Sports

2. a material made of string, wire, etc., knotted or twisted together, used for a specific purpose
7. one of two upright pieces of wood or metal used to mark the scoring area
9. a game played by two teams of five players each who throw a large ball through a basket to score points
10. in USA, a sport played by two 11- person teams with the object of carrying or passing the ball over the opponent's goal line
13. a game where they hit the ball back and forth over the net
15. a long thin piece of wood, metal, or plastic with a point at one end and feathers at the other
17. a long, rounded piece of metal or wood used to strike a baseball
18. a boot with a sharpened steel blade used to move over ice
21. the sport of sliding down or across snowy surfaces
22. the sport of doing various acrobatic exercises to develop strength, balance, etc.
25. to ride on a bicycle or motorcycle
26. a sport of two teams of 11 players each, who kick a ball into nets at either end of a rectangular field

1. game played on a court with two or four players who use rackets to hit the ball over a net
3. one of several types of machines that move skiers to the top of a hill or mountain
4. the sport of sliding down or across snowy surfaces on skis
5. a game played on a field by nine players on each team who hit the ball with a bat and run around four bases to score
6. a score in some sports, such as soccer or hockey
7. one of 14 standard sticks used to hit a golf ball
8. to bounce (a basketball)
11. to bend at the waist
12. the game of rolling a ball on a flat surface to hit pins
14. a goalkeeper
16. a board with four wheels on which one stands and rolls along a surface
19. to travel by boat
20. an ice-skating sport in which one team uses curved sticks to shoot a small, round disk into the other team's goal
23. the sport of using a bow to shoot arrows at targets
24. a place where you swim, usually made of cement or stone
26. to ride the ocean's waves as they break in approaching the shore, esp. while standing on a narrow board