Compléter SPORTS UNIT 12Version en ligne Read the text and complete the gaps. par Yolanda Collado 1 cycling skiing climbing parachuting water swimming rock sailing Sports are very important in our daily life . For adventurous lovers they can practise - , or even mountain . For water lovers people can practise , - or . English speaking countries have different sports as official ones . Rugby is a team sport played with an oval ball that may be kicked , carried , and passed from hand to hand . Points are scored by grounding the ball behind the opponents' goal line or by kicking it between the two posts and over the crossbar of the opponents' goal . Baseball is a sport played by two teams . Each team has nine players . In baseball , one team throws a small round ball called a base ball and the other team tries to hit it with a club called a bat . Teams score points by running and touching markers on the ground called bases until they reach the last one , called home plate . Many people in North America , South America , and East Asia play baseball . In the United States , baseball is called the national pastime , because so many people in the United States spend a lot of time playing or watching baseball games . Hurling is an Irish team sport similar to hockey , played by two teams of 15 people . The object of the game is for players to use a wooden axe - shaped stick called a hurley , to hit a small ball called a sliotar between the opponents' goalposts either over the crossbar or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for one goa l