Sports Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A form of football played with an oval ball (5)
  2. 3. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts (8)
  3. 9. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  4. 11. Racket sport played over a net (6)
  5. 12. A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules (5)
  6. 14. Sport played on ice with sticks and a puck (6)
  7. 15. Moving fast on foot (7)
  8. 16. An athletic competition that involves ___ into water (6)

Down

  1. 2. A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments (plural) (5)
  2. 4. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond (8)
  3. 5. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot (plural) (5)
  4. 6. Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand (5)
  5. 7. A team game that resembles basketball (7)
  6. 8. A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball (7)
  7. 10. Moving through water using your arms and legs (8)
  8. 13. Fighting with the fists (6)