Sport in Northern Cyprus is limited in presence, as due to the lack of international recognition Northern Cyprus is not a member of any major international sporting bodies.

There are 29 sports federations in Northern Cyprus and 13,838 people registered in them as of 2008. Taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

-karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

-aikido

Aikido

is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to...

-kurash

Kurash

Kurash is a form of upright jacket wrestling native to Uzbeks, practiced since ancient times. It is an event in the Asian Games and there is an effort to include Kurash in the Olympic games.-Rules:...

 is the most popular sport with 6054 athletes. It is followed by association football (2240 athletes), shooting

Shooting

Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

 (1150 athletes) and hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

 (1017 athletes).

Some Northern Cyprus sport clubs participate in Turkey's sport leagues. For example: the Fast Break Sport Club, in Turkey's Men's Basketball Regional League; the Beşparmak Sport Club, in Turkey's Handball Premier League; and the Lefka European University, in Turkey's Table-tennis Super League. The record for swimming 75 km between Turkey and Northern Cyprus belongs to Turkish national Alper Sunaçoğlu (completed in 26 hours and 15 minutes).

International participation and achievements

• Badminton Federation of North Cyprus is an observer member of World Badminton Federation and European Badminton Confederation.

• Billiards Federation of North Cyprus (BFNC) is a member of the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF)(and therefore a member of the World Pool Billiard Association ). The national teams of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus played each other in an international sport tournament for the first time in the 2010 European billiards championships in Kielce, Poland. The country, North Cyprus, is also a member of Union Mondial de Billard.

• Bocce Federation of North Cyprus is a member of the International Bocce Association.

• Bodybuilding and Fitness: 2010: Yakup Çavuşgil became World Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (WBFF) champion in the championship in Canada.

• EasyKart Federation of North Cyprus is a member of the International EasyKart Federation. 2008: Zeka Özteknik became International Easykart champion in 125cc.

• FootballTennis Association of North Cyprus is a member of the Federation International FootballTennis Association. Northern Cyprus placed 6th in the 9th World Footballtennis Championship The 2011 European FootballTennis Championship will be hosted by North Cyprus.

• Model Plane: North Cyprus participates F3J Eurotour league. Eser Kismir became champion in Interglide F3J 2011.

• Shooting: TRNC Shooting Federation participated in Airgun Championships 2011 in Bisley, UK and the team became 2nd.

• Taekwon-do Federation of North Cyprus is a member of Global Taekwon-do Federation (GTF). The 9th GTF World Championship in 2013 will be hosted by North Cyprus.

• Wrestling: Northern Cyprus is a member of International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA).

• On 18 May 2010 Northern Cyprus became a member of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). Northern Cyprus participated in the First World Children's Games in 2011.