English vocabulary: Sports & fitness – 115 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

Today is the big match.

The race starts now.

The ball went wide and his team lost.

Ivan did not get a trophy that day.

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the spot.

They muttered on the bench, rolled their eyes at the coach, and sent unhappy text messages after games.

In the 88th minute, with the score level at 1–1, a Midlands United forward named Colin Hartley received a long pass and ran clear of the defence.

He continued working as a linesman for another four seasons.

Football decisions never are, entirely.

she found him through a running hashtag.

They need four points to win, but there is only one ball left.

The losing club faced a different future: wage cuts, the sale of their best players, and what the local press called "a slow and undignified retreat from the top flight."

But every Tuesday and Thursday evening, long after the rest of the team had gone home, the groundskeeper at the training ground would see a single figure still on the field.

The match was a First Division fixture between Midlands United and Mersey Athletic, two clubs that had not won a title in decades.

Westfield FC needed one more goal to win the cup.

Her father, mother, and brother all had winning cheeses on a shelf in their kitchen.

They muttered on the bench, rolled their eyes at the coach, and sent unhappy text messages after games.

The grandson of Colin Hartley— the forward whose goal was disallowed— gave an interview to a sports podcast in 2019.

Other people said competition was fair.

In December 2012, a cross-country race took place in a small town in Spain.

The losing club faced a different future: wage cuts, the sale of their best players, and what the local press called "a slow and undignified retreat from the top flight."

Theorem won by a length and a quarter.

The net moved.

They learned that sport is not just about winning.

The team lost its shape.

The winning club had already negotiated a lucrative sponsorship deal, one that would allow them to rebuild their crumbling ground, strengthen their squad, and compete seriously for the next ten years.

She was a secondary school geography teacher from Bristol who had spent the last three years getting up at five in the morning to swim in an outdoor pool before her students arrived.

The stadium exploded with noise.

He is a champion.

The match was a First Division fixture between Midlands United and Mersey Athletic, two clubs that had not won a title in decades.

In the 88th minute, with the score level at 1–1, a Midlands United forward named Colin Hartley received a long pass and ran clear of the defence.

She stood in the weighing room at Epsom Downs on Derby Day— the loudest, most crowded, most historically brutal day in British flat racing— and the official, a man named Dennis who had been doing this job for longer than Sal had been alive, looked at the needle and then looked at her.

The League Cup semi-final was a difficult game.

He missed his last penalty three months ago.

Perhaps ninety minutes of swimming, if she held her pace.

They walked off the wet pitch together with the cup.

She takes the bat.

He sees the gold medal.

The village is quiet, but the cricket field is loud.

Around her, other jockeys moved with the particular calm that experienced riders learn to perform.

He watched her stroke count and tracked her position against the tidal flow.

In her fourth season, Lena was twenty-three years old and still a substitute.

Her teammates ran to her.

Running drills.

...last Thursday. when you were at yoga.

she said she follows accounts related to urban wellness and running because she runs marathons.

Abel Mutai was a runner from Kenya.

A Northgate defender pushed Marco inside the penalty box.

She was not a professional athlete.

Her trainer’s words, spoken with the careful understatement of a man who had been disappointed too many times, were that the horse was 'not without a chance today.'

Taking free kicks.

The runners were fast, and the competition was serious.

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the spot.

FC Dornbach played well, but then their best striker, Yara Osman, pulled a muscle and had to leave the field.

Patrick fed her energy gels and hot broth through a long-handled spoon, because swimmers in official Channel crossings are not allowed to touch the support boat.

In the replay three days later, Mersey Athletic won.

The goalkeeper moved left and right to make her nervous.

The match was a First Division fixture between Midlands United and Mersey Athletic, two clubs that had not won a title in decades.

She was seventeen and played midfield.

The bowler throws the ball hard.

"I've watched four swimmers cross the Channel.

the umpire shouts.

Coach Rivera walked to the sideline.

The official reason given was offside.

The scoreboard said 1–1.

Around her, other jockeys moved with the particular calm that experienced riders learn to perform.

It was, after all, the linesman's job to monitor such things.

She thought about what it would mean to swim four more kilometres on a tearing shoulder, to crawl onto a pebbled English beach alone and triumphant but unable to lift her arm — and whether that was glory or just stubbornness dressed up in a wetsuit.

In the background, barely visible near the touchline, a man in a black jacket stands completely still.

Nora Briggs wanted to win.

Maren did not run.

i can throw one

The horse she was supposed to ride was a four-year-old grey named Theorem.

If I score, we are a team.

The ball went wide and his team lost.

She kicked the ball to the right — low and fast.

The losing club faced a different future: wage cuts, the sale of their best players, and what the local press called "a slow and undignified retreat from the top flight."

Hartley struck the ball cleanly, and it crossed the line.

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the spot.

The winning club had already negotiated a lucrative sponsorship deal, one that would allow them to rebuild their crumbling ground, strengthen their squad, and compete seriously for the next ten years.

Marcus wants to swim.

Sal knew this because she had been wearing the same armour for eleven years, since she was seventeen and rode her first race at a muddy provincial track in Worcestershire.

She treaded water for a moment, turning to face the boat.

Then the referee turned, gestured to disallow the goal, and restarted play.

She didn't swim competitively again for two years."

He officiated at dozens of further matches without significant incident.

Her leg hurts, so she does not play today.

The village team is the Oak Trees.

Everyone runs to the field.

In the Greenfield Scholarship Support group, Ms Chen has forwarded the official decision email from the scholarship committee. Everyone in the chat can see it. Priya opens it with shaking hands.

that could get her disqualified.

Taking free kicks.

Last year, he came second.

Taking free kicks.

The ball went wide and his team lost.

Midlands United, as the newspapers had predicted, began selling players before the summer was over.

In the 88th minute, with the score level at 1–1, a Midlands United forward named Colin Hartley received a long pass and ran clear of the defence.

He missed his last penalty three months ago.

In the 88th minute, with the score level at 1–1, a Midlands United forward named Colin Hartley received a long pass and ran clear of the defence.

Ivan finished in second place.

The match was a First Division fixture between Midlands United and Mersey Athletic, two clubs that had not won a title in decades.

But every Tuesday and Thursday evening, long after the rest of the team had gone home, the groundskeeper at the training ground would see a single figure still on the field.

The grandson of Colin Hartley— the forward whose goal was disallowed— gave an interview to a sports podcast in 2019.

A Northgate defender pushed Marco inside the penalty box.

She took her jacket and walked toward the door, leaving the quiet of the room for the roar of the crowd and the bright green of the track.

'You train with us' every day,' Jess says.

Westfield FC needed one more goal to win the cup.

Not to beat you.

Mia holds the ring.

'I was practising a corner routine,' she said.

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the centre circle.

He forced himself to keep rowing at the same steady pace.

The official term for stopping a swim is "retiring."

'I was practising a corner routine,' she said.

Hartley struck the ball cleanly, and it crossed the line.