R is for Rugby. List of 'R' Sports
Here are all the 'R' sports from over 800 sports listed on our complete list of sports. The most popular R sport would be Rugby (there are many variation of rugby too). More unusual R sports include Rope Jumping, Robot Soccer, Rope Climbing and Road Bowling.
There were too many R sports to describe on just one page, so here we have a short description of just the sports starting with the letter 'R', click for more information. If there is a sport missing or some information is incorrect, please make a comment below.
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'R' Sports
- Racerunning — a track and field racing sport for disabled athletes, in which they use a specially designed tricycle.
- Race Walking — competitors attempt to outrace one another without running.
- Racketlon — a combination sport, where players compete in the sports of table tennis, tennis, squash, and badminton.
- Racquetball — a squash-type game involving hitting a hollow rubber ball using a stringed racket.
- Racquets / Rackets — a sport similar to squash.
- Raffa Bocce — a variation of bocce played on carpet, plastic balls are rolled or thrown towards a taget smaller ball
- Rafting — the objective is to navigate downstream on river rapids using an inflated raft.
- Rallycross — automobile sprint racing held on a closed racing circuit using rally-type cars.
- Rally Racing (car) — auto racing that mainly happens either on unpaved roads in races against the clock.
- Rally Raid — an extended form of rally racing, conducted on an off-road course that spans across one or more countries.
- Rally Racing (motorbike) — a navigation event on motorbikes on public roads whereby competitors must visit a number of checkpoints in diverse locations while still obeying road traffic laws.
rugby union game- Real Tennis — the sport from which modern lawn tennis was derived. It is played in an indoor court of asymmetric dimensions, using rules and scoring similar to those of modern tennis.
- Rec Footy — an accessible non-contact version of Australian Football.
- Reining — equestrian riders guide their horses through a precise pattern of spins, circles and stops.
- Relay Running — a track and field running race in which athletes compete as a team, passing a baton from one runner to the next.
- Relay Swimming — a swimming race in which teams of four race consecutively.
- Rhythmic Gymnastics — uses the elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation.
- Ringball — a court game from South Africa very similar to netball.
- Ringette — a very similar sport to ice hockey, though played with a blue rubber ring and a straight stick.
- Rings — gymnastics routine using a pair of rings, that are suspended by straps.
- Rink Bandy — a variation of Bandy which originated in Sweden in the 1960s, played on an ice hockey rink. See also Rink Ball.
- Rink Hockey — a roller hockey sport.
- Rinkball — very similar to Rink Bandy, though played with ice hockey sticks instead of bandy sticks which are more like those used in field hockey.
- Ritinis — a team sport from Lithuania, played on a football field with goalposts with a puck thrown by a bat with a handle and curved elongated end.
- Road Bicycle Racing — cycle races held on paved roads, usually over several hours or days.
- Road Bowling — throw a small ball along a road, to cover a prescribed distance with a set number of throws.
- Road Tennis — a version of tennis played on a smaller court with paddles and a low wooden net.
- Road Skating — athletes use either inline or roller skates and ride on road courses.
- Robot Combat — involves custom-built remote control machines fighting each other (not a sport).
- Robot Sports — sporting competitions involve robot machines battling other robots, often replicating the rules and equipment of sports (not a sport).
- Robot Soccer — autonomous robots compete in football matches (not a sport).
- Rock Climbing — competitive rock climbing is called Sport Climbing.
- Rodeo — a sporting event comprising many different sports, including the following Calf Roping, Breakaway roping, Team roping, Barrel racing, Steer wrestling, Goat tying, Bronc riding, Bull Riding, Steer roping and Pole bending.
- Rogaining — involves cross-country navigation over long distances.
- Roll Ball — like handball on roller skates, players must bounce the ball while moving and score goals by shooting the ball into the opposing team's goal.
- Roller Derby — two teams compete while skating in the same direction around a track.
- Roller Hockey — includes traditional roller hockey (quad hockey or rink hockey played with quad skates) and inline hockey (played with inline skates).
- Roller Skating — there is a range of sports performed while wearing roller skates.
- Roller Skiing — races are conducted on tarmac road courses with athletes wearing snow skis with wheels attached.
- Roller Soccer — indoor sport, playing soccer while wearing roller blades.
- Rope Climbing — competitors climb up a rope using only their hands.
- Rope Jumping (skipping) — involves a single person or more jumping over a rope that is being swung.
- Roping — a rodeo event where calves or cows are caught by throwing around it a rope with a loop as quickly as possible.
- Roque — an American variation of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface.
- Rounders — played between two teams with a bat and ball, like baseball.
- Roundnet — involves two teams of two, who have up to three touches to hit a ball off a small round horizontal net (also called Spikeball).
- Rowing — a sport in which competitors propel a boat using oars.
- Rugby Fives — an indoor court game played with gloves, hitting the ball against the wall.
- Rugby League — a rough game involving tackling the players in a bid to get the ball, with each team attempting to carry it over the end line.
- Rugby League Nines — like Rugby League, but with nine players.
- Rugby Sevens — like Rugby Union except with fewer players and over shorter time period.
- Rugby Tens — also known as ten-a-side and Xs, is a variant of rugby union that originated in Malaysia, and is popular in many Asian countries.
- Rugby Union — played on a grass field by two opposing teams with two H-shaped goalposts at opposite ends.
- Running — running races can range from short sprints to ultra-marathons.
- Russian Pyramid — a cue sport played in countries of the former Soviet Union (also known simply as Pyramid(s), Russian billiards or Russian pool)
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