Sporty Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands (6)
  2. 6. Moving fast on foot (7)
  3. 7. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  4. 9. The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal (7)
  5. 11. A competition that involves ___ as far as possible from a running start (8)
  6. 12. The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave (7)
  7. 13. An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper (7)
  8. 14. Games like soccer and tennis that need skill and fitness (6)

Down

  1. 1. A racing sled for one or two people (4)
  2. 2. A sport in which participants must travel on skis (6)
  3. 3. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts (8)
  4. 5. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully (8)
  5. 8. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond (8)
  6. 10. The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport (7)
  7. 12. A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field (plural) (7)