List of professional sports leagues: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

A list of professional sports leagues:

Auto racing

• Champcars, formerly CART (Official Page)
• Formula One, Grand Prix racing (Official Site)
• IRL (Indy Racing League) (Official Page)
• NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) (Official Page)
• NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) (Official Page)

• Major League Baseball
• Minor League Baseball

• NBA - National Basketball Association (Official Page)
• WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association (Official Page)
• NBA Summer Pro League
• NBDL National Basketball Development League (Official Page)
• Euroleague - Pan-European competition for elite clubs

• Billiard Congress of America

• Professional Bowlers Association

• International Cricket Council
• Pro Cricket

• Canadian Curling Association

• Arena Football League
• Canadian Football League (Official Page)
• National Football League (Official Page)
• NFL Europe (Official Page)
• National Indoor Football League
• North American Indoor Football League (Canada)

See also the full list of leagues of American football

See List of association football competitions

• Canadian Professional Golfers Association
• Champions Tour (United States)
• PGA TOUR (United States)
• LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association; United States)
• PGA European Tour
• Professional Golfers Association (United Kingdom)

• American Hockey League (United States and Canada)
• Central Hockey League (United States)
• Deutsche Eishockey Liga (Germany)
• East Coast Hockey League (United States)
• Elitserien (Sweden)
• National Hockey League (United States and Canada)
• Nationalliga A (Switzerland)
• SM-liiga (Finland)
• United Hockey League (United States)

See also the full list of ice hockey leagues

• Major League Lacrosse
• National Lacrosse League

• Professional Rugby Players Association

Rugby Union

• Celtic League (Regional sides from Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
• England
  • Zurich Premiership
• New Zealand
  • National Provincial Championship
• South Africa
  • Currie Cup
• Super 12 (Regional sides from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)

• Heineken Cup (European elite club competition)
• European Rugby Shield (European club competition)
• Six Nations Championship (European national teams)
• Tri Nations Series (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa national teams)

Rugby League

• Australia
  • National Rugby League
• England
  • Super League

• Association of Tennis Professionals