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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