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  • SportsActivities involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
    • athletic conferencesA collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels.
    • athletic eligibilityQualified or entitled to be chosen as a person who is good at sports.
    • baseballA game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score.
    • basketballA game played by two teams of five players, using a large ball which players try to throw into a high net hanging from a ring.
    • bobsleddingA team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh.
    • boxingA sport in which two people fight each other with their hands, while wearing very large thick gloves (called boxing gloves).
    • canoeingThe sport of travelling in or racing a canoe.
    • cheerleadingA.sport involving organized cheering and dancing in support of a sports team, popular in the US and usually performed by groups of girls wearing special uniforms.
    • coaching (sports)The process of training somebody to play a sport, to do a job better or to improve a skill.
    • cross country racingA cross-country running or skiing race.
    • cyclingThe sport or activity of riding a bicycle.
    • decathlonA sporting event in which people compete in ten different sports.
    • equestrian sportsSports that use horses as a main part of the sport. This usually takes the form of the rider being on the horse's back, or the horses pulling some sort of horse-drawn vehicle.
    • fencingThe sport of fighting with long thin swords.
    • field hockeyA game played on a field by two teams of 11 players, with curved sticks and a small hard ball. Teams try to hit the ball into the other team’s goal.
    • footballA game played by two teams of 11 players, using a round ball that players kick up and down the playing field. Teams try to kick the ball into the other team’s goal.
    • golfA game played over a large area of ground using sticks with a special shape to hit a small hard ball (a golf ball) into a series of 9 or 18 holes, using as few shots as possible.
    • gymnasticsPhysical exercises, often using special equipment, that develop and show the body’s strength and ability to move and bend easily, often done as a sport in competitions.
    • handballA game in which players hit a small ball against a wall with their hand.
    • high jumpingA track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.
    • hockeyA game played on a field by two teams of 11 players, with curved sticks and a small hard ball. Teams try to hit the ball into the other team’s goal.
    • huntingGoing after and killing wild animals as a sport or for food.
    • intercollegiate athleticsA sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association for the promotion or regulation of collegiate athletics.
    • intramural sportsRecreational sports organized within a particular institution, usually an educational institution.
    • joggingThe activity of running slowly and steadily as a form of exercise.
    • jujitsuA Japanese system of fighting from which the sport of judo was developed.
    • lacrosseA game played on a field by two teams of ten players who use sticks with curved nets on them o catch, carry and throw the ball.
    • men's sportsActivity that man do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules.
    • mountaineeringThe sport or activity of climbing mountains.
    • pentathlonA sporting event in which people compete in five different sports (running, riding, swimming, shooting and fencing).
    • physical fitnessA state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities.
    • physical trainingSport and physical exercise that is taught in schools, in the army, etc.
    • poloA game in which two teams of players riding on horses try to hit a ball into a goal using mallets.
    • pushballA game played by two sides on a field usually 140 yards (130 m) long and 50 yards (46 m) wide, with a ball 6 feet (1.8 m) in
    • rowingThe sport or activity of travelling in a boat using oars.
    • rugby footballA game played by two teams of 13 or 15 players, using an oval ball which may be kicked or carried.
    • runningThe action or sport of running.
    • sailingThe sport or activity of travelling in a boat with sails.
    • shootingThe sport of shooting animals and birds with guns.
    • skatingThe sport or activity of moving on ice on skates.
    • skiingThe sport or activity of moving over snow on skis.
    • soccerA game played by two teams of 11 players, using a round ball which players kick up and down the playing field. Teams try to kick the ball into the other team’s goal.
    • softballA game similar to baseball but played on a smaller field with a larger, softer ball.
    • sport publicityAn effective marketing strategy that successfully combines sports with the products that sporting teams promote.
    • swimmingThe sport or activity of swimming.
    • tennisA game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court.
    • trackThe sport of running on a track.
    • track and fieldA sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.
    • volleyballA game in which two teams of six players use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net while trying not to let the ball touch the ground on their own side.
    • water poloA game played by two teams of people swimming in a swimming pool. Players try to throw a ball into the other team’s goal.
    • weightliftingThe sport or activity of lifting heavy weights.
    • wheel chair basketballBasketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing an able-bodied sport.
    • women's sportsActivity that woman do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules.
    • wrestlingA Combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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