SPORTS

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  1. 7. a game played especially in the US by two teams of nine players, using a bat and ball. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around four bases before the other team can return the ball.
  2. 8. a game like tennis played by two or four people, usually indoors. Players hit a small light kind of ball, originally with feathers around it (= a shuttlecock) across a high net using a racket.
  3. 10. the sport or activity of moving over snow.
  4. 11. a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to throw or force the other one to the ground.
  5. 13. a game played by two teams of 13 or 15 players, using an oval ball which may be kicked or carried. Teams try to put the ball over the other team’s line.
  6. 14. a game played with bats and a small plastic ball on a table with a net across it.
  7. 15. a game in which two teams of six players use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net while trying not to let the ball touch the ground on their own side.
  8. 16. a sport in which two people fight each other with their hands, while wearing very large thick gloves.
Down
  1. 1. a Japanese system of fighting in which you use your hands and feet as weapons.
  2. 2. the sport or activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment consisting of a container of air which you carry on your back and a tube through which you breathe the air.
  3. 3. the sport of riding on waves while standing on a narrow board.
  4. 4. a game played over a large area of ground using specially shaped sticks to hit a small hard ball into a series of 9 or 18 holes, using as few strokes as possible.
  5. 5. a game played by two teams of five players, using a large ball which players try to throw into a high net hanging from a ring.
  6. 6. a game played by two teams of 11 players, using a round ball which players kick up and down the playing field. Teams try to kick the ball into the other team’s goal.
  7. 9. a team game for two teams of seven players, usually played indoors, in which players try to score goals by throwing a ball with their hand.
  8. 12. a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court.