Some international sports federations, such as World Aquatics and the International Skating Union, may oversee multiple activities referred to in common parlance as separate sports: World Aquatics, for example governs swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, and water polo as separate "disciplines" within the single "sport" of Aquatics.
International sports federations form an integral part of the Olympic and Paralympic movements.
[8] The following are recognized by the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF): The following is an Associate Member International Federation [citation needed] of AIOWF (representing a sport which is on the Olympic Programme of Milan-Cortina 2026[16]).
[26] On 30 November 2016, the IPC adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 of the sports that it directly governed at that time.
Other stakeholders of SportAccord (non-IOC recognized) compose the Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS).
[44] After the dissolution of GAISF, the proposal has been for its former associate members to be granted observer status at the SportAccord General Assembly.
танкового биатлона) Certain sports are currently not governed by international federations, but rather by national associations.