Sporting Failure

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 competitive sport

A spectacular 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 go into smth

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

To compete / to fight / to contest

To be in competition for smth with smb

Competition / rivalry

To have a rival for (in) the Olympiad

Competitive, sporting spirit; team spirit

Participants

Crew

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 go into training under a new coach

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 score in the game

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 score skaters 5.9

To treat fairly

To be a dead-heat

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

To beat off an attack

To beat an opposing side

To slaughter smb

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

To win a title back

To win the toss

Win or lose

Best (record, fastest) time

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 suffer a number of defeats

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 a beaten finalist at smth

To be well beaten

Own-goals by smb

To kick the ball above the goal

To be relegated to the substitutes’ bench for smth

Not to stand a chance

To be outclassed in smth

To be knocked out

To be stopped

To be overtaken on the line

To be in a photo finish for last place

To be towards the back of the field

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

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