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This document defines and describes various sports and sporting terms. It provides definitions for 28 different sports including badminton, baseball, basketball, bicycling, football, golf, car racing, gymnastics, horse racing, ice hockey, horse riding, ice skating, judo, karate, roller skating, running, scuba diving, skydiving, skiing, soccer, surfing, swimming, sailing, tennis, fencing, windsurfing, wrestling, and 3 sporting terms - court, stadium, and cup.

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Sports 1

This document defines and describes various sports and sporting terms. It provides definitions for 28 different sports including badminton, baseball, basketball, bicycling, football, golf, car racing, gymnastics, horse racing, ice hockey, horse riding, ice skating, judo, karate, roller skating, running, scuba diving, skydiving, skiing, soccer, surfing, swimming, sailing, tennis, fencing, windsurfing, wrestling, and 3 sporting terms - court, stadium, and cup.

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Sports

BADMINTON
A game that is similar to tennis but
played with a shuttlecock (=small
eathered ob!ect" instead o a ball#
BA$%BA&&
An outdoor game between two teams o
nine players' in which players try to get
points by hitting a ball and running
around our bases#
BA$(%TBA&&
A game played indoors between two
teams o i)e players' in which each
team tries to win points by throwing
a ball through a net#
*+*&IN,
The acti)ity o riding a bicycle#
FOOTBALL
A game played by two teams o ele)en
players who try to carry or kick an o)al
ball into the other team-s goal#
Synonym: American football.
GOLF
A game in which the players hit a
small white ball into holes in the
ground with a set o gol clubs' using
as ew hits as possible#
CAR RACING
The sport o racing cars#
GYMNASTICS
A sport in)ol)ing physical e.ercises
and mo)ements that need skill'
strength' and control' and that are
oten perormed in competitions#
HORSE RACING
The sport o racing horses#
ICE HOCKEY
A game similar to hockey'
but played on ice#
HORSE RIDING
The sport or acti)ity o riding
horses#
ICE SKATING
The acti)ity or sport o mo)ing
around on skates or un or as a
sport#
JUDO
A /apanese sport or method o
deence in which you try to throw
your opponent onto the ground#
KARATE
A /apanese ighting sport' in which
you use your eet and hands to hit
and kick#
ROLLER SKATING
The acti)ity or sport o mo)ing
around on skates or un or as a
sport#
Sports
RUNNING
The acti)ity or sport o running#
SCUBA DIVING
The sport o swimming under water
while breathing through a tube that
is connected to a container o air on
your back#
$(+DI0IN,
The sport o !umping rom a plane
and alling through the sky beore
opening a parachute#
SKIING
The sport o mo)ing down hills'
across land in the snow' or on water
wearing skis#
SOCCER
A sport played by two teams o 11
players' who try to kick a round ball
into their opponents- goal#
SURFING
The acti)ity or sport o riding o)er
the wa)es on a special board#
SWIMMING
The sport o mo)ing yoursel through
water using your arms and legs#
SAILING
The sport or acti)ity o tra)elling in
or directing a small boat with sails#
TENNIS
A game or two people or two pairs o
people who userackets to hit a small sot
ball backwards and orwards o)er a net#
FENCING
The sport o ighting with a long thin
sword#
WINDSURFING
The acti)ity or sport o riding o)er
the wa)es on a special board#
WRESTLING
A sport in which two people ight by
holding each other and trying to
make each other all to the ground#
COURT
An area made or playing games
such as tennis#
ield' pitch
s2uash3tennis3basketball'etc# court
STADIUM
A building or public e)ents'
especially sports and large rock
music concerts' consisting o a
playing ield surrounded by rows o
seats#
CUP
A specially shaped sil)er container'
oten with two handles' that is gi)en
as a pri4e in a competition'
especially a sports competition#

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