A contact sport is any sport where physical contact between competitors, or their environment, is an integral part of the game. For example, gridiron football. Contact may come about as the result of intentional or incidental actions by the players in the course of play.

Some of the main sports that are contact sports are rugby, football and boxing. Martial arts are also considered contact sports, so that includes judo, karate, taekwondo and others. Wrestling is also a contact sport.

Contact sports are sports in which the players necessarily come into bodily contact with each other, such as rugby, boxing and football. The degree of contact can vary between sports, with some seeing a higher level of collisions that can result in head, neck and spinal injuries, all of which may not be immediately obvious.

A sport in which the types of equipment used by players come into contact at times is also considered as a contact sport. For example, boxing, mixed martial arts, taekwondo, karate, judo, rugby, football, etc are considered contact sports. Hockey, ice-hockey and other such equipment based games are also considered contact sports.

To put it simply, a contact sport is a physical activity that makes its participants come into physical contact with each other. Great examples of contact sports include rugby, boxing and American football.