SPORTS

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  1. 3. 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.
  2. 4. is a sport that involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.
  3. 6. a game played on ice,in which large, round, flat stones are slid across the surface toward a mark.
  4. 7. played by players with a flying disc.
  5. 9. the sport of riding a wave toward the shore while standing or lying on a surfboard.
  6. 11. an informal game combining elements of baseball and soccer, in which an inflated ball is thrown to a person who kicks it and proceeds to run the bases.
  7. 15. a shooting sport with either bows or rifles, in which the bird-like target is suspended from a pole.
  8. 17. a racket sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball.
  9. 19. the sport or activity of ascending mountains or cliffs.
  10. 20. a game played between two teams of eleven players who use hooked sticks to drive a small hard ball toward goals at opposite ends of a field.
  11. 21. 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.
  12. 25. generally played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court.
  13. 27. a game played by rolling a large, heavy ball down a smooth floor (called a lane) towards a set of pins in order to knock down as many pins as possible.
  14. 29. a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.
  15. 31. a game of Eastern origin resembling field hockey, played on horseback with a long-handled mallet.
  16. 32. a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.
  17. 33. the sport or practice of fighting with the fists, especially with padded gloves in a roped square ring according to prescribed rules.
  18. 36. a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.
  19. 38. a game similar to squash in which a ball is hit with the hand in a walled court.
  20. 40. the activity of catching fish.
  21. 41. is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).
  22. 42. a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring strength, flexibility, balance, agility, endurance and control.
  23. 43. is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small paddle.
  24. 44. is an outdoor air gun discipline.
  25. 47. a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns.
  26. 48. the sport of flying in a glider.
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  1. 1. the sport or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows, especially at a target.
  2. 2. it is the national sport of Argentina.
  3. 5. is a game in which participants eliminate opponents by hitting each other with spherical non-metallic pellets.
  4. 6. the sport or activity of riding a bicycle.
  5. 8. a ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases.
  6. 9. the sport or activity of propelling oneself through water using the limbs.
  7. 10. a club and ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
  8. 12. sports using a single wheel cycle.
  9. 13. is a team water sport.
  10. 14. a modern exhibition of traditional Chinese martial arts.
  11. 16. is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.
  12. 18. a combination of Polo, Rugby and Basketball, played on horseback where a ball is carried and shot through a high net to score.
  13. 22. is a tag game played with lasers.
  14. 23. a modified form of football in which ballcarriers are downed by pulling off a marker, or flag, loosely attached to a belt, rather than by tackling.
  15. 24. a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.
  16. 26. a game similar to ice hockey, usually played on a rink, in which the players, often not wearing skates, use brooms instead of hockey sticks to shoot a volleyball into the opponent's goal.
  17. 28. a version of the game of tennis played primarily in Asia, very similar except they play with soft balls.
  18. 30. it is related to beach volleyball but played with a tennis ball and paddle or racket.
  19. 34. is a sport in which two competitors fight using 'Rapier-style' swords, winning points by making contact with their opponent.
  20. 35. a sport in which a wide canopy resembling a parachute is attached to a person's body by a harness in order to allow them to glide through the air after jumping from or being lifted to a height.
  21. 37. the sport or activity of swimming or exploring underwater.
  22. 39. a Winter Olympic sport in which competitors race down an ice track in a small one- or two-person sled lying supine (face up) and feet-first.
  23. 45. is a Korean martial art.
  24. 46. the sport or pastime of propelling a boat by means of oars.