Kinds of sport
Across
- 4. a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring
- 8. the general name for a particular group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing
- 10. the activity or sport of moving over snow using a snowboard
- 12. a sport in which two competitors fight by hitting each other with their hands
- 14. the sport or activity of using boats with sails
- 15. a game played outside on grass in which each player tries to hit a small ball into a series of nine or 18 small holes, using a long, thin stick
- 19. the sport of riding a bicycle
- 20. a sports competition that combines skiing and shooting a rifle
- 21. a sport where two teams try to score points by carrying an oval ball across a particular line or kicking it over and between an H-shaped set of posts
- 23. a sport in which a person jumps from an aircraft and falls for as long as possible before opening a parachute
- 24. the sport of shooting animals or birds
- 26. the sport or event of using a skeleton to race down a track made of ice
- 29. a sport, originally from Japan, in which people fight using their arms, legs, hands, and feet
- 30. a game similar to baseball but played with a larger, softer ball
- 31. a game played on ice in which special flat, round stones are slid towards a mark
Down
- 1. a race in which the competitors swim, ride a bicycle, and run without stopping between events
- 2. a game in which two teams use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net without allowing the ball to touch the ground
- 3. a sport in which two or four people hit a shuttlecock
- 5. a game played between two teams who ride horses and carry long wooden hammers with which they hit a small, hard ball, trying to score goals
- 6. is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead
- 7. a game played especially in North America by two teams of nine players, in which a player hits a ball with a bat and tries to run around four bases on a large field before the other team returns the ball
- 9. a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal
- 11. a sport,in which you should perform inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes
- 13. the use of a rubber raft to travel with the current of a river, especially as a sport
- 16. a game played on ice between two teams of players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a puck into the other team's goal
- 17. the sport of climbing on rocks or in mountains, or on specially designed walls inside or outdoors
- 18. the sport of fighting with long, thin swords
- 22. the sport of jumping into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or of swimming underwater
- 25. in the US, a game in which players hit a small, hard rubber ball against a wall with their hands
- 27. a game played by two people on a square board, in which each player has 16 pieces that can be moved on the board in different ways
- 28. the sport of moving on skis