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