Sentence examples for rugged game from inspiring English sources

After the Heat won a rugged game on Tuesday, Wade was remarkably elegant on Thursday, grabbing 10 rebounds and missing only eight shots.

That sealed a rugged game for Cincinnati, as they shoved their way into the Round of 16 and Florida State out of the N.C.A.A. tournament.

Our national sport is actually lacrosse, a rugged game taken from the Iroquois word meaning "to kill time until the pond freezes over".

I have, I know, been accused of wanting to see sports, particularly the rugged game of ice hockey, reduced to a "feminized" condition.

In tonight's rugged game, Hamm tackled fiercely, tracked back to retrieve balls, dropped into midfield on occasion and seemed intently driven from the beginning.

Late in the game, as their frustration mounted in a rugged game where they went cold in the fourth quarter, the Cavs players grew chippy.

You cannot dismiss that two former Knicks that, despite their flaws, played with the kind of serrated edge that used to get this franchise over the hump in rugged games.

And he plays a rugged, exuberant game that left him ninth in the N.H.L. in hits.

But with nine minutes remaining in a rugged basketball game, Connecticut center Emeka Okafor finally asserted himself.

Meanwhile, the only camp in the rugged Lapalala game reserve in South Africa has opened to the public, offering a rustic bush experience.

Buzkashī, ( Persian: "goat dragging") also spelled bozkashī, a rugged equestrian game, played predominantly by Turkic peoples in northern Afghanistan, in which riders compete to seize and retain control of a goat or calf carcass.