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Optimse B2 Sports vocabulary

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    Sports vocab - equipment, places where you do sports, based on Optimise B2 coursebook
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  • What do you use to play golf?
    a golf club
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  • Where do you play tennis?
    on a court (grass, clay or hard court)
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  • Who is the person, in many sports, who helps people give their best performance?
    the coach or manager
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  • Where do you play football or hockey?
    on a football/hockey pitch
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  • What do sports players do before a match?
    warm up
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  • What do you hit a tennis ball with?
    a tennis racquet (or racket)
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  • What's the second most popular sport in the world (after football)?
    cricket
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  • In football, how do you say the score "2-0"?
    two nil
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  • In tennis, how do you say the score "30-0"?
    thirty love
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  • What's the term for a referee in tennis or cricket?
    the umpire
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  • What are the three most popular sports in the USA (in order)?
    American football, basketball, baseball
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  • What sport, played with a ball, is popular in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, England, Wales and France, but not in many other countries?
    rugby
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  • What's the general term for running, jumping, etc, as a sport?
    athletics
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  • What popular beach game is now an Olympic sport?
    volleyball
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  • In boxing, what is the place called where the boxers fight?
    The ring
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  • What is the place called where you play golf?
    Golf course
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