Statistics for Sports by definition (Cambridge Dictionary)

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Definition	Sport	% Correct
a sport in which two teams of eleven players try to score runs by hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, and running between two sets of small wooden posts	cricket	95%
a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal	football	95%
a sport where two teams try to score points by carrying an oval ball across a particular line or kicking it over and between an H-shaped set of posts	rugby	95%
a game that is played on a large table where two or four players hit a ball over a low net using small, round bats	table tennis	91%
a game played between two or four people on a special playing area that involves hitting a small ball across a central net using a racket	tennis	91%
the art or sport of shooting arrows	archery	86%
a sport in which two or four people hit a shuttlecock over a high net	badminton	86%
a game in which two teams use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net without allowing the ball to touch the ground	volleyball	86%
the general name for a particular group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing	athletics	82%
the sport of riding on a wave on a special board	surfing	82%
a game in which two teams of players try to hit their opponents' bodies with a ball that they throw	dodgeball	77%
a game played on a sports field between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a small, hard ball into the other team's goal	hockey	77%
an activity in which people move quickly around buildings and objects in a city while performing jumps and other skillful movements	parkour	77%
a brand name for a plastic disk that is thrown between people as a game, or the game of throwing this disk	frisbee	73%
the sport of riding a bicycle	cycling	68%
a game played between two or four people on a special closed playing area that involves hitting a small rubber ball against a wall	squash	68%
a sport in which two competitors fight by hitting each other with their hands	boxing	64%
the sport of fighting with long, thin swords	fencing	64%
physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes, intended to increase the body's strength and the ability to move and bend easily	gymnastics	64%
a game in which two people use cues to hit 16 coloured balls into six holes around the edge of a large table covered in soft cloth	pool	64%
a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring	basketball	59%
a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground	wrestling	59%
the sport or job of catching fish	fishing	55%
(in the past) to fight with a lance while riding on a horse, especially as a sport	jousting	55%
a sport played by two teams of seven players, usually women or girls, in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a net hanging from a ring at the top of a pole	netball	55%
a game played on ice in which special flat, round stones are slid towards a mark	curling	45%
a game played outside on grass in which each player tries to hit a small ball into a series of nine or 18 small holes, using a long, thin stick	golf	45%
the activity of going for long walks in the countryside	hiking	45%
a game played by two people in which cues are used to hit 15 red balls and six balls of different colours into six holes around a table covered in soft cloth in a fixed order	snooker	45%
the sport or activity of climbing mountains	mountaineering/climbing	41%
a British game similar to baseball, in which you try to hit a ball and you score a point if you run around all four sides of a large square area	rounders	41%
to run as fast as you can over a short distance	sprint	41%
the sport of racing on ice, usually around an oval track	speed skating	36%
an activity in which people climb up and over rocks at fairly low heights without using ropes	bouldering	27%
the activity of going down a very steep slope while holding on to a rope that is fastened to the top of the slope	abseiling	23%
the training of a horse to perform special, carefully controlled movements as directed by the rider, or the performance of these movements as a sport or in a competition	dressage	23%
a game played by two teams in which the players each use a long stick with a net at the end to catch, carry, and throw a small ball, and try to get the ball in the other team's goal	lacrosse	23%
a sport in which you sail across water by standing on a board and holding onto a large sail	windsurfing	14%
the activity of flying through the air by hanging from a very small aircraft without an engine, consisting of a frame covered in cloth	hand-gliding	0%