penalty [5penltI]罚球
In Gelsenkirchen,Germany,Kobiashvili scored twice from the penaltyspot -in the 18th and 79th -and then tapped in a rebound in the 73rd inSchalke’s 3-0victory over PSV(.NBC)
player [5plei[]运动员A bus carrying 25high school football players to a game overturned Thursday in suburban Dallas,sending a dozen people to hospitals,officialssaid(.AP)
rowing [5r[UIN]划船Much of the discussion around BC‘s move has centered around football and basketball,revenue sports that drive most college athletics decision-making.But the change also affects smaller sports from wrestling to rowing.(NBC)
sailing [5seilIN]帆船运动An extreme sailor who made Portland his adopted home is leading a campaign to have a Maine-built boat entered in the 2008Vendee Globearound-the-world sailing race(.AP)
semifinal [5semI5fainl]半决赛
Andy Murray is in confident mood ahead of his maiden Tour semi-finalagainst Paradorn Srichaphan in Thailand(.BBC)
shooting [5FU:tIN]射击The game is just entering the early stages of development but Sega promises“a wide variety of featured sports,such as aquatics(diving and swimming),archery,baseball,basketball,boxing,canoe/kayak,cycling,equestrian,fencing,football(soccer),gymnastics,handball,field hockey,Judo,modern pentathlon,rowing,sailing,shooting,softball,table tennis,Taekwondo,tennis,triathlon,volleyball,weightlifting,and wrestling”.You’ll need more energy than the actual athletes at the games to get throughthat little lot(!
Official Xbox Magazine)
soccer [5sCk[]足球Adidas hopes to capitalize on enthusiasm for the Germany 2006soccer World Cup by selling 10million official balls,the firm‘s chief executivewas quoted as saying on Wednesday(.AP)
softball [5sCftbC:l]垒球
Auckland surged to the top of the national women’s softball league withan unblemished start to the 2005season on the weekend(.Herald )The New Zealandswimming [5swImIN]游泳In the weeks leading up to the 4A state swimming and diving championships,Kentwood senior Courtney Eronemo had visions of winning gold medals in the 100and 200freestyle.In her dreams,she neverquite saw the finish.But after winning the prelims in both events,Eronemostarted to believe her dreams could become reality(.AP)
synchronized swimming [5sINkr[naizd]花样游泳Despite all the wisecracks about the validity of their sport,synchronized swimmers are truly amazing athletes -able to twist,spin and contort in the water for 2?minutes,much of it spent with their heads underwater,as theyperform choreographed moves to the music(.NBC)
table tennis 乒乓球
Zhang Yining overwhelmed North Korean Kim Hyang-mi in the women‘s table tennis final on Sunday to give China its 100th gold medalsince joining Olympic competition in 1984(.AP)
taekwondo [taik5wCnd[U]跆拳道Four years after Steven Lopez won the United States’first gold medal in taekwondo,time was ticking down on his second Olympic title.On thesideline,his brother and coach couldn‘t wait to start celebrating(.AP)
team handball [5hAndbC:l]手球Danish coach Jan Pytlick could not bear to watch the penalty shootout against South Korea that brought Denmark the women’s handball goldmedal for the third straight Olympics on Sunday(.Reuters)
tennis [5tenIs]网球
Andre Agassi says the tennis calendar must be changed to protectplayers‘fitness(.BBC)
tournament [5tU[n[m[nt]锦标赛、联赛
Masters Cup organisers express their dismay at the spate of withdrawalsfrom the tournament(.BBC)
track and field 田径The Athens Games also failed to produce a truly memorable feel-good track and field story among Americans -though there were plenty ofpossibilities(.AP)
triathlon [trai5AWlCn]三项全能运动
Hamish Carter of New Zealand collapses after crossing the finish line forthe gold medal in the men’s triathlon(.AP)
volleyball [5vClIbC:l]排球
With the next Summer Games set for Beijing,China will have a chanceto defend its women‘s volleyball gold medal without leaving home(.NBC)
water polo [5p[Ul[U]水球Hungary extended its dominance of Olympic water polo Sunday,winning an eighth gold medal after rallying to beat Serbia-Montenegro 8-7in the final(.AP)
weightlifting 举重
Bulgaria’s Milen Dobrev -a sleek 24-year-old whose freshly shaved head,wide eyebrows and thick neck give him a striking resemblance to the advertising icon Mr.Clean -lived up to his top seeding and took the gold medal in the 207-pound (94kg)division of the Olympic weightliftingtournament Monday night(.AP)
wrestling [5reslIN]摔跤
Cael Sanderson,of the U.S.,celebrates with his coaches after defeatingMoon Eui Jae,of Korea,in the freestyle 84kg wrestling final(.NBC)