| Wikipedia | Sport |
| **** is the national sport of Ireland. | |
| The development of **** was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. | |
| A regular (full-size) table is 12 × 6 ft (3.7 × 1.8 m). | |
| It is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. | |
| In Korean, **** means 'to strike or break with foot'; **** means 'to strike or break with fist'; and **** means 'way', 'method', or 'art'. | |
| Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. | |
| At the turn of the 21st century the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries making it the world’s most popular sport. | |
| The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of **** to Athens. | |
| The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water. | |
| In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. | |
| Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. | |
| Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. | |
| **** is typically supervised by a referee engaged in during a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds, and **** generally of similar weight. | |
| One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. | |
| **** demands advanced water skills, and requires great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control. | |
| Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. | |
| It is a direct descendant of baseball although some key differences are that ****s are larger than baseballs and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. | |
| **** has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity. | |
| The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. | |
| The sport derived from early versions of basketball, and is similar to it in many respects. | |