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Sports

Organised games that people play. Many other games can be found under the toys and games category.

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Photo of a baseball player

Bis forBaseball

Baseball is a team game, played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score as many runs as possible. A player first hits a ball with a baseball bat, and then starts trying to make a run. You make a run when you run the whole way around a diamond with a base on each corner.

Pierre-Olivier Carles / CC BY-SA

Photo of people playing basketball

Bis forBasketball

Basketball is a sport played between two teams of five people. The object of the game is to get a ball through the hoops at the ends of the basketball court more times than the opposing team.

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Photo of two young men boxing

Bis forBoxing

Boxing is a sport where two people fight each other with their fists. One person wins if they knock the other person out, injure them so badly they can't continue, or simply too much time passes and then a judge needs to decide who won. Someone who boxes is called a boxer.

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Photo of croquet

Cis forCroquet

Sports, Toys & games

Croquet is a lawn game, which involves hitting a ball through hoops stuck into the grass with a mallet. There are many different variations on the rules for croquet, with the simplest being that the person who knocks the ball through all the hoops with the fewest number of hits wins.

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Photo of a golfer

Gis forGolf

Golf is a game where the people who play it try and hit small balls into each hole on a golf course in the smallest number of strokes. People who play golf are called golfers, and they try and hit the balls with different size golf clubs, depending on what kind of ground the golf ball is on.

Jeff Hitchcock / CC BY-SA

Photo of people playing hockey

His forHockey

Hockey is a very old sport where two teams try and get a puck into the other side's goal, using curved sticks. Hockey played on grass is called field hockey and hockey played on ice is called ice hockey.

Chase N. / CC BY-SA

Photo of a man with a javelin

Jis forJavelin

Weapons & War, Sports

A javelin is a kind of spear that is usually used in competitive sport, where the person who throws the javelin the furthest wins.

Jay Boucher / CC BY-SA

Photo of people running a marathon

Mis forMarathon

A marathon is a very long race where people run a distance of about 42 kilometers (26 miles). It is one of the most demanding running events because it requires great endurance.

The race is named after the ancient Greek story of a messenger who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens to report a military victory. Today the word marathon can also describe any activity that lasts a very long time.

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Photo of racing cyclists

Ris forRace

List of action and motion words, Sports, Speed

A race is where two or more people or animals try and take the shortest possible time to travel a set distance. The winner is the fastest. There are lots of different kinds of race. The picture is of some people racing each other on bicycles, but there are also horse races, dog races, running races, car races and of course anything that can move can be raced.

Paul VanDerWerf / CC BY-SA

Photo of a rodeo

Ris forRodeo

Rodeos are events where cowboys and cowgirls test their skills. The events usually involve horses and other livestock, such as testing the contestant's ability to stay on a bucking horse or cow, and events like roping a cow or other animal while on horseback.

Larry Johnson / CC BY-SA

Photo of someone scuba diving

Sis forScuba diving

Scuba diving is a sport where you swim deep under the water, with a supply of breathable air carried down under the water with you. Scuba divers wear wetsuits to keep them warm when they are under the water.
When you are scuba diving you can see fish and coral reefs up close.

Ilse Reijs and Jan-Noud Hutten / CC BY-SA

Photo of a man jumping out of a plane

Sis forSkydiving

Skydiving, also called parachuting or paradropping, is where you jump from a plane and slow your fall as you get closer to the ground by opening your parachute.

DVIDS / Public Domain

Photo of a soccer game

Sis forSoccer

Soccer, usually called Association football or just football, is the world's most popular sport. It is played between two teams of eleven people, using a round ball. The object of the game is to get the ball into the opposite team's goal, as many times as possible. Every four years, a soccer world cup is held, where teams from all over the world play against each other.

Jarrett Campbell / CC BY-SA

Photo of people playing lawn bowls

Sis forSport

List of fitness words, Sports

Sport is a physical activity that requires some skill. Sport might be a solo activity like hunting or fishing, or it might be a team sport like baseball.
Sports are usually competitive, and have rules. The aim of most sports is to win.

Matt / CC BY-SA

Photo of a woman playing table tennis

Tis forTable tennis

Table tennis, also called ping pong, is a game where two or four people holding paddles bounce a light, hollow ball across a table with a net in the middle of it. The idea is to only bounce the ball once on each side of the net, and if you miss the ball and can't hit it back, your opponent gets a point.

Gaël Marziou / CC BY-SA

Photo of a woman playing tennis

Tis forTennis

Tennis is a game played between two people, or two pairs of people. They use a tennis racquet to hit a hollow ball backwards and forwards across a net.

Stuart Seeger / CC BY-SA

Photo of trapeze performers

Tis forTrapeze

A trapeze is a bar or ladder used for playing or doing tricks in the air. It can also mean a circus act where a person swings from a bar.

In gymnastics and circus shows, performers grip the bar and swing or flip above the ground. Trapeze is often seen in big top tents, gyms, and special aerial classes with a safety net below.

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