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journalism differs in their reference to teams. … The American style is to treat the team as singular, whereas the British use plurals. What are the rules in other variants of English (Aus, NZ etc.)? …

What is the correct verb to say when a sports team decides to not take part in the running season: withdraw or retire? … Is there a difference between withdrawal and retirement of teams in the sports context? Update: The regarding sport is handball. …

In France, and probably in some other countries, university players of team sports are generally divided into tiered teams, with the strongest players going to the strongest team ("team one"), and progressively … weaker players in subsequent teams. …

In news about English and "Commonwealth" team sports (e.g., rugby, cricket), I occasionally hear the visiting team being referred to as "tourists" (e.g., "the tourists won the match ..."). … If an English football team plays a match in another English town or, say, in Italy, are they also "tourists"? …

I am looking for a word or a concise expression for a sports team A that over a period of time has a consistent record of beating a rival sports team B. It is not necessary that A are better than B. …

In a programming context, I need to refer to players and teams interchangeably (in sports). I'm looking for a word - noun or adjective - that would be a generalization of those two terms. … The context that has me looking for a generic term is that both players and teams are capable of accumulating stats over a season (specifically, in hockey). …

In 1946, Cleveland Rams moved to LA, signifying the start of NFL teams moving west. Three questions here: Is it okay if I use "bespeak" instead of "signify" in this sentence? … What I am trying to say here is that NFL teams started to move west after the year 1946 when a team from Ohio decided to move to the West coast. …

Team sports are considered as team building activities to keep an individual fit and healthy. While some people think that the team sports help in building a good personality and health. … Just want to know why the use of the before team sports/sports is wrong here. Apologies if this is a silly question. …

In youth volleyball teams are divided by age. For example, a team consisting of kids 12 and under is referred to as a "12s team" or "12's team", and they typically play teams in that same division. … In other words, are people implying "this is a team consisting of a multitude of 12s", "this is a team belonging to group number 12", or "this is a 12-and-under team"? …

I have a section on the resume that includes the sports teams I've played on and the plays that I've acted in. What is a good term for this section? …

Here in Pittsburgh, we have lots of "Let's go Steelers!" (and some diehards who also say "Let's go Bucs!", but they're dying out). What does that phrase even imply? I assume it's similar to "Go Steele …

Why are country sports teams, for example, from England, referred to as 'The England football team' as opposed to 'The English football team'? …

But does this particular sentence on the BBC website not strike readers as sounding as though it's about the Russian soccer team rather than its army? …

The team is made up of many players so I think it should be plural; therefore, I think have sounds correct. But someone told me it should be has as the team is just one thing. …

“I have enormous faith and confidence in Merritt Paulson, who’s built from scratch one of the great sports teams, in any sport, in our country, if not throughout North America,” Garber said in February …