“Sport” or “sports”?
In British English, sport is uncoun-
table:
- How much sport do you do every
week? - She’s not at all interested in sport.
In North American English, the plural
sports is used instead:
- Could you pass me the sports sec-
tion of the newspaper, please?
When sport is used to mean “a parti-
cular form of sport”, it is countable:
- The school places great importance
on team sports.
Someone who is sporty likes — or is
good at — sport:
- He has a great sense of humour, but
he’s not very sporty.
When we say the football score
When we speak about the result of a
football match, the home team’s score
comes first:
- It’s three one to West Ham!
When both teams score the same
number of goals, we say all:
- What a great game. It’s two all.
When both teams have an equal num-
ber of goals at the end of a match, we
say it’s a draw.
When a team scores no goals, we say
nil:
- The score is one nil to Everton.
For 0–0, we say “nil nil”.
Useful football phrases
- Are you watching the game tonight?
- Did you see the match yesterday?
- What’s the score?
- Who scored?
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