Basketball
A basketball match is played between two teams
of 10 players. Only 5 players from each team are on the court
at a time.
To start a game the referee throws the ball into the air and two players jump for it. The player who gets the ball passes it to other players in his or her team. They try to pass the ball down the court towards the goal.
A player scores
a goal if he or she can get the ball into the net.
The referee makes sure that players obey the rules. Breaking a rule is called a foul. The referee takes the ball from a player who breaks a rule and gives it to a player on the other team. A referee can send off a player who fouls five times.
Basketball was invented in 1892
by James Naismith, a doctor in the United States of America.
Basketball will be an Olympic event for men and women at the 2008 Games in China.
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