Sports

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Across
  1. 3. a game in which the ball is thrown, caught, and carried with a long-handled stick having a curved L-shaped or triangular frame with a net to hold the ball.
  2. 5. a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court.
  3. 9. a sport that typically involves exercises on uneven bars, balance beam, floor, and vaulting horse (for women), and horizontal and parallel bars, rings, floor, and pommel horse (for men).
  4. 10. a sport similar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
  5. 11. a game for two teams,six players, in which a large ball is hit by hand over a high net, the aim being to score points by making the ball reach the ground on the opponent's side of the court.
Down
  1. 1. a game involving two teams of 11 players who try to maneuver the ball into the other team's goal without using their hands or arms.
  2. 2. a game played on ice between two teams of players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a puck (= a small, hard disk) into the other team's goal.
  3. 4. a game played with two opposing players (singles) or pairs of players (doubles) using tautly strung rackets to hit a ball of specified size, weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court.
  4. 6. a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the goalkeepers.
  5. 7. a bat-and-ball sport played on a field by two teams against each other.
  6. 8. a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes.
  7. 9. a game played on a large open-air course, in which a small hard ball is struck with a club into a series of small holes in the ground, the object being to use the fewest possible strokes to complete the course.