This category brings together articles on sports clubs, teams, competitions, sports infrastructure, and outdoor recreation in Nizhny Novgorod and the surrounding region. The city's sporting life is broad, ranging from hockey and auto racing to equestrian sport and sailing cruises along the Volga and Oka rivers.

Among the category's key subjects are the Torpedo Hockey Club and the new Volga Arena ice palace on the Strelka, the Nizhny Novgorod Ring (race track) racetrack, and the historic Trud Stadium in Sormovsky Park.