Find out the origin and the meaning of the following words from the text: penalty, major, stadium, trophy, defender, anthem, dejection, jubilant, record, suave, podium, tournament, reminiscent, incredible, savor.
Consult a dictionary and define the following technical terms related to the sport of cricket: Wicket, Stump, Crease, Boundary, Sixer, Googly, Leg-bye, Wicket maiden, Pitch, Power-play, No-ball, Yorker.
Divide the following words into two groups in accordance with their vowel pronunciation /aɪ/ (as in "fly") and /eɪ/ (as in "say"): fine, shine, rein, rail, why, sleigh, height, bright, might, snail, break, fake, five, freight, eight, game, claim, friend, sight, white, gait, by, hail, frame.
State whether the following sentences are True, False, or Not Given based on the reading text: a. England was the champion of 1996 World Cup Football. b. Italy bagged its first Euro Cup trophy in the Euro Cup 2020. c. The English team has won more trophies in International Football than Italy. d. According to the captain of the English team, the pain of losing a match has lasting effects. e. The Italian team was playing in their home ground. f. The goalkeeper of the Italian team had performed the best than any other players in the match.