List of Sports – F

Here's a list of every sport starting with the letter F:

• F1 Powerboat Racing – A high-speed water motorsport where single-seater powerboats race on tight circuit courses, similar in style to Formula 1 car racing.
• Falconry – A sport or pastime of training and flying birds of prey to hunt wild quarry in cooperation with a handler.
• Fast 5 – A fast-paced variation of netball featuring only five players per team.
• Fast Pitch Softball – The competitive form of softball where the pitcher’s arm rotates a full 360° before delivery.
• Fat-Bike Racing – A cycling discipline using bikes fitted with oversized tyres designed for riding on snow, sand or other soft terrain.
• Fell Running – A form of running race held off-road over upland terrain and often involving steep climbs.
• Fencing – A duel sport where competitors face off with thin swords aiming to score touches on the opponent.
• Field Archery – Archery conducted in varied outdoor terrain, with targets set at different distances and angles.
• Field Handball – The outdoor version of handball, played on a larger field with more players than the indoor variant.
• Field Hockey – The outdoor stick-and-ball game played on turf, where teams try to hit the ball through opponent goals.
• Field Lacrosse – A full-contact outdoor version of lacrosse played by men, on a large grass field using sticks and a rubber ball.
• Field Shooting – A shooting sport variant where shooters engage targets at varying known and unknown distances outdoors using rifles or shotguns.
• Field Target – An outdoor air-gun shooting discipline where participants aim at targets placed at varying distances.
• Fierljeppen – A Dutch canal-vaulting sport in which competitors use a long pole to leap across a body of water.
• Figure Skating – An artistic ice-skating sport in which athletes perform choreographed routines on an ice rink.
• Finnish Skittles – A traditional Finnish throwing game in which players take turns attempting to knock down skittles.
• Finswimming – Competitive underwater swimming using fins and often breathing apparatus to race for distance or speed.
• Fishing – Typically recreational, but when competitive, anglers aim to catch fish under defined rules and conditions.
• Fistball – A net-based outdoor team sport similar to volleyball, but where the ball is hit with a closed fist or arm.
• Fisticuffs – Another term for bare-knuckle boxing: hand-to-hand combat without gloved boxing equipment.
• Five-a-Side Football – A compact version of association football with five players per team, smaller goals and a shorter game duration.
• Five-Pin Bowling – A Canadian variant of bowling using smaller balls and only five pins instead of ten.
• Five-Pin Billiards – A Carom-billiards discipline played on a table without pockets using five pins and cue balls in Italy/Argentina.
• Fives – A traditional English court game where a ball is propelled against 3– or 4-walled court walls using a bare or gloved hand.
• Flag Football – A non-tackle version of American football in which defensive players remove flags from the ball-carrier instead of tackling.
• Flag Tag – A non-contact field/tag sport derived from American football or rugby where players pull flags rather than tackle to stop the ball-carrier.
• Flag Twirling – A performance sport where athletes spin, toss, and catch flags in choreographed routines, often part of marching bands or color guard displays.
• Flatland BMX – A freestyle BMX discipline performed on flat ground where riders perform balance-based tricks and stunts rather than jumps or ramps.
• Flatwater Canoeing – A paddling sport on calm water (lake/river) in which athletes race canoes or kayaks over set distances in straight lanes.
• Flight Archery – A discipline of archery focused on shooting arrows as far as possible for maximum distance.
• Float Fishing – A form of angling where a baited hook is suspended beneath a floating indicator on the water’s surface to detect bites.
• Floor (Gymnastics) – A gymnastics discipline where athletes perform tumbling and choreographed dance routines on a floor mat.
• Floor Hockey – A group of indoor hockey sports played on dry, flat surfaces (like a gym floor) rather than ice or turf.
• Floorball – An indoor floor hockey game using a lightweight plastic ball and sticks, popular especially in Nordic countries.
• Flutterguts – A traditional English pub game involving underarm tossing of a coin or disk toward a target on a table.
• Flyball (Dogs) – A relay race for dogs and handlers, where dogs jump hurdles, trigger a spring-loaded box releasing a ball, then run back to the handler.
• Flyboarding – An extreme water-sport where athletes ride a water-jet-powered board, performing tricks above the water’s surface.
• Fly Fishing – A style of fishing that uses lightweight lures called artificial flies to catch fish, typically in rivers and streams.
• Flyak – A high-speed kayak fitted with hydrofoils that lift it above the water’s surface, allowing for faster, more efficient paddling.
• Flying Trapeze – A circus and aerial sport where performers swing from one trapeze bar to another, performing flips and catches in midair.
• Footbag – A collection of sports played with a small beanbag (“footbag”), including freestyle and net versions using kicks rather than hands.
• Footbag Net – A game where players kick a footbag over a net (about 5 ft high) in a bilateral team format.
• Football – Globally, this term usually refers to association football (soccer); in the USA it means American football; in Australia it can mean Australian Rules football.
• Football (American) – A full-contact team sport played mainly in the United States, where two teams advance an oval ball down a 100-yard field by running or passing, aiming to score touchdowns and field goals.
• Football (Australian Rules) – A fast-paced, high-scoring game played mainly in Australia on large oval fields, where players kick, handball, and mark an oval ball to score through four upright posts.
• Football (Canadian) – Similar to American football but played on a larger field with 12 players per side and three downs instead of four, emphasizing passing and open play.
• Football (Gaelic) – An Irish field sport combining elements of soccer and rugby, where players can kick or hand-pass a round ball to score goals or points over the crossbar.
• Football (Association/Soccer) – The world’s most popular sport, played between two teams of 11 who use any part of the body except their hands to move a round ball and score in the opponent’s goal.
• Football 7-a-side – A version of association football adapted for players with cerebral palsy, with seven players per team.
• Football Tennis – Also called futnet: a game combining elements of football and tennis where a ball is kicked over a low net and a bounce is allowed.
• Footdarts – A novelty sport in which players kick a football (soccer ball) at a large dart-style board aiming to get as close to the target zones as possible.
• Footgolf – A hybrid sport where players use their football-kicking skills to kick a ball into large holes, blending football and golf techniques.
• Footpool – A novelty game merging elements of billiards and football, played on an oversized table using soccer balls instead of standard billiards balls.
• Footvolley – A beach volleyball-style sport played with feet, chest and head only (no hands), combining beach football and volleyball skills.
• Formula Ford – An entry-level class in open-wheel formula racing featuring single-seater cars powered by Ford-derived engines.
• Formula Racing – High-speed motor racing using open-wheel, single-seat vehicles—commonly known as “formula” cars. Includes Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula E.
• Formula Libre – A form of open-class motorsport racing where few restrictions are placed on vehicle design, allowing a wide range of cars to compete together.
• Four Square – A playground ball-game played on a four-square grid, where players bounce a ball into another square to eliminate opponents.
• Four-Ball – A carom billiards discipline played on a pocketless table using four balls (two red, two white), where scoring depends on caroms among balls.
• Freeboard – A skateboard designed to mimic the feeling of snowboarding on pavement, featuring additional caster wheels for sliding and carving.
• Freeboating – A recreational water sport where participants navigate small, self-built or improvised boats purely for fun or competition.
• Freediving – An underwater diving sport where competitors hold their breath (without scuba gear) and dive to depths or for durations.
• Freeline Skating – A blading sport where skaters use two independent skate platforms (one for each foot) and perform freestyle moves on flat ground or ramps.
• Freerunning – A version of parkour focusing on acrobatic, aesthetic and athletic moves in addition to efficient movement.
• Freestyle BMX – A bike stunt sport using BMX bikes where riders perform tricks on flat ground, ramps or street settings.
• Freestyle Flying Disc – Creative and acrobatic use of a flying disc (frisbee), with players performing tricks, flips and coordinated routines.
• Freestyle Footbag – A style of footbag where players perform tricks and manipulate the bag with their feet, legs and body movements.
• Freestyle Football – Athletes compete in performing tricks, juggling and creative control with a football (soccer ball) rather than in a traditional game format.
• Freestyle Motocross – A motocross competition format where riders earn points for acrobatic stunts and jumps over obstacles and timing elements.
• Freestyle Skateboarding – Performing flat-ground tricks on a skateboard, emphasizing style, creativity and technical difficulty rather than racing.
• Freestyle Skiing – Skiing discipline including aerials, moguls, half-pipe, slopestyle and ski ballet where skiers perform tricks, jumps and freestyle moves.
• Freestyle Slalom Skating – Inline skating discipline where skaters perform tricks weaving through a straight line of equally spaced cones.
• Freestyle Snowboarding – Snowboarding discipline in which riders descend slopes performing tricks, jumps and terrain‐features rather than purely downhill speed runs.
• Freestyle Swimming – A swimming event in which competitors may use any stroke (though front crawl is common) and race for fastest time.
• Freestyle Wrestling – A style of wrestling where athletes may use their legs (for attack and defence) and attempt to pin the opponent’s shoulders to the mat.
• Frescoball – A recreational/competitive game where players hit or throw the disc “fres­co-ball” style, blending elements of disc throw and target challenge.
• Fricket – A “two-on-two” flying disc game, also known as disc cricket, cups, suzy sticks and crispy wickets, blending frisbee and cricket-style elements.
• Frisbee Golf – Also known as disc golf: players throw flying discs at targets (baskets) trying to complete holes in the fewest throws.
• Frisian Handball – A traditional Dutch sport in which players attempt to land a ball at the end of a long rectangular field by hand or fist passes.
• Frontenis – A racket-sport played on a pelota court, using a rubber ball and rackets, and combining elements of tennis and front-wall hits.
• Fullbore Target Rifle – A precision shooting sport using rifles from the prone position over long distances at paper targets.
• Fußball (also spelled “Fussball”) – The German word for association football, and also the name used for table-football in some German contexts.
• Futnet – Also called football-tennis: a sport where teams kick a ball over a low net, combining elements of football and tennis/volleyball.
• Futsal – A variant of association football played indoors on a smaller hard court, usually five players per side and smaller goals.
• Fuzzball – A street version of baseball played in some regions of the US; also used as an informal term for foosball type games.

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