Sports Games

a 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

a game played especially in the US by two teams of nine players, using a bat and ball. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around four bases before the other team can return the ball.

​enlarge imagethe sport of riding on waves while standing on a narrow board called a surfboard

a game played by two teams of 11 players, using an oval ball that players kick, throw, or carry. Teams try to put the ball over the other team’s line.

a game in which players roll heavy balls (called bowls) along a special track towards a group of pins (= objects that are like bottles in shape) and try to knock over as many of them as possible

a game like tennis played by two or four people, usually indoors. Players hit a small light kind of ball, originally with feathers around it (= a shuttlecock) across a high net using a racket.

a 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

a 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.

a game played by two teams of 13 or 15 players, using an oval ball which may be kicked or carried. Teams try to put the ball over the other team’s line.

the sport or activity of travelling in a boat with sails

the sport or activity of riding a bicycle

any one of a set of 52 cards with numbers and pictures printed on one side, which are used to play various card game

a game for two people played on a board marked with black and white squares on which each playing piece (representing a king, queen, castle, etc.) is moved according to special rules. The aim is to put the other player’s king in a position

the sport or activity of riding horses

a 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