United Arab Emiraties

United Arab Emiraties

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  • Date Submitted: 03/18/2009 12:31 PM
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United Arab Emirates
Ministry Of Education
school rukaiya of secondary school

Sports in our lives

Done by: Reem Ali Alsuwaidi
Grade: 10/ 2

In my school project I Would like to TELL you about sports and I chose some sports that I have played before. As I know a lot about these sports I Would like to share the information I know WITH YOU because it may help you in the future.
I'm going to talk about:
Basketball…
American football…
Golf…
Ice hokey…
Soccer…

I. Basketball
Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sport in the world.
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players try to score points by throwing or dunking a basketball through a hoop mounted ten feet above the surface of the basketball court.
Featured player: Allan Houston, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan.

II. baseball
Baseball is a team sport played with two teams of nine players each. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized, leather-covered ball toward a batter on the opposite team. The batter attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered cylindrical bat. Baseball is played without time restrictions and is structured around nine segments called "innings". Featured players: Brian Jordan, David justice and Albert Belle.

III. American football
American football is known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for its physical roughness despite being a highly strategic game. The object of the game is to score points by advancing the pointed-oval shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it (a running play) or by throwing it to a teammate (a passing play). The winner is the team with the most points when the time expires and the last play ends. Featured players: William Floyd, Jerry Rice and Randy Moss.

iv. golf
Golf is a sport which is originated in Scotland around the middle of the 15th century and has exploded...

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