Sports and sports events Physical activity sports in

Sports and sports events Physical activity, sports in my life

Olympic Games history summer x winter games (since 1924) criticism controversies boycotts (1980 and 1984), use of doping, violence (1972) symbols Olympic flame, Olympic flag

Most watched Football - FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League Ice Hockey – NHL Tennis – Wimbledon, French Open Cycling – Tour de France Basketball – NBA Baseball – MLB Golf – PGA tour Formula One

List of world championships • • • • • Alpine skiing American football Association football (soccer) Aquatics Artistic gymnastics Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Soccer Beach Volleyball Billiards (Pool) Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cross-Country Skiing Curling • • • • Cycling Darts Floorball Figure skating Futsal Handball Hockey Ice hockey Inline speed skating Lacrosse Freestyle Motocross Nordic Combined Orienteering Polo Real tennis • • • • • Roller Hockey Rowing Rugby Sailing Sculling Shooting Ski Jumping Ski mountaineering Snooker Speed skating Squash Table tennis Ten-Pin Bowling Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo

Sports in general Kinds of sports (individual, indoor, water etc. ) Equipment for different sports Where do you play different sports? How do you score? Are there any sport centres in your town?

Why should I play sports? What kind of sports do you prefer? Which ones don’t you like? Which one do you want to try? extreme sport? Describe your favourite sport/physical activity or professional career Do you have any ambitions? How often do you practice physical activity? I hate exercise, I prefer… What do you do in training? PE lessons

Do you watch sports on TV? Which one? Why don’t? I prefer to watch something else I rather go out and play them myself What is your opinion on professional sportsmen? Are they well paid? or Earn football or ice hockey player too much? Favourite players / teams Why do you like them? Do you support any of them during the race, match, game?

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