SPORTS

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Across
  1. 2. a game in which you throw rings over a small post, often played on ships.
  2. 5. Zorb football is a team sport that was derived from association football in which players are encased in an inflated bubble called a Zorb, covering the entire upper body from waist up including the head.
  3. 8. the sport or activity of climbing mountains.
  4. 9. the sport or activity of sailing yachts.
  5. 10. Xare is one of the disciplines of the sport Basque pelota. It is played with a racquet and a ball in a court called a trinquete. Xare is very popular in South America and is played by both men and women of all ages.
  6. 11. a sport in which two people fight using their arms and legs and hands and feet, and try to throw each other to the ground.
  7. 12. a sport played by two teams of seven players, usually women or girls, in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a net hanging from a ring at the top of a pole.
  8. 14. the activity or sport of swimming.
  9. 16. a type of skating that involves circular patterns and often includes jumps.
  10. 19. an oblong piece of wood etc marked with spots with which the game of dominoes is played.
  11. 22. a huge balloon floating in the air.
  12. 23. a vehicle like a bicycle with only one wheel.
  13. 24. the activity of riding a bicycle.
  14. 25. the art or sport of shooting with a bow.
  15. 26. Horse riding activity.
Down
  1. 1. the activity of being moved quickly in a raft (= small boat filled with air) along rivers where the current is very strong.
  2. 3. 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.
  3. 4. 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.
  4. 6. a game played either outside on smooth grass or inside on an artificial surface, in which the players roll a large black or brown ball as close as possible to a smaller white ball.
  5. 7. a sport, originally from Japan, in which people fight using their arms, legs, hands, and feet. The level of skill a person has is shown by what colour belt they wear.
  6. 13. a game played between two or four people on a special playing area that involves hitting a small ball across a central net using a racket.
  7. 15. a game for two teams of eleven players, played with clubs which are bent at one end (ˈhockey-sticks) and a ball, or in ice hockey, a round flat disc called a puck.
  8. 17. the sport of fighting with (blunted) swords.
  9. 18. a game in which a small white ball is hit across open ground and into small holes by means of golf-clubs.
  10. 20. an activity in which you have to find your way to somewhere on foot as quickly as possible by using a map and a compass
  11. 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.