Sporting Vocabulary

la boxe boxing la course running la dance dancing

la gymnastique gymnastics la lutte wrestling la marche walking

la musculation bodybuilding la pêche fishing la plongée diving

la randonnée hiking/backpacking la voile sailing l’alpinisme mountaineering

l’athlétisme track and field l’aviron rowing le base-ball baseball

le basket basketball le cyclisme biking le foot soccer/football

le football américain American football le golf golf le handball handball

le hockey sur gazon field hockey le hockey sur glace ice hockey le jogging jogging

le parachutisme skydiving le parpente paragliding le patinage artistique figure skating

le patinage de vitesse speed skating le ping-ping ping-ping le ski de descente downhill skiing

le ski nautique water skiing le tennis de table table tennis le tennis tennis

le tir shooting le vélo biking le volley volleyball

l’équitation horseback riding les arts martiaux martial arts les sports de combat combat sports

l’escrime (f) fencing l’haltérophilie (f) weightlifting le rugby Rugby

Source: http://www.frenchlearner.com/vocabulary/sports/

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