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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Answer

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the sports recognised by her Department. [86512] Mr. Caborn: Recognition of sports is a matter for the sports councils which currently recognise 112 activities. Recognition is based on a number of criteria including primarily "physical effort" and "skills". A full list which is publicly available, as follows. List of activities recognised by the national sports councils Aikido American Football Angling Archery Arm Wrestling Association Football Athletics Australian Rules Football Badminton Ballooning Baseball Basketball Baton Twirling Biathlon Bicycle Polo Billiards and Snooker Bobsleigh Boccia Bowls Boxing Camogie Canoeing Caving Chinese Martial Arts Cricket Croquet Crossbow Curling Cycling Disability Sport Dragon Boat Racing Equestrian Fencing Fives Flying Gaelic Football Gliding Golf Gymnastics Handball Hang/Para Gliding Highland Games Hockey Horse Racing Hovering Hurling Ice Hockey Ice Skating Jet Skiing Ju Jitsu Judo Kabaddi Karate Kendo Korfball Lacrosse Lawn Tennis Life Saving Luge Modern Pentathlon Motor Cycling Motor Sports Mountaineering Movement, Dance, Exercise and Fitness Netball Orienteering Parachuting Petanque Polo Pony Trekking Pool Quoits Racketball Rackets Racquetball Rambling Real Tennis Roller Hockey Roller Skating Rounders Rowing Rugby League Rugby Union Sailing Sand/Land Yachting Shinty Shooting Skateboarding Skiing Skipping Snowboarding Softball Sombo Wrestling Squash Skater/Street Hockey Sub-Aqua Surf Life Saving Surfing Swimming and Diving Table Tennis Taekwondo Tang Soo Do Tenpin Bowling Trampolining Triathlon Tug of War Unihoc Volleyball Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Yoga

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

396 c254-6W; 86512

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Sports Department for Culture, Media and Sport Sports Council

Link

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