Sports Around the World

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Across
  1. 2. Football This sport is popular in the USA. Players score a touchdown worth six points.
  2. 5. In this sport, players try to hit the ball into small holes using clubs.
  3. 9. Players in this sport wear gloves and fight inside a ring.
  4. 10. Players in this sport try to pin their opponent’s shoulders to the mat.
  5. 11. In this American sport, players use a bat to hit the ball and try to make a home run.
  6. 14. Players use a bow to shoot arrows at a target in this sport.
  7. 16. In this sport, players bounce a ball and try to score points by throwing it into a hoop.
  8. 18. This sport is played on grass with a stick and a small hard ball.
  9. 19. This sport is played by two teams of eleven players. You score by kicking the ball into the goal.
Down
  1. 1. In this sport, athletes swim in a pool and compete in different styles like freestyle and butterfly.
  2. 3. In this sport, players ride bicycles and compete in long races. One famous race is in France.
  3. 4. In this sport, players hit a shuttlecock over a net.
  4. 6. This contact sport is popular in New Zealand and South Africa. Players can carry the ball.
  5. 7. Two teams of six players try to send the ball over the net without catching it.
  6. 8. This sport is played on ice. Players use sticks to hit a puck into the goal.
  7. 12. Tennis This sport is played on a table. It is also called ping-pong.
  8. 13. This sport is played on a court divided by a net. Players use rackets to hit a small yellow ball.
  9. 15. In this sport, players try to throw their opponent to the ground. It started in Japan.
  10. 17. 1 In this sport, drivers race very fast cars on international tracks.