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(ten-pin) bowling scuba-diving cross-country skiing

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- ciub squash/tennis/badminton

- racket darts

- dart archery

- bow

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bat (ice) hocke,v -

stick snooker/pool1billiards - cuecanoeing

- paddle ror",ing

- oar fishing

- rod,4ine

- sorne field eYents

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He's a great long-distance runner. [e.g. 5000 metres, marathon]Jogging round the park ever,.r Satr-rrday's enough ior me. It keeps me farrly fir.

Verbs and their collocations in the context of sportOur team rvon/lost -r- three goals/points.She broke tl-re O11-mpic recod last ,vear.He holds the record for the 100 metres breast-stroke.Liverpool beat HambLirg 4-2,vesterdar-.The team have never been clefeated. fmore formal than beat]Horv manl goals/points have vou scored this season]I think I'11 take up borvling nert spring and give up go1f.

Feople who do particLlar spot'ts-er can be i-rsed for many sports, e.g. footballer, sr.vimmer, w'indsurfer, high-jumper,cricketer, golfeq etc. Player is often necessarv. e.g. tennis-plaver, snooker-p1a,ve darts-piayer, rnd lve can also say football-player, cricket-p1a,ver. Some names mllsl be learntseparately', e.g. canoeist, mounraineer, jockel', archer (not ar:cherer), gymnasr.

92 EnglishVocobulary in Use (Upper'internediate)

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