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  1. football
    a team sport played with an oval or round ball
  2. soccer
    a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
  3. basketball
    a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players
  4. tennis
    a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
  5. golf
    a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes
  6. cricket
    leaping insect with long antennae
  7. rugby
    a team sport in which players try to advance an oval-shaped ball
  8. baseball
    a ball game between two teams of nine players
  9. ice hockey
    a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
  10. field hockey
    a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field
  11. volleyball
    a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
  12. badminton
    a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
  13. table tennis
    a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
  14. swimming
    the act of swimming
  15. athletic
    relating to sports
  16. cycling
    the sport of traveling on a two-wheeled vehicle
  17. boxing
    boxing with bare hands
  18. wrestling
    the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
  19. martial art
    any of several East Asian arts of weaponless self-defense
  20. gymnastics
    a sport involving acrobatic feats on different apparatuses
  21. surfing
    the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
  22. skateboarding
    the sport of skating on a skateboard
  23. snowboarding
    the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard
  24. skiing
    a sport in which participants must travel on skis
  25. rowing
    the act of rowing as a sport
  26. sailing
    the work of a sailor
  27. canoe
    a small, light boat propelled with a paddle
  28. kayak
    a light, narrow boat propelled with a double-bladed paddle
  29. archery
    the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
  30. fencing
    a barrier that serves to enclose an area
  31. climbing
    an event that involves rising to a higher point
  32. horse racing
    the sport of racing horses
  33. polo
    a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
  34. triathlon
    an athletic contest consisting of three different events
  35. weightlifting
    bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
  36. dive
    a headlong plunge into water
Created on Mon Apr 08 09:52:37 EDT 2024

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