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  1. 3. is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
  2. 6. is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent.
  3. 8. is a sport for two or four( "singles" or "doubles") people. The game is either one player against one player or a team of two players against another team of two players. Players use rackets to hit a shuttlecock over a net but if it goes too far it will be an out.
  4. 12. is the art, sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.
  5. 13. is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
  6. 14. is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.
  7. 15. is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.
  8. 16. is game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent’s goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a basket.
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  1. 1. is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes.
  2. 2. is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.
  3. 4. is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score goals.
  4. 5. is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the longest jump after descending from a specially designed ramp on their skis.
  5. 7. s a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.
  6. 9. is a surface water pastime in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward part, or face, of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.
  7. 10. is a sport whose origins reach back to Ancient Egyptian times. It involves propelling a boat (racing shell) on water using oars.
  8. 11. is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players.