Cup from 2002-2008. Is the second-tier transnational

professional basketball competition in Europe.
* EuroChallenge - is the top Men's Basketball competition directly run by FIBA Europe. The

competition was created in 2003 following the defection of several top European basketball

teams from the former European Champions' Cup which heralded the formation of the Euroleague

under the umbrella of ULEB.
* IBL - International Basketball League
* KBL - Korean Basketball League (South Korea)
* Korisliiga (Finland)
* LBL - Latvian Basketball League
* LEB - Liga Española de Baloncesto (Spain, second level)
* LEGA Basket A (Italy, first level)
* LegADue (Italy, second level)
* Ligat HaAl (Israel)
* LKL - Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (Lithuania)
* LNB - Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (Argentina)
* LNB - Ligue Nationale de Basketball (France)
* LNBP - Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (Mexico)
* Naša Sinalko Liga (Serbia)
* NBA - National Basketball Association
* NBA D-League - NBA Development League
* NBA Summer Pro League
* NBL - National Basketball League (Australia)
* NLB League, also known as Adriatic League (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia,

Montenegro and Slovenia)
* Opportunity League (Montenegro)
* PBA - Philippine Basketball Association (Philippines)
* PBL - Premier Basketball League (United States)
* PLK - Polska Liga Koszykówki, also called Dominet Bank Ekstraliga for sponsorship reasons

(Poland, men)
* PLKK - Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, also called Torell Basket Liga for sponsorship

reasons (Poland, women)
* SKL - known for sponsorship reasons as Liga UPC Telemach (Slovenia)
* SBL - Super Basketball League (Taiwan)
* TBL - Turkish Basketball League
* TPBL - Texas Pro Basketball League
* USBL - United States Basketball League
* WBA - World Basketball Association
* WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association

Baseball

* China Baseball League (China)
* Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan)
* Dominican Winter Baseball League
* Independent Baseball (United States/Canada)
o American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
o Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
o Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball
o Continental Baseball League
o Frontier League
o Golden Baseball League
o Liga Norte de Sonora
o Northern League
o South Coast League
o United League Baseball
* Korean Baseball Organization
* MLB - Major League Baseball
* MiLB - Minor League Baseball
o ApL - Appalachian League
o AzL - Arizona League
o AzFL - Arizona Fall League
o CalL - California League
o CarL - Carolina League
o EL - Eastern League
o FSL - Florida State League
o GCL - Gulf Coast League
o IL - International League
o LMB - Mexican League
o LMP - Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (Winter League)
o MwL - Midwest League
o NYPL - New York - Penn League
o NwL - Northwest League
o PCL - Pacific Coast League
o PBL - Pro Baseball League
o PL - Pioneer League
o SAL - South Atlantic League
o SL - Southern League
o TL - Texas League
* Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan)
* Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
* Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Auto racing

* A1 Grand Prix
* American Le Mans Series
* British Touring Car Championship
* DTM - German Touring Car Masters
* Formula One, aka Grand Prix racing
* FIA GT
* Grand Am
* IndyCar Series (Indy Racing League)
* Le Mans Series
* NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)
* NHRA (National Hot Rod Association)
* SCCA World Challenge
* V8 Supercar (Australia)
* World Rally Championship
* World Touring Car Championship