Here are all the 'D' sports from over 800 sports listed on our complete list of sports. A double-D sport such as Demolition Derby is always a great example of a D sport. A more sedate D sport is Darts. The future of sports may well be Drone Racing.

There were too many to describe on just one page, so here we have a short description of just the sports starting with the letter 'D' .

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'D' Sports

  • Dancesport — Dancesport is the competitive form of Ballroom and Latin Dancing, in which contestants perform dances before judges.
  • Dandi Biyo — a game from Nepal played with two sticks; the long stick is used to strike the shorter one in the air.
  • Danish Longball — a bat and ball game developed in Denmark, like a hybrid of baseball and cricket.
  • Dartchery — a combination of darts and archery, using bows and arrows typically used for archery, but the target is a dartboard.
  • Darts — a throwing game in which small missiles are thrown at a target, which is called a dartboard.
  • Daur Hockey — another name for Beikou Tarkbei — an old Chinese sport similar to field hockey.
  • Deadlifting — a powerlifting event where participants lift a loaded barbell off the ground to the hips, and then lower it back to the ground.
  • Deaf Basketball — basketball that is played by deaf people. Players use sign language to communicate with each other including the refs.
  • Decathlon — track and field event comprising 10 events held over two days.
Demolition Derby Demolition Derby in the mud
  • Demolition Derby — involves drivers hammering their vehicles against each other.
  • Digor — a sport from Bhutan in which a pair of spherical flat stones are hurled at two targets fixed in the ground 20 meters apart.
  • Disc Dog — dog frisbee competitions of distance catching and choreographed freestyle catching.
  • Disc Golf — golf using a frisbee disc, the objective is to traverse a course from start to end with the fewest number of throws.
  • Disc Sports — various sports or games played using flying discs (frisbees).
  • Discus — track and field event where athletes attempt to throw a heavy disc object far as they can.
  • Diving — an aquatic sport where athletes dive into the water from a raised launch pad, while performing acrobatic movements.
  • Dodgeball — two teams throw balls at each other while trying to avoid the balls.
  • Dog Agility — dogs have to navigate through a course that has various types of obstacles under the direction of a handler. (not a sport).
  • Dog Racing — greyhounds chase a lure around a track.
  • Dog Sledding — teams of dogs pull a sled with the driver.
  • Dog Sports — general term for sporting activities that involve dogs (which are mostly not even sports).
  • Downhill Skiing — participants slide down a snow-covered hill using skis with fixed bindings.
  • Downhill Mountain Biking — biking sport that is held on steep and rough terrain.
  • Drag boat racing — drag racing that is held on the water with boats.
  • Drag racing — automobiles or motorcycles race down a straight track.
  • Dragon Boat Racing — a paddling sport using a long boat with many paddlers.
  • Dressage — an equestrian sport in which riders and horses perform from memory a series of predetermined events.
  • Drifting — car drivers take corners at speed and the back wheels slide out, and are judged according to the speed, angle, showmanship and line taken through a corner.
  • Drone Racing — competitors race with specially built multi-rotor drones around a natural or specifically designed course (not a sport).
  • Drunken Boxing (or Drunkard's Boxing or Zui Quan). It is a concept in traditional Chinese martial arts.
  • Duathlon — similar to triathlon, running first, then cycling, then running again.
  • Duckpin bowling — a type of 10-pin bowling, though with smaller balls.
  • Dumog — a Filipino style of wrestling while standing upright.