world of sports
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WORLD OF SPORTS
~ B.Kedhar Guhan ~
~ X D ~
~ 33 ~
SPORTS
Definition: An athletic activity requiring skill or
physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as
racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling,
boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
Sports are played through-out the world and are very
important to some countries
• Sports are very important for our health.
• It increases our stamina, will power, strength, and the last but not the least, it enhances our discipline.
• There are many kinds of sports. Some examples of the outdoor games that we’ll be seeing in the following slides are: Football, Cricket, Lacrosse, Soccer, Baseball, Rugby, Tennis, etc.
LACROSSEA game played on a rectangular field by two teams of
ten players each, in which participants use a long-
handled sticks that have a webbed pouch on one end to
maneuver a ball into the opposing team's goal.
Famous players:
•Mikey Powell,
•Gary Gait,
•Jim Brown , etc.
FOOTBALL
A game in which two opposing teams try to
score points by carrying the ball into the other
teams N zone, or kicking the ball between the
goal posts on opposing sides of the field.
American Football is very popular in the U.S.
but varies in popularity around the world.
Famous Players: Messi, Ronaldo, Peyton
Manning, etc
BASEBALL
A game of ball between two nine-player teams
played usually for nine innings on a diamond
shaped field that has 3 bases. The goal of the
teams is to score the most runs within the 9
innings.
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the
country and is played around the world.
Famous Players: Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez ,
Jackie Robinson
RUGBY
• Also called rugger, Rugby football is a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players.
• Rugby is more popular is Europe but is still somewhat popular in the U.S.
SOCCER
A form of football played between two teams of
11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by
kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body
but the arms and hands, except in the case of the
goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch,
carry, throw, or stop the ball.
Soccer is one of the most popular sports around
the world, almost every country plays it and there
are many competitions.
TENNIS
Tennis is a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half. A player scores a point by getting the ball past the player on the opposite side of the tennis court. Tennis is very popular around the world and is very popular in the U.S.Famous Players: Federer, Nadal, Sania mirza, etc
BADMINTON
Badminton is a game played on a
rectangular court by two players or
two pairs of players equipped with
light rackets used to volley a
shuttlecock over a high net that
divides the court in half.
Badminton is a very popular
recreational sport in the U.S.
SNOOKER
Also called billiards, any of
various games played on a pool table
with a cue ball and 15 other balls that
are usually numbered, in which the
object is to drive all the balls into the
pockets with the cue ball.
Pool is played professionally and
recreationally around the country
~ B .KEDHAR GUHAN ~~ X D ~~ 33 ~
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