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70 Sport |: games, people, and places

In English you normally play a game but do a lot of / a bit of sport:
In the winter I do quite a lot of skiing; in the summer I play tennis and cricket.

Ball games and equipment

football (AmEng = soccer) A rugby volleyball

basketball golf baseball

tennis table tennis (J [ cricket

squash badminton Ex hockey

For most ball games you need boots or training shoes (trainers).
For tennis, squash and badminton you need a racket.
For baseball and table tennis you need a bat. For golf you need clubs.
In tennis, volleyball and badminton there is a net across the middle of the
court. There is also a net around each goal in football.
Things you can do with a ball

throw it head it pass it hit it catch it kick it

Places and people
The playing area for football, rugby, hockey and cricket is called a pitch; for tennis,
volleyball, basketball, squash and badminton it is a court; for golf it is a course.
Note: When you describe the playing area for football and the area around for the crowd (=
the people who watch, also called spectators), it is called a stadium, e.g. Wembley Stadium.
Players: Some games are played by individuals, others are team games. In a team, one
player is the captain, and there is a manager (e.g. in football) or a coach (e.g. in basketball).
Officials: Football, rugby and hockey have a referee but tennis, cricket and baseball have an
umpire. In football the referee has a whistle to control the game and two linesmen. In tennis
there are line judges to decide if the ball is ‘in’ or ‘out’.

Other sports
Name Place Equipment
athletics track vest, shorts, running shoes or spikes
motor racing track crash helmet
swimming pool swimming costume (women); trunks (men)
boxing ring vest, shorts, gloves, boots
skiing slopes (piste) sticks, ski suit, ski boots

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