Question
Describe an international sports event you have attended.
Sample answer
I attended the Asia Cup final cricket tournament that was held at Dhaka Stadium in the year 2002 or 2003. We went to Dhaka to watch the game and stayed at a hotel during this time. I had 3-4 friends and a cousin with me from the very beginning. We had had our ticket almost 3 months before the game started. On the day we left the hotel early morning and took a taxi to reach near the stadium. We found a huge crowd there; in fact the crowd was much more than we anticipated and expected. I found one of my friends wearing the jersey of a team and others whistles. The crowd and their patience in the line gave the impression how much popular this game over here.
I had a flag with me of the team I supported. We had to stay in the line for about 45 minutes before we finally entered in to the stadium. I simply became overwhelmed with the sheer number of spectators and their festivity and support for the game.
The game started at 10.00 am and the people were enjoying it very much. The game was really enjoyable and I found supporters for both of the team. The crowd, the music, the competition, the excitement of the game, and the liveliness and spontaneous actions of the spectators were noteworthy. After the first team ended their innings, we went outside and were looking for a hotel to eat. But people were everywhere and there were no seat in the hotel. Finally we got an empty hotel after walking almost 20 minutes and sat there to have our lunch. We returned to the stadium in 35 minutes and the second innings started. Several TV channels were broadcasting the live game and the number of people watching this very game in the world would not be less that 70 million.
The first team scored 280 and that was a good fighting score at that time. The second team started hammering the bowls from the very beginning. It seemed to me that they would not need more than 30 overs to win the game. But they started losing wickets and in 20 overs they lost 3 wickets. The spirit and excitement of the spectators looked like a waving sea. The team I was supporting started doing really good. In the evening the game started turning in favour of the first team and became very close. Cricket is a game of uncertainty and this game became even more competitive and uncertain. Both team had the chance to win and the game was changing in every 10 minutes. The last 30 minutes were breathless and extremely exciting and finally the team I was supporting won the match.
This event takes place once in every two years and the schedule and venue is selected and maintained by the ICC. This was my first experience to visit Dhaka as well as watching such an exciting match. I have watched few other cricket matches in the stadium, but none of them was as exciting as this one was. The crowd, the enthusiasm of the people and the superb weather made it an interesting one.
Tips for answering this cue card:
Do not get confused about this cue card topic. It does not ask you to talk about a sporting event or game event where you have participated. So you are free to talk about a sporting event you have seen. But you can also talk about a game or sport event where you participated as well if you want.
Talk about a national or international games event that you know well. Even if you have not watched it, knowing about the game (i.e. who were the competitors, what was the result of the game and some other information) would let you talk about the event.
Since, this cue card asks you to talk about a sporting event you attended, do not tell that you have watched this game on TV.
Mention if this was a local or international sporting event, which teams participated in the game, how long it was, how often if takes place, how you reached there, what you did, who was with you and what happened in the game. Finally mention the interesting and important part of this event.
If you say that you were a participant of the game, mention how you attended the game, how you did and your experience of the sporting event.
Some sporting events you can talk about:
1. International cricket tournament
2. Local cricket tournament (/county leagues)
3. International football game.
4. Local football league.
5. Swimming sporting event.
6. Shooting sports event.
7. Hockey game
8. Car race
9. Badminton
10. Table Tennis
11. Long Tennis or any other local sports you have in your country.
