Sports That Start With B

B, continued

• Bat and trap An English bat-and-ball game that is still played in Kent.
• Baton twirling Routines of tosses, rolls and catches with a metal baton, set to music.
• Beach handball Four a side on sand, with two points for a spin shot or an in-flight goal.
• Beach polo A team sport that is a close variant of arena polo.
• Beach rugby Rugby union moved onto sand, with leagues across Europe and no single rule book.
• Beach soccer Five a side, barefoot on sand, in three periods of 12 minutes.
• Beach tennis Volleys only: the ball may not touch the sand.
• Beach volleyball Two a side on sand, with no substitutes.
• Beach wrestling Wrestling on a beach or other sandy ground, held officially since 2005.
• Beep baseball Baseball for players who are visually impaired, played with a ball that beeps.
• Belt wrestling One of the oldest recorded sports: two belted contestants grapple by the belt to take each other over.
• Benchrest shooting Precision rifles rest on a table or bench while the shooter aims at paper or steel targets.
• Biathlon Cross-country skiing with rifle shooting. A miss costs a penalty loop or added time.
• Bicycle polo Polo with bicycles in place of horses, in a hardcourt version and a grass version.
• Biribol A water sport that resembles volleyball, invented in Brazil in the 1960s.
• Blind cricket Cricket adapted for blind and partially sighted players, with a world council of its own since 1996.
• Blind football Five a side for visually impaired athletes, on the Paralympic program since 2004.
• BMX freestyle Tricks in a skatepark or on dirt jumps, scored by judges.
• BMX racing Eight riders sprint a dirt track of jumps and banked turns.
• Bo-taoshi Pole toppling: a game like capture the flag, played on school sports days in Japan.
• Bobsleigh Crews push the sled at the start, jump in and steer down an iced track.
• Bocce Italian boules: roll or throw balls to finish nearest the small pallino.
• Boccia A seated precision ball sport from the boules family, designed for athletes with severe physical impairments.
• Bodyboarding Riding waves lying on a short foam board, usually with swim fins.
• Boomerang throwing Events test accuracy, distance, fast catches and time in the air.
• Bouldering Short climbs without ropes above crash pads.
• Boules A collective name for games of throwing or rolling heavy balls at a small target ball: see bocce (B), pétanque (P).
• Bowling An everyday name for the pin games: see tenpin bowling (T), candlepin bowling (C), duckpin bowling (D), five-pin bowling (F), nine-pin bowling (N).
• Bowls Another name for lawn bowls: see lawn bowls (L).
• Box lacrosse The indoor game, played in an arena the size of a hockey rink.
• Boxing Punches only, above the belt, with gloved fists.
• Brännboll A Swedish bat-and-ball game whose name means burn-ball; it is also called rundboll.
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu A combat sport based on grappling, fought mostly on the ground.
• Breaking Dancers battle one on one, improvising to music chosen by the DJ.
• British baseball A bat-and-ball game also called Welsh baseball, played in Wales and England.
• Broomball Hockey on ice in shoes, with a ball and a broom-shaped stick.
• Bubble football Soccer played with the head and upper body inside an inflated bubble.
• Bumper pool A cue sport on a table with two pockets and fixed cushioned obstacles called bumpers.
• Bunnock A throwing game: knock down the other side's rows of bones in the fewest throws.