Across
- 4. a sport in which athletes participate in different running, jumping, and throwing contests
- 6. a game for two teams, usually of 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
- 7. 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. The object of the game is to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponents' goal
- 9. a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
- 11. a team game in which the ball is thrown, carried, and caught with a long-handled stick having a curved L-shaped or triangular frame at one end with a piece of shallow netting in the angle. Lacrosse was originally played by some North American Indigenous peoples
- 12. a fast contact sport played on an ice rink between two teams of six skaters, who attempt to drive a small rubber disk (the puck) into the opposing goal with hooked or angled sticks
- 13. the sport or activity of propelling oneself through water using the limbs
Down
- 1. a ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases. It is played chiefly in the US, Canada, Latin America, and East Asia
- 2. a modified form of baseball played on a smaller field with a larger ball, seven rather than nine innings, and underarm pitching. The game evolved during the late 19th century from a form of indoor baseball
- 3. 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
- 5. the sport or activity of diving into water from a diving board
- 8. a sport in which teams and individuals run races on outdoor courses over natural terrain
- 10. the sport or activity of grappling with an opponent and trying to throw or hold them down on the ground, typically according to a code of rules
