Football

There are eleven players in a team.
A match has two halves of 45 minutes each.
A team tries to get the ball into the other team´s goal.
Players can kick the ball with their feet or head.
Players can tackle the player with the ball, but that must be fair.
The red card means that the player has to leave the field.

Handball

There are seven players in a team.
A match has two halves of 30 minutes each.
The players must throw the ball with their hands into the other team´s goal.
They mustn´t use their feed.
The players must be fair.
The red card means that the player must leave the field and the gym.

Volleyball

There are six players in a team.
A match has two sets.
The players hit a ball back and forth over a net with their hands.
The ball mustn´t touch the ground.
A team can only win a match when they serve the ball.
The winning team has to have 15, or always two points more than the other team.

Basketball

There are five players in a team.
A match has two halves of 20 minutes each.
The ball of this game is bigger than a football.
The players try to throw the ball into a basket.
A team can get two or three points for a basket.
A player can foul five times befor he / she has to leave the game.

Rugby

A rugby ball is oval, not round.
There are 15 players in a team.
Players can kick, carry or throw the ball (but they mustn´t throw the ball forward).
Players can tackle the player with the ball. Then the player has to give up the ball.
When a player puts the ball on the ground behind the other team´s goal-line, it´s a “try” (5 points).
After a team gets a try, a player from that team can kick the ball over the other team´s goalposts for a “goal” (2 points).
A palyer can also kick the ball over the other team´s goalposts when he is running (3 points).

Some questions

How many players are there in a football team ?
What do you do in a tennis match ?
What does the red card mean ?
Where must the players throw the ball in a basketball match ?
How long is a handball match ?

The 18th European Championchips in Athletics

take place in Munich the capital of Bavaria from Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th where 1300 athlets from 45 countries take part (in). It´s the next importaint sports meeting in this town after the Olympic Summer Games in 1972 and the World Championship in Football in 1974. The motto of the opening festival was called “Europe meets Munich”. There are 46 competitions among them 22 for women. The first medal for Germany was won by our shot-putter who reached the third place with 20.58 metres. Heike Drechsler our hope in long jump couldn´t win her fifth gold medal on Wendnesday. The 10,000m was a special highlight on the second day. After a very tactical race and a very exciting last lap Dieter Baumann who returned into the national team after a two years doping break got the silver medal. All the visitors hoped for winning the gold medal by Ingo Schulz and he did so. The conditions especially on the first two days weren´t easy because it was raining all the time. We keep our fingers crossed for our athlets who have their competitions during the next day.