With lightning-quick reactions (反应) and no small amount of cleverness, Chen throws off his leg high above his shoulder in a movement. He connects his foot with the oncoming football and volleys (拦截) it powerfully downward. With a loud “bang” it springs off the strangely-curved (奇特弯曲的) ping-pong table and     1    (fly) past the ear of his competitor, who, unable to react quickly enough, is left where it is. The point     2    (obvious) goes to Chen. Without breaking as weat, he stands up effortlessly and prepares     3    (serve) once more.

This unique sport     4    (call) Teqball. The Hungarian-born mixture of football and table tennis has been around for ten years. It’s played on a curved tabletop     5     is 3 metres long and 1.7 metres wide, with the highest point reaching 0.76 metres high,     6     it’s separated by a solid net.

Generally, the game is played in three-set     7     (match), with doubles competitions being     8    (popular) than singles. Players use a bitunder-inflated (充气不足) football and, similar to football, are allowed to hit the ball with any part of     9    (they) body except their hands.

    10     Aug 19, the 2023 Beijing Teqball Challenge, held by the Beijing Olympic City Development Association and the International Teqball Federation, ended up at the scenic Juyongguan Great Wall area in Beijing.

Runner’s World Challenge

It’s hard to imagine a more inspirational place for a marathon or half marathon than Marrakech in Morocco. With one of the fastest     1     (route) in the world, this is a race not to be missed. You can be there     2    (run) and explore the city on this great Runner’s World holiday.

We’ve teamed up with Intrepid Travel,     3     leading expert in small group holidays to the world’s most fascinating destination, to bring you a unique eight-day travel plan from January 24th to 31st, during     4     you will explore the ancient sites of Morocoo and take part in the 31st edition of the thrilling International Marathon of Marrakech.

You will join expert guides and also feed     5     (you) soul and stomach on a foodie tour of the market of Marrakech     6     the open air, visit a vineyard, and spend time in the walled city of Essaouira, all in the company of other Runner’s World readers. After the race, you     7     (enjoy) a hammam (土耳其蒸气浴室) treatment and a relaxing massage (按摩) to help you regain energy. However,     8     (race) the Marrakech Marathon’s flat route, along narrow roads lined with palm trees, through lush orange and olive woods and past the 12th-centuty red-tinged city walls is     9     (real) the most attractive. You will remember this     10    (impress) adventure for a lifetime and form friendships that will last just as long.

The 19th Asian Games, held in Hangzhou, has highlighted not only the great celebration of sporting talent, but also the deep cultural     1     (root) of the host nation. For instance, the mascot (吉祥物) Congcong,     2     name comes from the cong jade pendant (玉佩), represents the historical ruins of Liangzhu City. By integrating objects with such historical and cultural importance into the signs     3     (associate) with the international sporting event, the organizers hope to stimulate people’s curiosity and encourage them     4     (explore) this rich history.

The cong,     5     (feature) a tube-shaped core enveloped by a square framework, is the representative of the Liangzhu civilization. The carved man-and-beast pattern decorating the cong     6     (hold) great significance, which is now considered the ultimate symbol of what the UNESCO World Heritage Convention referred to     7     “an early state ”.

The Liangzhu people, known for their mastery of planning, engineering, and agriculture, farmed rice fields, developed an advanced economy,     8     constructed their homes on little earth platforms. Their     9     (remark) achievements reflect a civilization comparable to ancient Egypt. The Liangzhu site, well-preserved and continuously revealing new insights through archaeological efforts, provides     10     window into the past of this splendid culture.

Every four years the best players in the world gather for one month in summer to take part in the biggest event in football—the World Cup.     1    will be very different when the 2030 edition rolls around.

In October, FIFA released a statement     2     the 2030 FIFA World Cup will take place in six countries across three continents to celebrate the soccer tournament’s 100th anniversary. Morocco, Portugal and Spain are combined applicants to host most of the     3     (match), while Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina are targeted to host kickoff games     4     (respective) to begin the 2030 World Cup.

“The World Cup’s first match was hosted in Uruguay in 1930, so the centennial (百周年的) World Cup could not be far from South America,       5     everything began,” said     6     FIFA officer. He added, “We will have a unique     7     (globe) footprint in 2030 welcoming and uniting the world while     8     (celebrate) together the beautiful game and the centennial World Cup.”

Actually, the 2026 World Cup     9     (hold) in cities across America, Canada and Mexico, the first time it will be played across three host nations. The current size of the World Cup, 32 teams, increases     10     48 in the 2026 event.

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Considered as “one of the best ever”, the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou has been    1     (high) praised.

“Technically, we have had one of the best Asian Games ever,” said Vinod Kumar Tiwari, acting director general of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). “We have about 12,000 athletes participating in the Games. The number of officials and the technical officials    2    (be) 4,975 and 4,700, respectively, and over 12,000 media personnel have attended.” Tiwari said.

A total of 478 gold medals have been produced in various events,    3     saw 15 world records broken, 28 Asian records    4    (renew), and 150 Asian Games records bettered, according to Xu Deqing, chief spokesperson of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

“We    5    (achieve) the most successful Asian Games in history by far,” said Chen Weiqiang, executive secretary general of the organizing committee. “This edition of the Asiad has integrated Hangzhou’s rich     6     (history) heritage, surging     7     (innovate), vitality and distinct value pursuit into various aspects.” Chen said the Asiad has also perfectly combined art    8     technology, and it has showcased the beauty of Hangzhou’s landscapes and technological confidence to the world.

Wei Jizhong, honorary life vice-president of the OCA, said, “More than three million tickets had been sold as of Saturday,    9     (generate) more than 600 million yuan ($82.5 million) in revenue. We don’t rank Games against one another on which was the best.    10    , in terms of the Games in China, I give it a mark of 100.”

A rural basketball league in China attracted well close to 100 million live views across the country in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

The Village Basketball Association,     1     (base) in Guizhou Province, is better known as “CunBA”, Cun being the word for “village” in Chinese. The grassroots league was established in 2016 but has recently attracted     2     whole new generation of basketball fans nationwide. Amateur basketball players representing their villages compete not     3     cash prizes; instead, the winning team take home live ducks, rice and     4     (tradition) Miao-style silver headdresses.

The CunBA drums up a special kind of emotion and     5     (excite) among spectators (观众). However, none of the 20,000 spectators     6     made their way to the year’s final game had to pay for their tickets, and they were welcome     7     (enjoy) the game in creative ways.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the sport has a long history in the region     8     (date) back to 1930s. Annual games     9     (hold) during the region’s Miao ethnic harvest festival in the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The CunBA, during the 2022/2023 season,     10     (have) a total of 176 participating teams from the various farming villages in the region, hosting nearly 5,000 grassroots games.

The cauldron (主火炬) of the 19th Asian Games was extinguished inside Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium on the night of October 8^th as     1     (schedule). This year’s     2     (forget) Games, hailed as one of the best Asian Games in history, will leave     3     indelible legacy on the city, the Chinese people and the continent.

Since the opening ceremony on September 23rd, 11,830 athletes from 45 Asian countries and regions gathered in Zhejiang to compete in 481 events in Hangzhou and     4     (neighbor) cities.

The closing ceremony     5     (attend) by Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Raja Randhir Singh, Acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Athletes entered the stadium together, in    6     they enjoyed the ceremony without regard to nationality.

In terms of medals, China topped the gold medal table for the     7     (eleven) consecutive time. Japan and South Korea were second and third in the medal table.

    8     is more noteworthy is that many delegations made historic     9     (breakthrough) in some traditionally weaker events, breaking the monopoly (垄断) of strong teams.

At such a fairy-tale gathering, the spiritual power of Asia was once again promoted. At the same time, China’s internationalization and openness were     10     display.

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On the evening of September 23rd, every online and offline torchbearer was a small flame, a shining point,     1     gathered on the Qiantang River and formed a concrete “digital human”. The combination of “digital and physical integration”     2    (complete) the lighting ceremony, truly embodying the concept of universal participation.

According to reports, since the launch of the activity, more than 100 countries and regions from around the world     3    (become) Asian Games digital torchbearers. According to statistics, among the hundreds of millions of digital torchbearers, the oldest is 98 years old, and the     4    (young) is 12 years old.

Sha Xiaolan, director and chief producer of the opening ceremony, said that various lighting methods     5    (use) n large sports events have left many classic moments. In order to create     6     unique lighting ceremony, the     7    (direct) team consulted numerous cases from past Olympic Games and Asian Games.

“In the end, we want to return to the essence of sports strengthening our bodies     8     keeping fit. In order to let more people participate     9     the lighting ceremony, we initiated a form of mass participation and digital     10    (interact), maximizing the participation of the whole population,” Sha Xiaolan added.

Team China bagged a total of 383 medals, including 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze,     1    (rank) first in the medal tally (奖牌榜) during the 19th Asian Games,     2     concluded competitions on Sunday.

The first gold of the Games was awarded       3     China’s Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping, who paddled to victory in the women’s lightweight double sculls (双桨赛艇) rowing event with a time of 7 minutes, 6.78 seconds. China’s last gold       4    (take) by 10 artistic swimmers who delivered a great     5     (perform) to win the team free routine final on October 8. In total, China bagged two gold medals in artistic swimming. Japan and Kazakhstan took the silver and bronze medals,     6     (respective), in the two events of the sport.

The 19th Asian Games, which featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines, and 481 events,     7     (run) from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, along with five co-host     8     (city), namely Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, and Jinhua, in east China’s Zhejiang Province.

Chinese swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang were jointly awarded the Most    9     (value) Player of the Hangzhou Asian Games, marking the first time that two athletes received     10    award.

The 31st FISU World University Games concluded on Tuesday night in Chengdu, Si-chuan province,     1    (win) wide praise from officials and athletes alike.

The closing ceremony was held at the Chengdu Open Air Music Park. It was the first time that the closing ceremony of a large international sporting event     2    (hold) in a park. The ceremony aimed     3    (leave) the audience worldwide with fond     4    (memory) of a unique Chendu, from     5     they got to know China and fell in love with its people, the organizers said. Indeed, this splendid ceremony     6    (strike) everyone deeply.

    7    total of 6,500 student-athletes from 113 countries and regions competed in 269 events of 18 sports at the Chengdu games, which opened July 28. China led the medal tally (奖牌榜)    8     103 gold, 40 silver and 35 bronze. Japan was in second place. South Korea and Italy ended up in third and fourth places     9    (respective), as South Korea won two more bronze medals.

During the closing ceremony, the FISU flag was handed to a     10    (represent) of Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, which will host the 32nd FISU World University Games in 2025.