Sports personalities
Activities
A. See the pictures and match the people with their sports areas from the box.
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Tennis, cricket, football, chess, boxing
Boxing
Cricket
Football
Tennis
Football
Cricket
Cricket
Chess
G. Put a tick (√) mark beside the right answer.
1. Brian Lara is an ________ cricketer.
b. West Indies
c. South African
2. His nickname was __________.
b. The Lion
c. The Tiger
3.He captained West Indies B Team in Zimbabwe in ______________.
b. 1979
c. 1989
4.In ______________ 2004, West Indies won the ICC Champions Trophy in England under his captaincy.
b. India
c. Sri Lanka
5. The bear walked off because-
b. September
c. July
C. Match the following phrases from the article.
Column A
Column B
1. Everyone knows him now as
a. hormone deficiency
2. Messi is FIFA World
b. of every mistake
3. Messi grew
c. the best football player
4. he suffered from a growth
d. records
5. coached him until he made
e. his first season
6. Lionel started breaking
f. Player of the Year
7. win the league in
g. to the legendary Pele
8. Messi has an amazing career
h. up playing football
9. experts compare him
i. his Barcelona debut
10. He takes advantage
j. ahead of him
H. Match the events with Brian Lara’s age.
Lara’s Age
Event
1. 6 years old
a. West Indies won the ICC Champions Trophy under Lara’s captaincy
2. 14 years old
b. became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest ever captain
3. 15 years old
c. played in the under-16 and First Divisions of national schoolboys' cricket
4. 20 years old
d. was enrolled in the local Harvard Coaching Clinic
5. 35 years old
e. played in his first West Indian Under-19 youth tournament
D. Fill in the blank spaces with words from the above text.
Messi __________ football. He joined his first club when he was five. At the age of eight, he __________ famous Newell's Old Boys' youth team. His career nearly ended when doctors found out __________ a growth hormone deficiency. Luckily, agents from Barcelona saw his talent and in 2000, he moved to Spain. The Catalan club paid for his medical treatment and coached __________ his Barcelona debut.
E. Underline the correct answer.
Lionel Andrés Messi was birth / born
on June 24, 1987 in the city of Rosario, Argentina. Everyone knows him now as the
best / beast
football player in the world. In fact, a lot of people
say / says
he might become the greatest player
even / ever
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Messi is FIFA World Player of the Year. He also helped his club team Barcelona
win / wins
the European Champions League and the World Club Championship.