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A ball is a round object that is used most often in sports and games. Balls are usually hollow and spherical but can be other shapes, such as ovoid (only in a few special cases) or solid (as in billiards) and flat (as in ice hockey). In most games using balls, the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked, or thrown by players.

Balls were used in ancient times by the early Egyptians, the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the Aztecs and earlier Mesoamerican peoples.

Popular games involving some form of ball include:

• BaseballBusch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport in which a small hand-sized ball is thrown and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases, hence the name. The ball itself is also called a base
• BasketballBasketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing the ball through a basket. Basketball is highly suited to viewing by spectators, as it is primarily an indoor sport, played in a relatively small playing ar
• Billiards
• BocceBocce is a precision sport closely related to bowls and petanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is played around Europe and also in overseas countries that have received I
• BoulesBoules / bul/ is a collective name for games played with metal balls. Two of the most played boule games are petanque and jeu provencal. See also bocce bowls Games.
• BowlingBowling is the common name for several sports that involve rolling a ball towards a target or to knock down pins. For the use of this term in cricket, see Bowling (cricket). The sports known as bowling may be divided into two distinct groups. The first gr
• BowlsBowls is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the "jack") than one's opponent is able to do. It is related to bocce and petanque. The game is usually played on a la
• Canoe poloCanoe polo (called kayak polo in some countries) is a competitive ball sport played on water, in a defined "field", between two teams of 5 players, each in a kayak. The object of the game is to get the ball into the opponent's goal (i. to score goals), th
• CricketThe cricket ball is a hard, solid ball with an interior of cork and a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. For men's cricket, the ball must weigh between 5. 75 ounces (155. 9 and 163 g) and measure between 8. 8125 and 9 in (224 and 229 mm) in ci
• Croquet
• Dodgeball
• Football:
  • American football
  • Australian rules football
  • Soccer
  • Rugby Football
• Footbag
• Four square
• Golf (see golf ball)
• Handball:
  • American handball
  • Team handball
• Hockey:
  • Field hockey
  • Ice hockey
  • Rink hockey
• Jai alai
• Juggling
• Mesoamerican ballgame
• Native American Stickball (Toli)
• Netball
• Pétanque
• Polo
• Quidditch (fictional game)
• Skee ball
• Squash
• Tee Ball
• Tetherball
• Tennis
• Ulama game
• Volleyball
• Water polo