Sports
- Dive (American football), a type of play in American football
- Diving, the sport of jumping into deep water, typically acrobatically and with a graceful entry
- Dolphin dive, a form of rapid water entry used by lifeguards
- Match fixing, or "taking a dive", intentionally throwing a fight in boxing
- Mollie Dive (1913-1997), Australian cricketer
- "Diving", in sports, faking or exaggerating body contact by an opposing player to gain an advantage from a referee, usually by falling down and sometimes by feigning injury
- Diving (football), in soccer
- Diving (ice hockey)
- Flopping (basketball)
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