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Racquetball
An indoor racquet sport similar to squash in which players use a short racquet and a hollow rubber ball on a fully enclosed court.
If you've been searching for sports that start with R, you'll find 6 detailed sports below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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Table of contents
| Racquetball | Rally | Real Tennis | Rowing |
| Rugby League | Rugby Union |
List of Sports That Start With R
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Rally
A timed motor racing discipline contested over closed public roads of gravel, tarmac, snow, or dirt in production-based cars.
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Real Tennis
The ancestral indoor court game from which lawn tennis evolved, played on an asymmetric court with sloped roofs and odd angles.
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Rowing
A power endurance water sport in which crews propel a long narrow shell with oars across a measured course.
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Rugby League
A faster, more open variant of rugby played thirteen-a-side with a structured set of six tackles per possession.
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Rugby Union
A full-contact team sport played with an oval ball where players advance by running, passing backward, and kicking.
About sports starting with R
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