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Sports vocabulary B2

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  • Where do you play tennis?
    on a court (grass, clay or hard court)
  • What are the three most popular sports in the USA (in order)?
    American football, basketball, baseball
  • What sport, played with a ball, is popular in England, Wales, France and New Zealand, but not in many other countries?
    rugby
  • What's the general term for running, jumping, etc, as a sport?
    athletics
  • What do sports players do before a match?
    warm up
  • Who is the person, in many sports, who helps people give their best performance?
    the coach
  • In football, how do you say the score "2-0"?
    two nil
  • What's the term for a referee in tennis or cricket?
    the umpire
  • What do you hit a tennis ball with?
    a tennis racquet (or racket)
  • What do you use to play golf?
    a golf club
  • What popular beach game is now an Olympic sport?
    volleyball
  • In tennis, how do you say the score "30-0"?
    thirty love
  • What do you wear to go swimming?
    a swimming costume or swimming trunks
  • Where do you play football or hockey?
    on a football/hockey pitch
  • Who tells football players what to do? (e.g. Pep Guardiola)
    their manager
  • What's the second most popular sport in the world (after football)?
    cricket