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professional sports In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larg ...
leagues. A
sports league A sports league is a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other and gain points in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur sports, amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and ...
is a
professional body A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and the ...
that governs the competition of its teams. They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league. Some are made up of a board of governors that have a commissioner or president, while others are single entity organizations where the league owns the franchises and therefore does not have a board of governors. This list attempts to show those sports leagues for which all players and teams are paid to play. In other words, these players can be considered to play their chosen sport as their
profession A profession is a field of work that has been successfully ''professionalized''. It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, '' professionals'', who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted by ...
. Some leagues do not pay well enough to allow players to use them as their primary or only source of income, but because the players are paid, it is still considered
professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ...
, or
semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a consid ...
. As such, some leagues listed here may not be fully professional.


Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

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Arena Racing USA Arena Racing USA is an indoor motorsports series founded by former NASCAR chassis builder Ricky Dennis, son of 1970 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, Bill Dennis. The league “went dark” after the 2016-2017 season, per their website. History The ...
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Asian Le Mans Series The Asian Le Mans Series is an Asian sports car racing endurance series created by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and based in Asia. It is the successor to the defunct Japan Le Mans Challenge which folded in 2007 after its second season. ...
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British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA TOCA, formally trading as BARC (TOCA) Ltd, is an organiser of motorsport events in ...
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Copa Truck The Copa Truck is a Brazilian auto racing series, composed of trucks prepared for race. The category replaces the Fórmula Truck series in 2017. History The origin of the category came after nine teams left Formula Truck because of disagreement ...
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Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB-FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The ser ...
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D1 Grand Prix The , abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled ''Professional Drift'', is a production car drifting (motorsport), drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of ''Option (car magazine), O ...
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European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
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Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; en, International Automobile Federation) is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. It is the governing body for ...
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Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM; en, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 116 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regiona ...
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Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
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Formula D Formula Drift (also known as Formula D) is a United States-based motorsport drifting series. Formula Drift, Inc. was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that int ...
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Formula E Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who is ...
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Fórmula Truck Fórmula Truck is a Brazilian Truck racing series. It ran from 1996 to 2017, when it folded and was reorganized into the Copa Truck. However, the series returned to its original name and format in 2021. History The idea for the racing series ...
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Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, officially known as Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS for sponsorship reasons, formerly the FIA GT Series, is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) ...
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Grand-Am Road Racing Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series ...
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International Hot Rod Association The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is the second-largest drag racing sanctioning body after the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). The Carrier Era 1971-1987 The IHRA was formed in November 1970 by businessman Larry Carrier. Througho ...
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INDYCAR INDYCAR, LLC, is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Indy car racing and other disciplines of open wheel car racing. The organization sanctions five racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with its centerpiece the Indianapolis ...
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Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Lucas or LUCAS may refer to: People * Lucas (surname) * Lucas (given name) Arts and entertainment * Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk" * ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities * ''Luc ...
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MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...
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NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
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National Hot Rod Association The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorspo ...
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Pirelli World Challenge The GT World Challenge America is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America. It has been managed by the Stephane Ratel Organisation since 2018, and has been sanctioned by the United States Auto Club s ...
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Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...
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Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...
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TC 2000 Championship The TC2000 (''Turismo Competición 2000'', formerly ''Súper TC2000'') is a touring car racing series held in Argentina since 1979. Rules Prior to 2012, engines of up to were allowed, with only limited modifications from standard engines. ...
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Top Race V6 Top Race V6 is a touring car race series held in Argentina. It was founded in 1997. The cars The Top Race V6 category sees the vehicles presented in silhouette form, with identical, strictly controlled mechanical specifications. Body styles cur ...
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Turismo Carretera Turismo Carretera (Road racing, lit., ''Road Touring'') is a popular stock car racing series in Argentina, and the oldest auto racing series still active in the world. The series is organized by Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. The ...
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Supercars Championship The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...
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WeatherTech SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...
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FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...
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World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
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World Touring Car Cup The FIA World Touring Car Cup (abbreviated to WTCR, referring to the use of TCR regulations) was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It ...


Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

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National Badminton League The National Badminton League (NBL) was a professional team badminton league in England. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. Reaching seven franchise teams in its ...
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Premier Badminton League Premier Badminton League (PBL) is a team badminton league operating in India. Sportz & Live Private Limited (Sportzlive) has the rights to operate and execute the Premier Badminton League. The inaugural season of PBL was held from 2 to 17 Janu ...
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Indonesian League (badminton) The Indonesian League in badminton is a team competition established in 2007 and held in Indonesia. The total prize will be around US$98,000. History This league has been conceptualized since 2003, but until four years later it had not become re ...
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Europe Cup (badminton) The Europe Cup (also known as European Badminton Club Championships) is a badminton team championships played by clubs from all around Europe, comparable to the UEFA Champions League in football. It was established in 1978 by the members of Badminto ...


Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

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Bandyliiga The Bandyliiga (; 'Bandy League') is the top level of men's bandy in Finland. The league was founded in 1908 as the Jääpallon SM-sarja ('Bandy Finnish Championship Series') and the present name has been used since the 1991–92 season. Bandyl ...
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Russian Bandy Super League The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy. There is no definite rule which ...
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Russian Bandy Supreme League Russian Bandy Supreme League (russian: Первенство России среди команд Высшей лиги) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three gro ...
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Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...
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Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
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Bandy World Cup The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season. The World Cup is not playe ...
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Bandy World Cup Women Bandy World Cup Women is an annual bandy competition for the best women's club teams from around the world hosted in Sweden. It was named to correspond to the Bandy World Cup for men's club teams. Participation In 2015, Canada sent a Winnipeg- ...


Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...


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Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
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American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ...
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National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...
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International League The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball ...
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Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ...
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Texas League The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the ...
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High-A High-A (officially Class High-A, formerly known as Class A-Advanced, and sometimes abbreviated "A+" in writing) is the third-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Canada, below Triple-A and Double-A, and abov ...
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Midwest League The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganizat ...
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Northwest League The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Pacific Northwest, Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Maj ...
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South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its ...
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Single-A Class A, also known as Single-A and sometimes as Low-A, is the fourth-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States, below Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A, Double-A (baseball), Double-A, and High-A. There are 30 teams classif ...
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California League The California League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in California. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following Major Leag ...
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Carolina League The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 unti ...
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Florida State League The Florida State League (FSL) is a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following ...
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Rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ...
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Arizona Complex League The Arizona Complex League (ACL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in and around Phoenix, Arizona, since 1988. Prior to 2021, it was known as the Arizona League (AZL). Along with the Florida Complex League (FCL), it f ...
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Florida Complex League The Florida Complex League (FCL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in Florida, United States. Before 2021, it was known as the Gulf Coast League (GCL). Together with the Arizona Complex League (ACL), it forms the low ...
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Dominican Summer League The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only L ...
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Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an off-season sports league owned and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) which operates during the autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. Arizona Fall League rosters are fill ...
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Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC) is the main professional baseball sports league, league in Puerto Rico; it is colloquially referred to as the Puerto Rican Winter league baseball, Winter League. Consisting of seven teams as ...
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Cuban National Series The Cuban National Series (, SNB) is the primary domestic professional baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban baseball league system. ...
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Dominican Summer League The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only L ...
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Venezuelan Professional Baseball League The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) is the professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. History Early years Baseball exp ...
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Independent baseball league An independent baseball league is a professional baseball organization in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball and is outside the Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated to it. The Northern League and Frontie ...
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American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
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Frontier League The Frontier League is a professional independent baseball league with teams in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada. Formed in 1993, it is the oldest currently running independent league in the United States. The le ...
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Empire Professional Baseball League The Empire Professional Baseball League (EPBL) is an independent baseball league that began play in 2016. The Empire League plays a 40-game regular season followed by a five-game post season. The four-team league consists of four teams from Upst ...
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Pecos League Pecos may refer to: Places * Pecos River, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States * Pecos, Texas, a city in Reeves County, Texas, United States * Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River ** Pecos Spring, a spring * Pecos, New Mexico, ...
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United Shore Professional Baseball League The United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) is an independent baseball league in suburban Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States, started in May 2016. Each team in the USPBL plays a 42-game regular season schedule from May through Septe ...
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Mexican League The Mexican League (, ) is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five te ...
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Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...
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Mexican Academy League The Mexican Academy League, or the Liga de Mexicana de Beisbol Academia, is a professional minor baseball league sanctioned by the Mexican League. The Academy League was founded as a feeder league to the Mexican League. It is composed of eight ...
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Argentine Baseball League The Argentine Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Argentina de Béisbol) is the professional baseball league of Argentina. The league was established in 2017. As of the 2018 season, the LAB consists of six teams, representing five different sports cl ...


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Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
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Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consist ...
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Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consis ...
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Intercity baseball tournament The intercity baseball tournament (都市対抗野球大会 ''Toshi Taikō yakyū taikai'') of Japan, commonly known as "Summer All-star" (真夏の球宴 ''manatsu no kyūen''), is an annual nationwide inter-city baseball Baseball i ...
(officially amateur but contains professional teams) ** Industrial Baseball League (officially amateur but contains professional teams) ** All Japan Club Baseball Championship (officially amateur but contains professional teams) * Independent: **
Baseball Challenge League The Route Inn BCL, formerly known as the , is an independent minor baseball league in Japan. The league's abbreviated designation is "." League structure The Baseball Challenge League has three divisions, East, Middle, and West, with four teams ...
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Shikoku Island League Plus The is an independent professional baseball league on the island of Shikoku in Japan. (None of the teams in Nippon Professional Baseball are based in Shikoku.) The league currently has four teams, and has its league headquarters in Takamatsu. Th ...
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KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...
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KBO Futures League KBO Futures League () or Korea Baseball Futures League is South Korea's second level of baseball, below the KBO League. It serves as a farm league with the purpose to develop professional players on-demand to play in the KBO League. The league ...
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China National Baseball League The China National Baseball League (, CNBL) is a professional baseball sports league, league founded in 2019. History The original Chinese Baseball League (CBL) was founded in 2002. The league suspended operations in 2012 due to financial tr ...
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
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Chinese Professional Baseball League The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 20 ...
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Italian Baseball League The Italian Baseball League (IBL; Italian: ') is a professional baseball league that is governed by FIBS (Italian Baseball & Softball Federation), which has its headquarters in Rome. The IBL is a wood bat league in which both composite and alumi ...
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Irish Baseball League The Irish Baseball League (IBL) is the men's league in Ireland. It started play in 1997. The season runs from March to October and are played on the weekends. Club sides and fields The O'Malley Fields at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin, West Dublin ...
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Honkbal Hoofdklasse The Honkbal Hoofdklasse ( Dutch for ''Major League Baseball'') is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softba ...
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Honkbal Overgangsklasse The Honkbal Overgangsklasse (Dutch language, Dutch for ''Baseball Transition League'') is the second highest level of professional baseball in the Baseball in the Netherlands, Netherlands. It is a twelve-team sports league, league that plays a 22 ...
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Honkbal Rookie League The Honkbal Rookie League (Dutch for ''Baseball Rookie League'') is a professional baseball league in the Netherlands for rookies from the teams in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule. The season ru ...
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División de Honor de Béisbol Division de Honor de Béisbol is the highest level of baseball in Spain.Spanish baseball competitions
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Elitserien (baseball) Elitserien is the highest level of professional baseball in Sweden and is operated by the Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation. The number of teams in Elitserien has varied through the years. The Swedish baseball championship was inaugurat ...
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Portuguese Atlantic Baseball League Founded in 2006, the Liga Atlântica de Basebol (Atlantic Baseball League) (LAB) is an active baseball league that operates in the cities of Aveiro, Coimbra, Esposende, Gondomar, Maia, Porto and Vila do Conde. It is the most prolific, organized ...
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Liga Mexicana del Pacífico The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...
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Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC) is the main professional baseball sports league, league in Puerto Rico; it is colloquially referred to as the Puerto Rican Winter league baseball, Winter League. Consisting of seven teams as ...
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Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an off-season sports league owned and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) which operates during the autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. Arizona Fall League rosters are fill ...
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Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) is the professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. History Early years Baseball exp ...
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Australian Baseball League The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it sh ...
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Greater Brisbane League The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league (GB3) is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as three Gold Coas ...
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Asia Winter Baseball League The Asia Winter Baseball League is a professional baseball league hosted in Taiwan with 2012 as its inaugural season. Making use of the warm and dry winter climate in West Taiwan, the short term league aims to offer young baseball players addition ...
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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...


Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

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Professional Bowlers Association The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the PBA membership consists of over 3,000 members worldwide. Member ...


Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

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Top Rank Boxing Top Rank, Inc. is a boxing promotional company founded by Jabir Herbert Muhammad and Bob Arum, which was incorporated in 1973, and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since its founding, Top Rank has promoted many world class fighters, including Mu ...
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Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is an American boxing promotional firm based in Los Angeles, California. The company was established in 2002 by eight-time world champion (in six divisions) Oscar De La Hoya, borrowing his nickname "Golden Boy." Histo ...
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Matchroom Boxing Matchroom Sport is a sporting event promotions company founded by English entrepreneur Barry Hearn and run by Hearn and his son Eddie Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, go ...
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World Boxing Association The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
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World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...
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International Boxing Federation The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...
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World Boxing Organization The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...
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Super Boxing League The Super Boxing League is the first professional boxing league in India. British-Asian businessman Bill Dosanjh and British boxing champion Amir Khan founded Super Boxing League in 2017, after Super Fight League first season. The league is org ...
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Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

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Professional Chess Association of the Philippines The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) is a professional chess league in the Philippines. History The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) was formed by Filipino lawyer Paul Elauria who also became the le ...


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

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Euro T20 Slam The Euro T20 Slam is a planned professional Twenty20 cricket league. The first edition of the tournament was initially scheduled to start in August 2019, with matches to be held in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. It's launch has been post ...
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East Africa Premier League The East Africa Premier League (EAPL) was a 20-over competition covering Kenya and Uganda. The EAPL was founded in 2011, together with the East Africa Cup, in the wake of Kenya's disastrous performance in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It comprise ...
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World Cricket League Africa Region The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in Africa. As well as providing opportunity for national teams t ...


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CSA Provincial Competitions The CSA Provincial Competitions are three South African domestic cricket competitions run by Cricket South Africa (CSA). Three-day (first-class cricket, first-class) and one-day (List A cricket, List A) competitions were introduced for the 2004– ...
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Mzansi Super League The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
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Sunfoil Series The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is the domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by teams from all nine provinces of South Africa. First contested as the Currie Cup from 1889–90, the tournament has u ...
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Logan Cup The Logan Cup is the premier domestic first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe. It is named after James Douglas Logan. History The first recorded cricket match in what was known at the time as Rhodesia was played in August 1890 near Fort V ...
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Stanbic Bank 20 Series The Domestic Twenty20 formerly known as and Stanbic Bank Twenty20 the Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Zimbabwe. It was formed in 2007 and maintained by Zimbabwe Cricket. It features all the national a ...


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Global T20 Canada The Global T20 Canada is a 20-over cricket tournament played in Canada. The first edition of the tournament took place during June and July 2018 with six teams competing. Each team featured four local Canadian cricketers in each squad, along wi ...
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Major League Cricket Major League Cricket (MLC) is an upcoming professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United States. Operated by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) and sanctioned by USA Cricket, it plans to begin play on July 13, 2023, with six teams in major ...
West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...
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Caribbean Premier League The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was founded by Cricket West Indies in 2013 to replace the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in ...
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Regional Super50 The Super50 Cup, currently named the CG Insurance Super50 Cup for sponsorship purposes is the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies. It was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship in ...


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Shpageeza Cricket League The Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL, also known as the Alokozay Cola Shpageeza Cricket League for sponsorship reasons and Etisalat Sixes T20) ( ps, شپږیزه کرکټ لیګ) is a Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Afghanistan Cricke ...
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Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...
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National Cricket League The National Cricket League is the oldest domestic first-class cricket competition in Bangladesh. It is contested by teams representing seven of the eight regional divisions of Bangladesh (there is no team from Mymensingh Division) as well as a t ...
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Bangladesh Cricket League The Bangladesh Cricket League is an annual first-class cricket tournament that began in Bangladesh in the 2012–13 season. History The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) was inaugurated in the 2012–13 season as a four-team first-class tourname ...
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Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, also known as the Dhaka Premier League, is a club List A tournament in Bangladesh. History Since its inauguration in 1973–74 the league has been the premier club cricket competition in Bangladesh. It ...
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Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
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Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...
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Duleep Trophy The Duleep Trophy, also known as Mastercard Duleep trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition wa ...
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Deodhar Trophy The Deodhar Trophy, also known as Mastercard Devdhar trophy due to sponsorship reasons (also spelled Devdhar Trophy), is a List A cricket domestic cricket tournament of India. It is named after D. B. Deodhar (known as the Grand Old Man of Indian ...
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Irani Cup Irani Trophy or Irani Cup also known as the Mastercard Irani Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a first-class cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ...
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Karnataka Premier League Maharaja Trophy T20 , formerly known as Karnataka Premier league , is an Indian Twenty20 cricket league established by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in August 2009 and modelled after the Indian Premier League (IPL). As of 20 ...
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Tamil Nadu Premier League The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and was formed in 2016 by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). It is played during July and August of every ye ...
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Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard Vijay Hazare trophy for sponsorship reasons) also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy pl ...
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T20 Mumbai League T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is deri ...
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Pakistan Super League The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...
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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...
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Pakistan Cup The Pakistan Cup is the national domestic List A cricket competition in Pakistan. Played originally as the Pentangular One Day Cup in 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2014–15, the competition was renamed as the Pakistan Cup in 2016 when it also adopt ...
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Pakistan Champions Cricket League The Pakistan Champions Cricket League (PCCL) is a Twenty20 Club cricket league in Pakistan which was organised by Pakistan former captain Rashid Latif at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy (RLCA) in co-operation with Karachi City Cricket Organisa ...
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Pakistan Junior League The Pakistan Junior League (PJL) was a professional 20-over cricket league contested by Under-19 teams representing different cities of Pakistan. The league was soft-launched on 14 April 2022 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Ramiz ...
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Sri Lanka Premier League The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was a Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was intended to be the premier Twenty20 league in the country, held by Sri Lanka Cricket, when it replaced the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 competition. Afte ...
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Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 seas ...
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Everest Premier League Everest Premier League (EPL) ( ne, एभरेष्ट प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by EPL Pvt. Ltd., a private group in Nepal run by Aamir Akhtar alongside his team including Kie ...
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Dhangadhi Premier League The Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) ( ne, धनगढी प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. The league was founded by the Dhangadhi Cricket Academy and Sudur Pashchim Academy in 2017. The DPL ...
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Pokhara Premier League Pokhara Premier League ( ne, पोखरा प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Nepal. The tournament is managed by Queen's Event Management. The league is an auction-based tournament where pl ...


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County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
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Royal London One-Day Cup The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament, which ran from 2010 to 2013. In contrast to its 40-ove ...
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T20 Blast The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...
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Women's Cricket Super League The Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), known as the Kia Super League (KSL) for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The comp ...
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The Hundred (cricket) The Hundred is a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and eight women's teams located in major cities across England and Wales. The tournament is run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and took plac ...
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Regional Pro Series The Regional Series is a professional cricket league in Scotland. It is Scotland's premier domestic competition for the most talented cricketers in the country. The series was first contested in 2016 replaced the North Sea Pro Series a competition ...
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Dutch Twenty20 Cup The Dutch Twenty20 Cup is a Twenty20 cricket league in the Netherlands, run by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond The Royal Dutch Cricket Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond, KNCB) is the governing body of cricket in t ...
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Inter-Provincial Trophy The Inter-Provincial Trophy is a Twenty20 cricket tournament between the four leading cricketing provinces of Ireland. The tournament was first held by three provinces in 2013, across venues in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. ...


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Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Shi ...
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Marsh One-Day Cup The One-Day Cup, known as the Marsh One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian domestic List A 50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season. Init ...
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Big Bash League The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...
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Women's Big Bash League The Women's Big Bash League (known as the WBBL and, for sponsorship reasons, the Weber WBBL) is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 ...
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Plunket Shield New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield. History The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
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State League The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. The tournament began in 1935–36, as a first-class competition, but is now played as a 50-over competition, with six provincial teams ...


Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

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World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from Jo ...


Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

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National Bicycle League The National Bicycle League (NBL) was a United States–based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio. It was created by George Edward Ess ...
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American Bicycle Association The American Bicycle Association (ABA) was a US-based BMX sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona. In 2011, the ABA merged with the former National Bicycle League and became the current USA BMX. The organization was founded by Merl Mennenga ...
(BMX) * International Cycling League * Pro Cycle Cycling * Coppa Italia di ciclismo (the Italian Road Cycling Cup) * International **
UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ...


Competitive eating Competitive eating, or speed eating, is an activity in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although some competitions c ...

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Major League Eating Major League Eating (MLE) is an organization that organises professional competitive eating events and television specials. The stated mission of Major League Eating is to maintain a safe environment for all events, to create a dynamic and enjoya ...


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National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
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XFL XFL may refer to: Sports * XFL (2001), a defunct American football league that played its only season in 2001 * XFL (2020), a professional American football league Vehicles * Bell XFL Airabonita, a 1940 U.S. Navy experimental interceptor aircra ...
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United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...
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Gridiron Developmental Football League The Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) is a low-level american football minor league based in Memphis, Tennessee, using the franchise model. , the league has 63 teams. The GDFL plays a playoff format similar to NCAA tournament, as 16 ...
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Rivals Professional Football League The Rivals Professional Football League (RPFL) is a low-level american football minor league owned by Quentin Hines and consisting of 12 teams in Michigan, Florida and Georgia. Since December 2021, the league arranged additional "College Bowl" s ...
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New England Football League The New England Football League (NEFL) is a semi-professional american football league based in Salisbury, Massachusetts and owned by Thomas Torrisi. It is the largest semi-professional league in New England. The NEFL was founded in 1994 and was a ...
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Women's Football Alliance The Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is a professional full-contact Women's American football tackle minor league that began play in 2009. It is the largest 11-on-11 football league for women in the world, and the longest running active women's ...
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Legends Football League The Extreme Football League (X League) is an American women's semi-professional tackle football league. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. ...
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United States Women's Football League The United States Women's Football League (USWFL) is a full-contact women's American football minor league that opened with exhibition play in 2010 and subsequently played its first regular season in 2011.https://www.uswfl.net/copy-of-schedule-n ...
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Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
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Indoor Football League The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams amon ...
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Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team from ...
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American West Football Conference The American West Football Conference (AWFC) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2018 by Platinum Events & Security, LLC, the owners of the Idaho Horsemen. The league's inaugural season was in 2019. Players are ...
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National Arena League The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. It consists of teams based on the East Coast of the United States. Teams' typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, while players are paid $ ...
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American Arena League The American Arena League (AAL) is a professional indoor football minor league that began playing in 2018. The league was initiated by a merger between Arena Pro Football (APF) and the Can-Am Indoor Football League (Can-Am), although the AAL o ...
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Flag football Flag football is a variant of American football where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a Down (gridiron football), down. The sport has a ...
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American Flag Football League The American Flag Football League is a semi-professional flag football league started in 2017. The league was founded by Jeff Lewis in May 2017. Lewis spent nine months building the league, getting investors, setting the rules, and finding player ...
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Superliga Nacional de Futebol Americano The Superliga Nacional de Futebol Americano (National American Football League, previously ''Liga Brasileira de Futebol Americano'', Brazilian American Football League) is an American football league in Brazil. It was created by eight teams which ...
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Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
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Western Women's Canadian Football League The Western Women's Canadian Football League (WWCFL) is a full-contact women's Canadian football league which began play in the spring of 2011. The league plays an annual season in the spring or summer, and with eight teams it is the largest wome ...
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Maritime Women's Football League The Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) is a Canadian football league in eastern Canada. It was Canada's first all-female full-contact football competition when it began operating in 2004. Since it was established, the League has grown from two ...
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Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional The Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (Professional American Football League), commonly known simply as LFA, is a professional american football spring league in Mexico, founded in 2016. Starting with four teams, the LFA has since expanded t ...
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Fútbol Americano de México The Mexican American Professional Football League ('', FAM'') was a professional american football minor league in Mexico, founded in 2018. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as FAM-YOX for the 2022 season. Starting with five ...


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European League of Football The European League of Football (ELF) is a professional sports#American football, professional American football sports league, league. The league (as of the 2023 season) consists of 17 teams located in Germany, Poland, Spain, Austria, Italy, S ...
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Austrian Football League The Austrian Football League (AFL) is the highest level of American football in Austria founded in 1984. The Austrian Football League (AFL) has always been considered among the best and strongest leagues in Europe. The league plays by rules based ...
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Belgian Football League The Belgian American Football League (BAFL) is a sports league for American football in Belgium founded in 1987. The league currently consists of 18 teams from Belgian cities and regions and one team from Luxembourg. The league is divided into t ...
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Czech League of American Football The Czech League of American Football (ČLAF) ( cs, Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu) is a national american football competition in the Czech Republic. First held in 1994, it is organized by the Czech American Football Association (ČAAF). Sea ...
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National Ligaen National Ligaen is the top American football league in Denmark founded in 1988. It is organized by the Danish American Football Federation. The league finale and the winning trophy is called #Mermaid Bowl, Mermaid Bowl. The Copenhagen Towers won ...
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Vaahteraliiga The Vaahteraliiga (Maple League) founded in 1980 is the highest level of American football in Finland played under American Football Association of Finland. The winner of the Vaahteraliiga is the Finnish champion. The Vaahteraliiga season is play ...
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Ligue Élite de Football Américain The Championnat Élite Division 1 () is the top-level American football league of France. The league was founded in 1982. History American football was introduced to France in the early 20th century, but for decades it remained an infrequent ac ...
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German Football League The German Football League (GFL) is an American football league in Germany and was formed in 1979. Playing rules are based on those of the American National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA. In 1999, the league switched its name from ''Ameri ...
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German Football League 2 The German Football League 2 (GFL2) is the second tier of American football in Germany, below the German Football League. Until 2007, the league was known as the ''2. Bundesliga''. League structure The ''GFL2'', formerly the ''2. Bundesliga'', wh ...
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Hungarian American Football League The Hungarian Football League (HFL) is the top tier national American football competition in Hungary, organized by the Hungarian Federation of American Football (MAFSZ). The competition was formerly called Hungarian American Football League (MAFL) ...
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American Football Ireland American Football Ireland (AFI) is the National Governing Body for American football for Ireland and Northern Ireland. Founded in 1984 the AFI is entirely volunteer run and all American football played in Ireland is played at an amateur level. ...
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Israel Football League The Israel Football League (IFL; he, ליגת הפוטבול הישראלית), also known as the Kraft Family Israel Football League for sponsorship reasons with the Kraft Family, is an amateur American football league consisting of eight team ...
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Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and crow ...
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Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
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Polish American Football League The Polish American Football League or shortly PLFA ( pl, Polska Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego) was a structured system for the American football competitions in Poland founded in 2004 by the Polish federation PZFA. In 2012, the Topliga was creat ...
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Russian American Football Championship Russian American Football Championship ( rus, Чемпионат России по Aмериканскому Футболу, Chempionat Rossii po Amerikanskomu Futbolu) is the highest level of American football played in Russia, previously known as ...
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Superserien Superserien is the highest level of American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular f ...
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BAFA National Leagues The BAFANL (BAFA National Leagues) are the primary American football domestic League competition in Great Britain. The League is run by the British American Football Association to coordinate contact football within England, Scotland and Wales. ...


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Chinese National Football League The Chinese National Football League (CNFL), previously known as American Football League of China (AFLC) is an American-rules football organization in China. Founded in 2013, the AFLC has grown from a small recreational league. 92% of players in ...
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China Arena Football League The China Arena Football League (), often abbreviated as the CAFL, was a professional arena football league that played its games in the China, People's Republic of China. It featured players from the now-defunct Arena Football League (AFL) and ...
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Elite Football League of India The Elite Football League of India (EFLI) is a professional American football league based in India. It was founded with eight franchises in 2011, and now has 23 franchises throughout South Asia, among whom 20 located in India, two in Sri Lanka ...
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Australian Gridiron League The Australian Gridiron League (AGL) is a gridiron competition that forms the highest level of American Football in Australia. The league consists of six state teams from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, The Australian Capital Territory, ...


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Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...


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Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...


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Asian Australian Football Championships The Asian Australian Football Championships, also known as the AFL Asian Championships or Asian Champs is an annual tournament of Australian rules football between AFL Asia member clubs. The tournament is considered the pinnacle of Asian Austr ...


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AFL Europe Championship The AFL Europe Championship is an Australian football competition played between European national teams. The European Championship is played in a full traditional 18-a-side format (formerly 16-a-side) unlike the Euro Cup which has a 9-a-side f ...


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Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
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AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...
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South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...
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Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
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West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...


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Australian Football International Cup The Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup or simply the IC) is a triennial international Australian rules football sport competition. It is the biggest worldwide tournament in the sport and is open to ...


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Beach Soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

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Ukrainian Beach Soccer Premier League The Ukrainian Beach Soccer Premier League ( uk, Чемпіонат України з пляжного футболу серед клубів вищої ліги) is the top men's league of Ukrainian beach soccer. It was founded in 2002. It is orga ...
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Euro Winners Cup The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) fro ...
** Women's Euro Winners Cup **
Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer The CONMEBOL Libertadores Fútbol Playa is an annual continental beach soccer club competition, organized by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL, founded in 2016. Since 2017, the tournament is contested between the top-lev ...


Football:

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

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Austrian Futsal Liga The Austrian Futsal Liga is the premier futsal league in Austria. It was founded in 2002. The league is played under UEFA rules and organized by Austrian Football Association, currently consists of 12 teams. From 2002 - 2005 the champion was crow ...
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Argentine División de Honor de Futsal The Primera División de Futsal (formerly, División de Honor), is the main futsal league in Argentina. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA),Belarusian Futsal Premier League *
Liga Nacional de Futsal The Liga Nacional de Futsal (LNF) is the premier futsal league in Brazil, and was created in 1996 with the purpose of setting up a championship with the best futsal teams of the country, corresponding to the Brazilian Football Championship Séri ...
* Premier Futsal League of Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Czech Futsal First League The 1. Liga Futsalu is the premier futsal league in the Czech Republic, is organized by Football Association of the Czech Republic. Champions Titles External linksOfficial siteChinese Futsal League *
Futsal-Regionalliga Süd The Futsal-Regionalliga Süd is the highest german futsal league. It consists of 10 teams and was introduced in the 2015-16 season with seven teams. The winner of each Futsal-Regionalliga takes part in the Deutsche Futsal-Meisterschaft to determi ...
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Futsal-Bayernliga The Futsal-Bayernliga (English: Bavarian Futsal League) is the highest futsal league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the second tier of futsal under the Futsal-Regionalliga Süd and above the Futsal-Bezirksliga in the German futsal le ...
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Championnat de France de Futsal The Championnat de France de Futsal "Division 1" or "D1" is the premier futsal league in France, organized by Fédération Française de Football. There are 12 teams in the first level, the team ranked first wins the title of national Champion and ...
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Futsal Club Championship The Futsal Club Championship, also referred as Hero Futsal Club Championship for sponsorship ties, is the highest level futsal club competition in India, organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The inaugural edition kicked off ...
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Indonesia Pro Futsal League Indonesia Pro Futsal League ( Indonesian: ''Liga Futsal Profesional Indonesia'') is the top league for futsal in Indonesia. It is organized by Indonesian Futsal Federation. Teams The following 12 clubs will be compete in the Indonesia Pro Futsa ...
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Israeli Futsal League The Israeli Futsal League is the premier futsal league in Israel it is organized by Israel Football Association. The League winner qualify to the UEFA Futsal Cup. History A national futsal league was first organized informally in the early 1990s ...
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Iranian Futsal Super League The Iranian Futsal Super League ( fa, سوپرلیگ فوتسال ایران, ''SuperLig-e Futsāl-e Irān''), is a professional futsal league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian futsal league system founded in 2003. ...
* Serie A1 * Latvian Futsal Premier League * Malaysia Premier Futsal League * Malaysia Premier Futsal League (Women) *
Myanmar Futsal League The Myanmar Futsal League ( my, မြန်မာဖူဆယ်လိဂ်) is the top league for futsal clubs in Myanmar. It is sponsored by Peace Myanmar Group, Myanmar and therefore officially known as the MFF Myanmar Futsal League. Clubs ...
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Kyrgyzstan Futsal League The Kyrgyzstan Futsal League, is the top league for Futsal in Kyrgyzstan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Champions References Futsal KyrgyzstanNalogovik champion (Russian)FutsalKyrgyz Futsa ...
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F.League The F. League (in Japanese: "F・リーグ", officially "日本フットサルリーグ", Nihon Futtosaru Rīgu) is the top league for Futsal in Japan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Histo ...
* FK-League * Serbian Prva Futsal Liga *
Ekstraklasa (futsal) Futsal Ekstraklasa is the premier futsal league in Poland. It was founded November 6, 1994. Organized by the Futsal Ekstraklasa Private limited company, Sp. z o.o. and is played under UEFA and FIFA rules, currently the league consists of 14 teams. ...
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Liga Portuguesa de Futsal Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Lig ...
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Primera División de Futsal The Primera División or División de Honor of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, is the premier professional futsal league in Spain. It was founded in 1989 with the name of División de Honor. The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala league, which is pl ...
* Swedish Futsal League *
Swiss Futsal Championship The Swiss Futsal Championship is the premier futsal championship in Switzerland. It was founded in 2004. The Swiss championship which is played under UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations eur ...
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Russian Futsal Super League The Russian Futsal Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России по мини-футболу (Суперлига), Superliga; complete official name Parimatch-Russian Futsal Championship among the club teams of Superleague, russian: Па ...
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Russian Women's Futsal Super League The Russian Women's Futsal Championship is the women's premier futsal championship in Russia, is operated by the AMFR. It was founded in 1993, which is played under UEFA rules and currently consists of 6 teams. Because of the 2022 Russian invasio ...
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Futsal Thai League The Futsal Thai League () is the top league for futsal clubs in Thailand. It is sponsored by Advanced Info Service, AIS and therefore officially known as the AIS Futsal Thai League. Championship history Broadcast Digital new media ...
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Turkish Futsal League The Turkish Futsal League (''TFF Efes Pilsen Futsal Ligi'') is the premier futsal competition in Turkey. Organized by Turkish Football Federation. The tournament consists of several regional tournaments, the top four teams play the Final Fo ...
* Uzbekistan Futsal League *
Professional Futsal League The Professional Futsal League is a planned professional futsal league in the United States. The league was founded in 2016 and it was intended to begin play in 2018. History In February 2016, Mark Cuban purchased a principal ownership stake in ...
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Major League Futsal Major League Futsal USA was the first professional futsal league in the United States. It was founded in 2012 by Rosario Lopez. History MLF has two divisions (Division of Honor and Division 1) for both men and women. While 35 men's teams and 9 ...
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National Futsal Series The FA National Futsal Series (NFS) is the top tier futsal competition in England. The Competition champions are nominated to The FA to represent England in the UEFA Futsal Champions League. History Following the launch of The FA first ever ...
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Scottish Futsal League The Scottish Futsal league is the only official futsal affiliated body in Scotland delivering adult futsal for the Scottish Football Association under the guidance of the Scottish Amateur FAbr>Futsal is an internationally recognised sport, governed ...
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Vietnam Futsal League The Vietnam Futsal League () is the top league for Futsal in Vietnam. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. History In 2007, Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation launched ''All Vietnam Futsal C ...
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Extra-Liga The Extra-Liga ( uk, Екстра-ліга) is an association of futsal clubs of Ukraine and the top men's futsal league in the country. It is organized by the Association of Mini-Football of Ukraine which is a collective member of the Ukrainian ...
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UEFA Futsal Champions League The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1984 ...
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Asian Premier Futsal Championship The Premier Futsal League was an Indian franchise-based futsal league conceptualised by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity of Premier Futsal Management Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Su ...
** AFC Futsal Club Championship **
Copa Libertadores de Futsal The Copa Libertadores de Clubes de Futsal ( en, South American Club Futsal Championship, pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol de Salão) is an international futsal competition disputed between the best clubs of South America. Since 2002, the t ...
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CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship The CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship is the North American futsal club competition hosted by CONCACAF. History and format The inaugural CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship was played from August 20 to 24, 2014, at the Domo Polideportivo de la CDA ...
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Intercontinental Futsal Cup The Intercontinental Futsal Cup is an international club competition for futsal. This is a friendly competition and not a FIFA official trophy. A group of invited clubs from Europe and South America play 3 games against each other. These are gener ...


Football:

Indoor soccer Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is five-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor socc ...

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Major Arena Soccer League The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a North American professional indoor soccer league. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. MASL is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. MASL players ...
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Major Arena Soccer League 2 The Major Arena Soccer League 2 is a North American indoor soccer league that serves as the developmental league of the Major Arena Soccer League. History M2 launched in 2017 to "provide an outlet for teams to either reorganize for a re-emergenc ...
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Premier Arena Soccer League The Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL) is an indoor soccer league with mostly semi-professional teams; along with a number of amateur teams across North America. The PASL was previously known as the Federation of Sports Arenas (FSA). The PASL logo ...
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Western Indoor Soccer League The Western Indoor Soccer League (WISL) is an American semi-professional indoor soccer league. It was formed on June 20, 2014 by a group of arena/team owners in the Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply a ...
*Arena Soccer League


Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

* American Fencing League


Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...


Asia

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Hockey India League Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League, ...
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Pakistan Hockey League The Pakistan Hockey Super League, or "The Max" also known as PHSL, is an upcoming franchise-based field hockey tournament in Pakistan. It is to be organized by the Pakistan Hockey Federation. Its inaugural edition is slated to be held in 2022. ...


Europe

* Europe:
Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced th ...
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Women's Euro Hockey League The Women's Euro Hockey League is the newest annual women's field hockey tournament organised by the EHF for the very top hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was supposed to start in 2020 replacing the old EuroHockey Club Cup. The first edit ...
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Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey The Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, currently known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top division of field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks third in the European league ranking table. The league was establishe ...
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Feldhockey Bundesliga (Men's field hockey) The Feldhockey Bundesliga is the top level of men's field hockey in Germany and is managed by the German Hockey Federation. The league currently ranks first in the men's European league rankings. It was established in 1937. Format The season sta ...
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Men's Belgian Hockey League The Men's Belgian Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association. The league was established in 1919 as the Division 1. Between the 2006–07 and the 2015–16 seasons it was known as the Honor Division. S ...


Australia

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Hockey One The Sultana Bran Hockey One is a field hockey competition organised by Hockey Australia, which replaced the Australian Hockey League. The competition serves as Australia's premier domestic hockey league, helping unearth future talent for select ...


Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...


Men's


Top-level tours

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PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...
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PGA European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...
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Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ...
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Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wor ...
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PGA Tour of Australasia The PGA Tour of Australasia, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia, is a professional golf tour for men, owned and operated by the PGA of Australia. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ra ...
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Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...
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OneAsia Tour The OneAsia Tour was a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. T ...
(joint venture between the Japan, Australasia, China, and Korean tours) * Professional Golf Tour of India *
LIV Golf LIV Golf () is a professional golf tour financed by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The name "LIV" refers to the Roman numerals for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the number ...


Senior tours

* PGA Tour Champions (United States) * European Senior Tour


Developmental tours

* Korn Ferry Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the PGA Tour) * Challenge Tour (second-tier European tour) * Japan Challenge Tour (second-tier Japanese tour) * PGA Tour Canada (feeds to the Web.com Tour) * PGA Tour China (feeds to the Web.com Tour) * PGA Tour Latinoamérica (feeds to the Web.com Tour) * Satellite Tours, four third-level tours recognised by the European Tour: ** Alps Tour (jointly sanctioned by the golf associations of Austria, France, Italy, Morocco and Switzerland) ** Pro Golf Tour (based in Germany) ** Nordic Golf League (operating in the Nordic countries) *** Swedish Golf Tour (men's version is a Swedish tour included in the Nordic League competition) ** PGA EuroPro Tour (based in the UK) * Gateway Tour (third-tier US tour) * Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour (low cost fourth-tier US tour) * Swing Thought Tour (third-tier US tour)


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 Japan and Korea) * ALPG Tour (Australia)


Senior tours

* Legends Tour (United States)


Developmental tours

* Epson Tour (second-tier US tour, operated by the LPGA) * Ladies European Tour Access Series, LETAS, the official feeder tour to the Ladies European Tour, has been formed to give players not part of a major tour an opportunity to compete and progress on to the Ladies European Tour. * Step Up Tour (second-tier Japanese tour, operated by the LPGA of Japan) * Swedish Golf Tour (women's version is a second-tier tour in Sweden, feeding to the Ladies European Tour)


Handball

* Angola Men's Handball League * Angola Women's Handball League * Handball League Australia * Handball Liga Austria * Algerian Handball Championship * Algerian Women's Handball Championship * Belarusian Men's Handball Championship * Belarusian Women's Handball Championship * Belgian First Division (men's handball) * Belgian First Division (women's handball) * Bulgarian GHR A * Czech Handball Extraliga * Croatian Premier Handball League * Croatian First League (women's handball) * Danish Men's Handball League * Danish Women's Handball League * Finnish Handball League * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball) * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball) * Indian Premier Handball League * Premier Handball League * Serbian Handball Super League * Serbian Super League of Handball for Women * Slovenská hadzanárska extraliga * Slovenian First League (men's handball) * Slovenian First League (women's handball) * Handbollsligan * Svensk handbollselit * Úrvalsdeild karla (handball) * Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball) * Swiss Handball League * SPAR Premium League * Handball-Bundesliga * 2. Handball-Bundesliga * DHB-Pokal * Handball-Bundesliga (women) * Greek Men's Handball Championship * Greek Women's Handball Championship * Serie A (men's handball) * Serie A1 (women's handball) * Ligat Ha'Al (handball) * Ligue Nationale de Handball, Championnat de France de handball * French Women's Handball Championship, Championnat de France de handball féminin * Liga ASOBAL * División de Plata de Balonmano * División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano * Campeonato Nacional de Andebol Masculino Andebol 1 * 1ª Divisão de Andebol Feminino * Japan Handball League * Handball Korea League * Macedonian Handball Super League * Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball * Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball * Polish Superliga (men's handball) * Polish Women's Superliga (women's handball) * Liga Națională (men's handball) * Divizia A1 (men's volleyball) * Liga Națională (women's handball) * Divizia A (women's handball) * Russian Handball Super League * Russian Women's Handball Super League * Liga Națională (men's handball) * Liga Națională (women's handball) * Tunisian Handball League * Tunisian Women's Handball League * Turkish Handball Super League * Turkish Women's Handball Super League * Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League * Ukrainian Women's Handball Super League * Baltic Handball League * BENE-League Handball * SEHA League (Southeast Europe) * Women Handball International League * Asian Club League Handball Championship * Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship * African Women's Handball Champions League * African Handball Cup Winners' Cup * EHF European League * EHF European Cup * Women's EHF European Cup * North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship * 2019 South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship, South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship * 2019 South and Central American Women's Club Handball Championship, South and Central American Women's Club Handball Championship * Oceania Handball Champions Cup * Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup * IHF Super Globe * IHF Women's Super Globe


Ice hockey


North America

and * National Hockey League (major) * American Hockey League (high minor) * ECHL (mid-minor) * Premier Hockey Federation (women's major) only * Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (low minor) * Big 6 Hockey League (low minor) only * Southern Professional Hockey League (low minor) * Federal Prospects Hockey League (low minor) *Liga Mexicana Élite de Hockey (semi-professional)


Asia

, , and * Asia League Ice Hockey * Kazakhstan Hockey Championship *Mongolia Hockey League *Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League *Hong Kong Ice Hockey League *Israeli League (ice hockey)


Europe

*Champions Hockey League *European Women's Hockey League *IIHF Continental Cup *IIHF European Women's Champions Cup , , , , , and * ICE Hockey League * Austrian National League , , and * Alps Hockey League *Baltic Hockey League , * BeNe League (ice hockey), BeNe League * Belarusian Extraleague *Bulgarian Hockey League *Celtic League Cup * Czech Extraliga * 1st Czech Republic Hockey League * 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League * Croatian Ice Hockey League *Serbian Hockey League * Metal Ligaen * Danish Division 1 * Ligue Magnus * FFHG Division 1 * SM-liiga, Liiga * Mestis * Suomi-sarja * 2. Divisioona * 3. Divisioona * Naisten Liiga (ice hockey), Naisten Liiga * Naisten Mestis * Deutsche Eishockey Liga * DEL2 * Oberliga (ice hockey), Oberliga , and * Erste Liga (ice hockey) * Latvian Hockey Higher League * Lithuania Hockey League * Meistriliiga (ice hockey), Meistriliiga and * Eredivisie (ice hockey), Eredivisie * GET-ligaen * Norwegian First Division (ice hockey) * Norwegian Second Division (ice hockey) * Italian Hockey League - Serie A * Italian Hockey League - Serie B * Italian Hockey League - Serie C * Polska Hokej Liga *Romanian Hockey League , , , , , , and * Kontinental Hockey League (major) only * Supreme Hockey League, Russian Major League (high minor) * Supreme Hockey League Championship, Russian Hockey League (low minor) * Russian Women's Hockey League , * Slovak Extraliga * Slovak 1.Liga * Slovak 2. Liga *Slovenian Ice Hockey League * National League (ice hockey), National League * Swiss League * MySports League * Swiss 1. Liga (ice hockey), Swiss 1. Liga * Swiss 2. Liga (ice hockey), Swiss 2. Liga * Swedish Hockey League * HockeyAllsvenskan * Hockeyettan * Hockeytvåan * Swedish Women's Hockey League * Damettan * Damtvåan * Turkish Ice Hockey Super League * Turkish Ice Hockey First League * Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League * Ukrainian Hockey League (, , , and ) * Elite Ice Hockey League * English Premier Ice Hockey League * National Ice Hockey League * Scottish National League (ice hockey), Scottish National League * Northern League (ice hockey, 2005–)


Oceania

* Australian Ice Hockey League (semi-pro) *East Coast Super League *New Zealand Ice Hockey League (amateur)


Indoor hockey

*Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup *Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup


Roller in-line hockey, Inline hockey

* Major League Roller Hockey (United States) * Professional Inline Hockey Association (United States) * Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division (Portugal) * Roller Hockey Premier League (UK)


Roller hockey (quad)/Rink hockey

*OK Liga *Rink Hockey Euroleague *World Skate Europe Cup *Continental Cup (rink hockey) *Rink Hockey European Female League *Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup *Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup


Kabaddi

International Tournaments * Kabaddi, Kabaddi World Cup * 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters, Kabaddi Masters Series * World Kabaddi League (, , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and ) Kabaddi Leagues *Pro Kabaddi League () *Women's Kabaddi Challenge() *Super Kabaddi League (Pakistan) - Pakistan's first Kabaddi League. Season 01 took place in April–May 2018 and was hailed as a success.


Kickboxing

* Glory (kickboxing), Glory * K-1 * Kunlun Fight * Wu Lin Feng


Korfball

*Korfball Europa Cup *Korfball Europa Shield


Lacrosse


Box lacrosse, Box / Indoor lacrosse

and * NLL – National Lacrosse League (United States and Canada) [major] * WLA – Western Lacrosse Association (Canada) [high minor] * MSL – Major Series Lacrosse (Canada) [high minor] * ALL – Arena Lacrosse League (Canada) [mid minor]


Field lacrosse

* PLL – Premier Lacrosse League (United States) [major] ** MLL–PLL merger, Merged with the competing Major League Lacrosse in December 2020, with the merged league operating as the PLL. * ALL - American Lacrosse League (United States) [low minor/club] * UWLX - United Women's Lacrosse League (United States) * WPLL - Women's Professional Lacrosse League (United States) * AUL - Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse * Europe ** Ken Galluccio Cup


Mixed martial arts

* : Ultimate Fighting Championship (''Premier American/International Organization'') * : Bellator MMA (''Second Tier American Organization'') * : Professional Fighters League (''Second Tier American Organization'') *: Legacy Fighting Alliance (''Minor American Organization'') * : King of the Cage (''Minor American Organization'') * : Shark Fights (''Minor American Organization'') * : Titan Fighting Championships (''Minor American Organization'') * : Tachi Palace Fights (''Minor American Organization'') * : Invicta Fighting Championships (''Minor American Organization'') * Japan: Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin FF (''Premier Japanese Organization'') * Japan: Shooto (''Second Tier Japanese Organization'') * Japan: Pancrase (''Second Tier Japanese Organization'') * Japan: Deep (mixed martial arts), DEEP (''Minor Japanese Organization'') * Japan: ZST (''Minor Japanese Organization'') * Japan: RisingOn (''Minor Japanese Organization'') * South Korea: ROAD Fighting Championship (''Premier Korean Organization'') * South Korea: TOP Fighting Championship (''Second Tier Korean Organization'') * Brazil: Jungle Fight (''Premier Brazilian Organization'') * Brazil: Shooto, Shooto Brasil (''Second Tier Brazilian Organization'') * Russia: Absolute Championship Akhmat ''(Premier Russian-based Organization)'' * Russia: Fight Nights Global ''(Premier Russian-based Organization)'' * Russia: M-1 Global (''Second Tier Russian-based Organization'') * Poland: Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (Premier Polish-based Organization) * Canada: Maximum Fighting Championship (''Premier Canadian Organization'') * England: BAMMA (''Premier English Organization'') * Netherlands: United Glory (''Premier Dutch Organization'') * Poland: Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (''Premier Polish Organization'') * Finland: Finnfight (''Premier Finish Organization'') * China: Kunlun Fight (''Premier Chinese Organization'') * Singapore: ONE Championship (''Premier Singaporean Organization'') * Hong Kong: Legend Fighting Championship (''Premier Hong Konger Organization'') * Philippines: Universal Reality Combat Championship (''Premier Filipino Organization'') * India: Super Fight League


Motorcycle racing

* Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP) * Superbike World Championship (SBK) * AMA Superbike Championship * AMA Supercross Championship


Netball

* – Suncorp Super Netball, Australian Netball League * – ANZ Premiership * – Netball Superleague * – Netball Super League (Singapore)


Pesäpallo

: *Superpesis


Shooting sports, Shooting

*Bundesliga (shooting)


Motorcycle speedway, Speedway

* : ** Danish Speedway League * : ** Speedway Ekstraliga * : ** Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien ** Allsvenskan (speedway), Allsvenskan * : ** Elite League (speedway), Elite League ** Premier League (speedway), Premier League ** National League (speedway), National League


Professional wrestling

;United States * WWE (also known as World Wrestling Entertainment) * Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling) * All Elite Wrestling * Ring of Honor – shares ownership with All Elite Wrestling, but remains a separate legal entity * Game Changer Wrestling * Major League Wrestling ;Japan * New Japan Pro-Wrestling * All Japan Pro Wrestling * DDT Pro-Wrestling * Pro Wrestling Noah ;Mexico * Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre * Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide


Racquetball

* International Racquetball Tour * Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour


Roll Ball

*Maha Roll Ball League * Roll Ball One * Pro Roll Ball One * Roll Ball League


Rugby league


Americas

* North American Rugby League


Europe

* Super League ** RFL Championship *** RFL League 1 * RFL Women's Super League * Elite One Championship ** Elite Two Championship


Oceania

* National Rugby League ** Canterbury Cup NSW ** Queensland Cup ** NSW Challenge Cup *** Ron Massey Cup (semi-professional) *** Group 7 Rugby League (semi-professional) ** NZRL Men's National Competition, NZ National Competition ** Papua New Guinea National Rugby League (semi-professional) * NRL Women's Premiership * QRL Women's Premiership


Rugby union

Intercontinental * United Rugby Championship Africa * Currie Cup, Currie Cup Premier Division ** Currie Cup, Currie Cup First Division * Kenya Cup (semi-professional) * Top 20 (semi-professional) Americas * Major League Rugby * Súper Liga Americana de Rugby Asia-Pacific * Super Rugby Pacific * National Provincial Championship (2006–present), NPC * ** Japan Rugby League One - Division 1 ** Japan Rugby League One - Division 2 ** Japan Rugby League One - Division 3 (semi-professional) * Sri Lanka Rugby Championship (semi-professional) Europe * Premiership Rugby ** Premiership Rugby Shield ** RFU Championship ** National League 1 (semi-professional) ** Premier 15s (semi-professional) * National Rugby League (France) - Top 14 ** National Rugby League (France) - Rugby Pro D2 ** - Championnat Fédéral Nationale (semi-professional) * Russian Rugby Championship * SuperLiga (rugby), CEC Bank SuperLiga * Top12 (semi-professional) * Extraliga ragby (semi-professional) * All-Ireland League (rugby union) (semi-professional) * Ekstraliga (rugby) (semi-professional) * Super 6 (rugby union), Super 6 (semi-professional) * División de Honor de Rugby (semi-professional) * Welsh Premier Division (semi-professional) * Didi 10 (semi-professional) * Rugby Europe Super Cup (semi-professional) * European Rugby Champions Cup * European Rugby Challenge Cup Pro clubs in an amateur league * Heidelberger RK


Snooker

* World Snooker Tour


Softball

*Women's Professional Fastpitch *Athletes Unlimited Softball * National Softball League * ESF men's EC club championships * ESF men's CWC club championships * ESF Co-Ed Slowpitch European Super Cup


Table tennis

* China Table Tennis Super League * Bundesliga (table tennis) * Ultimate Table Tennis * T.League * Egyptian Table Tennis League *European Champions League (table tennis)


Tennis

* Association of Tennis Professionals * International Tennis Federation * United States Tennis Association * Women's Tennis Association * World TeamTennis


Asia

* International Premier Tennis League (India, Japan, UAE, Singapore) *Champions Tennis League


Track and field

* Diamond League


Ultimate (sport), Ultimate

* American Ultimate Disc League * Premier Ultimate League


Video gaming/eSports, Electronic sports

*Major League Gaming *NBA 2K League *ESL Pro League *ESL Turkey Premiership *League of Legends Championship League


Asia

*League of Legends Pro League, ''League of Legends'' Pro League (top level) * ESL India Premiership * Bangalore eSports League * UCypher (upcoming major league) *Ongamenet Starleague *Global StarCraft II League *League of Legends Champions Korea, ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (top level) // *League of Legends Master Series, ''League of Legends'' Master Series (top level) *League of Legends Japan League *The Nationals (esports), The Nationals Southeast Asia * Garena Premier League (second level)


Multiple regions

*League of Legends Championship Series, ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (top-tier, Europe and North America) *Overwatch League (North America, Europe, and Asia) *Halo Championship Series (United States, Europe, Latin America)


Volleyball

* Angola Volleyball League * Australian Volleyball League * Australian Women's Volleyball League * Liga Argentina de Voleibol – Serie A1 * Liga Femenina de Voleibol Argentino * Bulgarian Volleyball League * Bulgarian Women's Volleyball League * Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) (beach volleyball) * Athletes Unlimited Volleyball (AUV) * Volleyball League of America (VLA) * National Volleyball Association (NVA) * National Volleyball League (NVL) * English National Volleyball League * English Women's National Volleyball League * Canadian Volleyball League (CVL) * National Beach Volleyball League (NBVL) * Austrian Volleyball Bundesliga · * Austrian Women's Volley League * Belgium Men's Volleyball League (Euro Millions Volley League) * Belgium Women's Volleyball League (Liga A) * Czech Men's Volleyball Extraliga * Czech Women's Volleyball Extraliga * Chinese Volleyball Super League (CVL) (both men and women) * Croatian 1A Volleyball League * Danish Volleyball League * Danish Women's Volleyball League * Dutch Volleyball League· * Dutch Women's Volleyball League * Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga, Volleyball Bundesliga der Männer * German Women's Volleyball League, Volleyball-Bundesliga der Frauen * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's volleyball) * Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's volleyball) * Enterprise Volleyball League (TVL) (both men and women) * A1 Ethniki Volleyball (men) * A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball * Israeli Men's Volleyball League * Israeli Women's Volleyball League * Proliga (Indonesia) ** Indonesian men's Proliga ** Indonesian women's Proliga * Prime Volleyball League * Iranian Volleyball Super League (men) * Italian Volleyball League, Lega Pallavolo Serie A (men) * Italian Women's Volleyball League, Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (women

* Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino, Male Superior Volleyball League (men) * Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino, Female Superior Volleyball League (women) * Spikers' Turf (men) * Philippine Super Liga (women) * Premier Volleyball League (women) * Dominican Republic Volleyball League (both men and women) * V.League (Japan), V.League (both men and women) * V.Challenge League (both men and women) * V-League (South Korea), V-League (both men and women) * Men's Volleyball Thailand League (men) * Men's Volleyball Pro Challenge * Women's Volleyball Thailand League * Women's Volleyball Pro Challenge * Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League * Pro A (volleyball), Pro A (men) * French Women's Volleyball League * Divizia A1 (men's volleyball), Romanian Volleyball League * Divizia A1 (women's volleyball), Romanian Women's Volleyball League * Russian Volleyball Super League (men) * Russian Women's Volleyball Super League * Brazilian Men's Volleyball Superliga * Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superliga * PlusLiga (men) * TAURON Liga (women) * Slovakian Men's Volleyball League * Slovakian Women's Volleyball League * Slovenian Volleyball League * Slovenian Women's Volleyball League * Superliga de Voleibol Masculina * Superliga Femenina de Voleibol * Portuguese Volleyball First Division * First Division Women's Volleyball League (Portugal), First Division Women's Volleyball League * Montenegrin Volleyball League * Montenegrin women's volley league * Divizia A1 (men's volleyball) * Divizia A1 (women's volleyball) * Volleyball Vietnam League * Volleyball League of Serbia * Serbian Women's Volleyball League * Elitserien (men's volleyball) * Elitserien (women's volleyball) * Swiss Volleyball League· * Swiss Women's Volleyball League * Norwegian Volleyball League * Norwegian Women's Volleyball League * Finland Volleyball League * Finnish Women's Volleyball League * Tunisian Women's Volleyball League * Tunisian Men's Volleyball League * Turkish Men's Volleyball League * Turkish Women's Volleyball League * UK Beach Tour (UKBT), UK Beach Tour * Ukrainian Men's Volleyball Super League * Ukrainian Women's Volleyball Super League * FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League * FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League * FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour * Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship * Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship * CEV Champions League * CEV Women's Champions League * CEV Cup * Women's CEV Cup * CEV Challenge Cup * CEV Women's Challenge Cup * Baltic Men Volleyball League * Baltic Women's Volleyball League * MEVZA League * NEVZA Clubs Championship * African Clubs Championship (volleyball) * Women's African Clubs Championship (volleyball) * Arab Clubs Championship (volleyball) * Women's Arab volleyball clubs championship


Water polo

* Australian National Water Polo League * Bosnia and Herzegovina Water Polo League * Liga Nacional (water polo) * Croatian First League of Water Polo * Championnat de France (water polo) * Championnat de France (women's water polo) * Deutsche Wasserball-Liga * A1 Ethniki Water Polo * A1 Ethniki Women's Water Polo * Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) * Országos Bajnokság I (women's water polo) * Serie A1 (water polo) * Serie A2 (men's water polo) * Serie B (men's water polo) * Serie A1 (women's water polo) * Maltese Water Polo Premier League * Montenegrin First League of Water Polo * Dutch Men's Water Polo Championship * Dutch Women's Water Polo Championship * Polish Championship in Water polo * Portuguese Water Polo League * Romanian Superliga (water polo) * Russian Water Polo Championship * Russian Women's Water Polo Championship * Serbian Water Polo League A * Slovenian First League of Water Polo * División de Honor de Waterpolo * División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo * Elitserien (water polo) * Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi * British Water Polo League * Regional Water Polo League (Adriatic Water Polo League) * Nordic Water Polo League * Asian Water Polo Clubs Championships * LEN Champions League * LEN Euro Cup * LEN Super Cup * FINA Water Polo World League * World Club Water Polo Challenge * LEN Euro League Women * Women's LEN Trophy


See also

* List of professional sports leagues in Asia * List of defunct professional sports leagues * List of developmental and minor sports leagues * Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada * List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada * List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises * National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) * List of sports * List of sports attendance figures * List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues * List of professional sports leagues by revenue * List of largest sports contracts


References

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