Baseball is a game between two teams
and is played on a field with a bat and a
small white ball.
The teams take turns playing in the field and
batting the ball. The object of the game is
to score more “runs” than the other team.
Softball is very similar to baseball, but is
played with a larger ball.
Softball is a popular sport among
American women and combined men
and women teams.
Basketball is played on a court with a
large orange ball.
There are five players on each team.
Each team moves the ball across the
court by bouncing it. They try to shoot
the ball into the basket.
Football is a field game between two
teams, played with an oval-shaped ball.
The receiver of the ball tries to run with it
toward the goal. The players of the other
team try to tackle him to prevent him
from reaching the goal line.
Soccer is a field game between two
teams played with a white round ball.
The players are only allowed to kick the
ball or bump it with their heads.
The object of the game is to kick the ball
into the goal.
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Sport in Russia has always been popular.
Perhaps more then a half of Russians
have tried some kind of sport in their
childhood. Some of them even in several
types.
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Tennis has a large popularity. Today
Russian tennis players are famous all over
the world. Sharapova, Kurnikova,
Kafelnikov, Miskina are only the best
known Russian tennis players. They play
wonderfully at Wimbledon and other
competitions.
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Ice-hockey is another one successful
sport in the country. The Russian team
takes worthy places in competitions. In
USSR there was a period when hockey
team won 9 world championships in a
row. Furthermore, there are only 2
hockey players which became
championship winners 10 times. These
are Russian sportsmen Alexander Rogulin
and of course Vladislav Tretyak.
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And of course the favorite sport of many
women is figure skating. This is a very
beautiful show. Figure skating is quickly
getting popularity in the country. New
ice rinks are opened, parents take their
children to sport schools.
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Rus
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