🥍Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin in which players use a stick fitted with a netted head (the pocket) to carry, throw and catch a ball. Two teams compete to score in the opponent's goal. It comes in several formats: field (outdoor), box (indoor), women's field and Sixes, the latter being the format chosen for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Score more goals than the opponent by sending the ball into their goal using the stick, while preventing the other team from scoring.

• •The ball is carried, thrown and caught only with the stick, never by hand (except the goalkeeper within their zone depending on the format).
• •A goal is scored when the ball fully crosses the goal line into the opponent's goal.
• •Contact and marking rules differ by format: body contact is more permitted in the men's game (field/box) than in the women's game.
• •The stick must keep the ball moving or protected; possession can be lost on a foul or when the ball goes out.
• •The goalkeeper defends a protected area around the goal (the crease) that attackers may not enter.
• •At the start of play the ball is put into play at the centre using a format-specific procedure (face-off, draw or other).