Favourite Sports

FIT AND WELL

Active Vocabulary

Why do we do sport?

To develop character and team spirit

To get rid of tension

To provide an opportunity for people to express themselves

To provide a challenge

To break down economic and social barriers

To be for enjoyment and fitness

To provide an outlet for surplus energy

A way of making money (professional sport)

To be attractive to watch on TV

A sport, sports

To do / to play (a) sport

An amateur, professional sport

A team sport

Outdoor, Ant: indoor games

Sports ground, sports field

To take up a sport

To hold a championship, competition, contest, cup, game, match, tournament, event

To enter for a (track-and-field) event (Eventful, Ant: uneventful)

To take part in / to participate

To compete with (against) smb in smth for (the trophy)

To be in competition for smth with smb

To have a rival for (in) the Olympiad

Participants

Crew / team

National, Olympic, college team

Umpire / referee / judge

Coach / trainer, Ant: trainee

Opponent / rival for (in) smth, opposing team

Sportsman / athlete

Sportswoman

Sports people (yachtsman, chess-player, Compare: chessman)

Contestant / competitor / participant

Audience

A (regular, committed, faithful) supporter / a (dedicated / devoted / loyal) fan / follower

A spectator

Sports enthusiast

To follow / to support (a sports club)/ to shout for

Sporting Success

Well (Ant: badly) trained

To be in training for a match

To coach smb (a team) for the competition (in gymnastics)

To tie for the first place

To lead from start to finish

To excel oneself

To be in a class of one’s own

To score /to kick a (winning) goal (in the finals)

To score a point

To win (Ant: to lose) the game with the score 4 to 2

To keep the score, to make a score of 50 points

To draw a match / to end in a draw/ the two teams drew

To beat an opposing side

To be a walk-over, completely one-sided

To keep the trophy

A victory

To win in a battle / contest / race

To win smth hands down

To win by 3 points

To win smth from smb

Best (record, fastest) time

To retain a title

To set (up) a record in a sport

To beat / to break a record; a record-breaker

To hold the world record in / for smth

A record-holder

An all-time, Olympic record

To be a reigning champion and a hot favourite to win the cup

To be the star, to be the champion

Sporting Failure

To lose / to be beaten / to be defeated / to fail

To be a complete failure

To lose to a stronger side (by points)

A good, bad loser

A loss (2 wins and 4 losses)

To come second, to be a runner-up

To be an also-ran

To be well beaten

Own-goals by smb

To kick the ball above the goal

To be relegated to the substitutes’ bench for smth

To be outclassed in smth

To be knocked out

To be stopped in the first round

To be overtaken on the line

To be in a photo finish for last place

To lag / fall / remain behind, Ant: to keep up with

To fail to finish the course

To get a consolation prize for smth

To cheat at sports, Ant: to act honestly (A fair play, Ant: an unfair play)

To be disqualified in smth

To be banned from entering the competition for five years

Favourite Sports

All-year round sport

To appeal to smb / to interest

Appealing, Ant: unattractive

To be good for letting off steam

A good way of getting away from it all

To get rid of tension

To provide good exercise for most parts of the body

To be excellent for arms, legs, posture and general fitness

To exercise arms and legs

To benefit thigh muscles

To develop a sense of grace and poise

Maximum exercise in minimum time

Single-minded, resourceful, wiry, agile

To have great power of concentration

To have a good eye

To have the stamina to do smth

It requires great stamina

To have a good sense of balance

To have a definite air of glamour about it

To be fairly proficient before joining a club

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