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How Do You Measure Things In Various Sports?

Time, the score and distance are measured in various ways depending on which type of sport you are speaking about. Decide which time, score and/or distance measurement is used in each of the sports below. Some of the words are used more than once:

game, point, set, mile, inning, strokes, yard, round, move, match, meter, round, quarter, out, half, lap, down, length

  • American Football:
  • European Football:
  • Tennis:
  • Chess:
  • Swimming:
  • Ping Pong:
  • Horse Racing:
  • Ice Hockey:
  • Boxing:
  • Volleyball:
  • Athletics:
  • Motor Racing:
  • Baseball:
  • Racketball:
  • Squash:
  • Golf:
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