Sports Rules and Tournaments

There is no need of an article in the sentence.

This sentence has two related elements, i.e. 'game' and 'tournament'.

'Arbitrary' means based on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason or system. When team selection seems 'completely arbitrary', it suggests the choices were made without clear criteria, logic, or fair process - they were random or capricious. 'Amiss' means wrong, 'ample' means plentiful, 'apparent' means obvious, and 'appalled' means horrified - none of which fit the context of unfair or illogical decision-making.

Polo is played with 4 players on each team. Each player rides a horse and uses a mallet to hit the ball into the opponent's goal. The standard polo match has 4 players per side, making it a team sport that requires both horsemanship and ball-handling skills.

Table tennis can be played as singles (1 player per side) or doubles (2 players per side), which is why '1&2' is correct. The other numbers (5, 8, 9) are incorrect as they represent team sizes from different sports like basketball or football.

Rugby Union football has 15 players on each side during a match. Rugby League has 13 players, but 15 is the standard for Rugby Union which is more commonly referred to as 'Rugby football.'

The correct answer is 'banned' because it means officially prohibited, which fits the disciplinary context for team members with 'bad conduct'. 'Exempted' means excused from a requirement, which is the opposite of punishment. 'Excluded' could technically work but is less specific than 'banned' for sports disciplinary actions. 'Outlawed' typically refers to making something illegal by law, not team discipline.

A pirouette is a specific movement performed by a dancer. The relationship is action:performer. A somersault is a specific athletic movement performed by an acrobat. Both pairs show a specialized action associated with a particular performer.

A seeded player is a top-ranked player who is distributed in a tournament draw so that they do not meet other seeded players in the early rounds. This ensures that the best players advance to later rounds, making the competition more exciting. Option A correctly defines this tournament practice.

To deflect means to cause something to change direction. The defender accidentally caused the ball to change direction into their own net.

A volleyball team has 6 players on the court at any time. This 6-player format is standard for indoor volleyball internationally, including in the Olympics and professional leagues.

Association football (soccer) is played with 11 players on each team, including the goalkeeper. This is standardized across all levels of the game by FIFA laws. 10 players would leave a team short-handed, while 12 or 13 exceed the maximum allowed on the field.

A seeded player is a ranked player who is given special placement in a tournament draw to prevent top players from meeting in early rounds. Seeded players typically enter the tournament at advanced stages and are placed in different sections of the draw based on their rankings, ensuring that top contenders face each other only in later rounds.

Rob Green was West Ham's goalkeeper around 2008. He joined West Ham in 2006 and was their first-choice goalkeeper for several seasons before later moving to other clubs.

Football uses both yellow and red cards for disciplinary purposes. Yellow cards caution players, while red cards eject them from the match. Green cards are not part of standard football officiating.