Sports

SPORTS

Basketball is a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at eachend, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent's basket.

Baseball is a game of ball between two nine-player teams playedusually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond-shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 feet (27 meters)apart, forming a circuit that must be completed by a base runner in order to score, the central offensive action entailing hitting of a pitched ballwith a wooden or metal bat and running of the bases, the winner being the team scoring the most runs.

Tennis is a game played on arectangular 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 thecourt in half.

Soccer is a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing itoff 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 stopthe ball.

Dive is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is aninternationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.