THE WORLD OF SPORTS

Olympic games

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece. The first games were held in 776 BC in Olympia. The games were banned by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 394. The games were revived by the French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin who is regarded as the Father of Modern Olympics. The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 at Athens. 'Play the game in the spirit of the game' was the message of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' ('Swifter, Higher and Stronger') is the motto of the Olympics. The emblem of the Olympics is composed of five intertwined rings, each of different colours representing the five continents of the world. Black ring representing Africa, yellow ring representing Asia, blue ring representing Europe, green ring representing Australia and the red ring representing America. It is placed at the centre of the Olympic flag which is white in colour. The epigram of the Olympics is "The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well". The Olympic Flag, created in 1913 at the suggestion of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was raised for the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. The Olympic Flame was ceremonially lit for the first time at the Amsterdam Games in 1928. The modern version of the Flame was adopted in 1936 at the Berlin Games. The Olympic Flame symbolises the continuity between the ancient and the modern Games. The torch used to kindle the flame was first lit by the

sun's rays at Olympia, Greece and then carried to the site of the Games by a relay of runners. Now it is brought to the venue from Athens. B[p-\nI Hfn-n-Ivkpw, ]pcm-X\ HfnnIv kpw Xn- e p _s {]Xo-Im--Iambn kqNnn- -pXmWv HfnnIvkv ^vtfbnw. It was only from 1900. (Paris Olympics) women were allowed to participate in the Olympics. Women took part in track and field for the first time in 1928. The Olympic Games are held after every four years. However Olympic Games were not celebrated in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the world wars.

National Sports and Games

Courntry ...................................... National Sport Canada ............................................... Ice Hockey India ....................................................... Hockey Pakistan .................................................. Hockey USA ....................................................... Baseball England ..................................... Cricket, Football Australia ....................................... Cricket, Tennis Indonesia ............................................ Badminton Malaysia ............................................. Badminton Spain .............................................. Bull Fighting China ............................................... Table Tennis France ...................................................... Croque Japan ........................................... Jujuthsu (judo) Scotland .................................................... Rugby Russia ........................................................ Chess

An important feature is that no country wins the Olympics. Olympics are intended only to test the skills of individuals and teams, not of nations. sKbnwkv \S-p cmjv{S-nse cmjv{S--e-h\mWv HfnnIvkv DZvLm-S\w sNp-I. Closing Ceremony bpsS Ay- IOC {]kn-U v BWv. Jesse Owens of the United States was the hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Owens won four gold medals. He was nicknamed as The Ebony Antelope. In the 1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comancci of Romania became the first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect ten. Host Country is allowed to participate on every team event. First Asian city to host summer Olympics was Tokyo in 1964. The 1996 Olympic Games were held at Atlanta, USA. 2000 Olympics was held at Sydney. International Olympic Committee (IOC): IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Games. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is at Lausanne, Switzerland. It was created on January 23, 1894. Olympic Museum is also at Lausanne. Jacques Rogge of Belgium is the President of International Olympics Committee (IOC). IOC {]knUns Imem-h[n 8 hj-am-Wv. Juan Antonio Samaranch 2001 m\w Hgn--tm-gmWv PmIzkv tdmKv sXc-s-Sp--s--Xv. Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927. Ctm CXns {]kn- U v kptcjv Iam- Un- bm- Wv. The venues of the Olympics are chosen seven years in advance by the IOC.

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Athens Olympic Games 2004

2004 Olympic Games were held in Athens. After 108 year Olympic Games returned to Athens. Anju Bobby George, the flag bearer (Captain) of Indian team. Michael phelps American swimmer who bagged eight medals including six gold medals. Athena and phevos were the mascot of the games. Justin Gatlin (USA) won the gold medal in 100 metre race for men. Anjy Bobby George got Sixth place in Long Jump. Australia won the Hockey gold medal defeating Netherlands in the final.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver medal in the double trap shooting and he become the first Indian sports person to win an individual olympics silver medal. USA topped in the medal tally china placed second and Russia at the third place.

India at the Olympics

India officially participated in Olympics for the first time in 1920. India won the Olympic hockey gold six times at a stretch from 1928 to 1956 (1928, 32, 36, 48, 52, 56). and again in 1964 and 1980. Norman Pritchard representing India won two silver medal in the 200 metres and 200 meters hurdles in the 1900 Paris Olympics. K.D. Yadav of India was the first Indian in post independence era to win an individual Olympic medal. 1952 slknn Hfn-n-IvknemWv Ctlw shew t\SnbXv. Milkha Singh the Flying Sikh at the 1960 Rome Olympics broke the Olympic record in the 400m and yet failed to win a bronze medal by 0.1 seconds. The race was very close. The gold and silver medalist broke the world record and the next three broke the Olympic record. Milkhas timing of 45.6 seconds was a national record for 38 years. Leander Paes won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in tennis. Shiny Wilson is the first Indian woman to reach the semi-final in the Olympics (800m at Los Angeles). P.T. Usha is the first woman finalist at the Olympics (400 m hurdles). Shiny Wilson became the first woman Indian captain to lead India when she captained the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Anjali Vedpathak became the first Indian shooter to have made it to the Olympic finals (at Sydney Olympics). ss^\-en ARvPen Fm-a-Xmbn ^n\ojv sNbvXp. Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. 69 Intem `mtcm-Zz-l-\-n-emWv Iw at-izcn

sh-e-sa-U t\Sn-b-Xv.She won the Bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Suresh Kalmadi is the president of Indian Olympic Association. Indian Olympic Association formed in 1927. Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore become the first Indian to win an individual silver medal. (2004, Athens) Historical Achievements in Olympics

The hero of the Berlin Olympics held in 1936 was the great Jesse Owens of U.S.A. He won four Olympic gold in that year. He was nicknamed 'Ebony Antilop.' In 1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comaneu of Romania was the attractive figure, when she became the first person to score full points in the history of Gymnastics. In 2004 the Olympics will he held at Athens in Greece. AYo\, ^othmkv Fo cv ]mhpn IfmWv 2004se Hfn-n-Ivkns `mKyNn. 2008 Olympics will be held at Bejing in China.

Summer Olympic Games: The Summer Olympic Games are held during the summer season of the host city, usually between July and October. The Summer Olympics will last for sixteen days. Usually Summer Olympic games are mentioned as Olympic Games.

Playing Areas
Wrestling ..................................... Arena, Ring Ice - Hockey ............................................. Rink Skating ..................................................... Rink Golf .......................................................... Link Boxing ...................................................... Ring Baseball ............................................ Diamond Badminton .............................................. Court Lawn Tennis ........................................... Court Judo ......................................................... Mat Archery................................................. Range Equestrian ............................................. Arena Table Tennis ........................................... Board Atheletics .............................................. Track

Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games were started in 1924 at Chamonix in France. The 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Nogono (Japan). The 2002 Winter Olympics was held at Salt Lake City in U.S.A. 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in Turin (Italy) 2002 Winter Olympics champions : Germany top the medal tally with 12 golds. The only one Indian representative : Siva Kesavan. Germanys George Hackl made olympic history when he became the first athlete, in a summer or in a winter olympics to win a medal on the same individual event at five consecutive times. The last medal was won in 2002, In the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

The 2002 Games were held at Manchester (England) The 2006 Games were held at Melbourne (Australia) The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held at New Delhi.

Common Wealth Games - 2006

Paralympics
The Paralympic Games are the Olympics for athletes with disabilities. They are held every four years, immediately after the Olympic Games, and always at the same venue. The first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960, with about 400 athletes from 23 countries. Until 1972, they were restricted to athletes with spinal injuries, but now include those with other disabilities. Winter Paralympics have been held since 1976. Indias Devendra created history by winning the first ever gold for the country in Athens paralympics 2004 in Javelinthrow.

The 18th Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne (Australia) Indian shooter Samareshjung was honoured with the David Dixon Award by the Commonwealth federation for Best Athlete of the 18th Common wealth games. Samreshjung who won five Gold, one silver, one bronze medals in shooting. He become the first Indian to bag this Samreshjung honour in the Games history. Australia topped the medals tally, England finished second. Canada placed third. India finished in the fourth position.

Asian Games
Asian Games is the most important sports event of Asia. Asian Games are held once in four years midway between the Olympic Games. The first Asian Games were held in 1951 in New Delhi by the intiative of Jawaharlal Nehru. Dr. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the first Asian Games. Eleven Nations participated in the first games.

The Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is the sports festival of Commonwealth countries. J.Astley Cooper is called as the founder of commonwealth Games. The Games are held once every four years midway between the Olympic Games. The Commonwealth Games began in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada. The Commonwealth Games were originally called the British Empire Games. The 1994 Games were held at Victoria. 1998 Games were held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). It is the first Commonwealth Games to be held in Asia. Seventy countries participated in it, Australia topped the medal tally. India finished seventh.

Numbers of Players
Baseball .................................... 9 on each side Basket ball (men) ....................... 5 on each side Basket ball (women) ................... 6 on each side Bridge ....................................... 2 on each side Cricket .................................... 11 on each side Football .................................. 11 on each side Polo .......................................... 4 on each side Volley ball .................................. 6 on each side Hockey .................................... 11 on one side

The motto of the Asian games is 'Ever Onward'. The emblem is a brightful rising Sun with interlocking rings. Games is organised by Asian Games Federation based at Singapore. The 12th Asian Games were held at Hiroshima (Japan) in 1994. In 1998 the 13th Asian Games were held at Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Thailanad has a record of hosting the most number of Asian Games (four times) in 1966, 70, 78 & 98. 14th Asian Games were held at Busan (South Korea). India finised 8th with 10 golds. 2006 Asian Games were held at Doha (Qatar)

The venue of 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou (China)

Asian Games 2006

The 15th Asian Games were held at Doha Capital of Qatar. China topped the medal tally. Japan, South Korea, Kazakhistan were placed in the second, third and fourth positions respectively.

Important Grounds in Cricket

Lords Stadium ..................... London (England) Leeds Stadium .................... London (England) M.C.G. ........................... Melbourne (Australia) Oval ................................. London (England) Auckland ................................. (New Zealand) George Town ................................ West Indies Bridge Town ................................ West Indies Kingston ...................................... West Indies Sabina Park .................................. West Indies

India placed in 8th position with 10 Gold, 17 silver, and 26 Bronze. Koneru Humpy won the Gold for India in rapid chess. In womens 4 400 metres relay, India won the gold medal. In Long Jump, Anjy Bobby George won the Silver medal. The official man Mascot was Oryx. Tae Hwan - Park, the Korean Swimmer was declared the most valuable player of the games. He won 3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Jaspal Rana won 3 gold medals in shooting. Leander Paes and Mahesh Tae Hwan-Park Bhupati won the gold medal in the Lawn Tennis doubles. Sania Mirza and Leanderpase won the gold medal in mixed doubles of Lawn Tennis. Olympic Council of Asia asked the Indian Olympic Association to return the Silver medal won by Santhi Soundarajan in Womens 800 m run as Santhi had been disqualified on failing a gender test.

Afro - Asian Games

The first Afro Asian Games was held at Hyderabad (2003), the Hightech City of India. Uln-bnhv \S-m \n-bn-n-cp sKbnwkns thZn ]noSv ssl{Zm-_m-Zn-tev amp-I-bmbn-cp-p. Gjy `qJ-WvU-n-s\bpw B{^n- `qJ-WvU-n-s\bpw kwtbm-Pn-n-p-sImp \Sp sKbnw-km-Wn-Xv. Shero F knwl-p-nbmbn-cpp sKbnw-kns `mKy-Nn-w (Mascot). sKbnw-kns hmIyw (Logo) Two continents and one spirit F-Xm-Wv. The Second Afro - Asian Games will be held at Algiers (Algeria) in 2007.

Indian Cricket Stadiums

Barabati Stadium .................... Cuttack (Orissa) Wankade Stadium .................... Mumbai (M.H) Brabourne Stadium ................... Mumbai (M.H) Chepauk Stadium ........... Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Chinnaswami Stadium .... Bangalore (Karnataka) Eden Gardens ............... Kolkata (West Bengal) Firozeshah Kotla Ground ................. New Delhi Green Park .................................. Kanpur (U.P.)

SAF Games
SAF Games - (The South Asian Federation Games) is a sports festival of South Asian countries which started in 1985.

The first SAF Games were held at Kathmandu, Nepal (1985).Dhaka (1985), Kolkata (1987), Islamabad (1989), Colombo (1991), Dhaka (1993), Chennai (1995), Kathmandu (1999), Islamabad (2004), Colombo (2006) were the venue of other SAF Games. The SAF Games have been renamed as South Asian Games . The next SAF Games will be held at Dhaka (Bangladesh) in 2008.

Sports-Terms
Term Sports Bench Press .................................. Weightlifting Bouncer .................................................. Cricket Bulls eye ............................................ Shooting Bunting ............................................... Base Ball Butterfly Stroke .................................. Swimming Caddie ......................................................... Golf Canon ................................................... Billiards Chukker ....................................................... Polo Cover Point ............................................. Cricket Cue ....................................................... Billiards Dead Ball ................................................. Cricket Deuce ..................................................... Tennis Dribble ................................................... Hockey Feather Weight ........................................ Boxing Finesse ................................................... Bridge Flick ........................................................ Cricket Follow on ................................................ Cricket Full Toss ................................................. Cricket Gambit ...................................................... Chess Googly .................................................... Cricket Gully ....................................................... Cricket Half Nelson ......................................... Wrestling Hazard ................................................... Billiards Hook ....................................................... Boxing Jab .......................................................... Boxing Jigger .................................................... Billiards Jockey........................................... Horse Racing Let ................................................. Table Tennis Little Slam ............................................... Bridge Lob ......................................................... Tennis Mallet ......................................................... Polo Pawn ........................................................ Chess Pitcher ................................................. Base Ball Pivot ................................................. Basket Ball Punter .............................................. Horse Race Scoop .................................................... Hockey Scrum ...................................................... Rugby Silly Point ................................................ Cricket Square Leg .............................................. Cricket Steeple Chase .................................... Horse race Tee .............................................................. Golf Upper Cut ............................................... Boxing Yorker ..................................................... Cricket Mid-on .................................................... Cricket

SAF Games 2006

10th SAF Games were held at Colombo. India placed top in the medals Tally Pakistan came second and the hosts Sri Lanka third. Afghanistan participated in the games for the first time. Maldives did not get any medal.

National Games
National Games are held once in every two years. Unity, Peace, Co-operation and Good Will was the theme of the Games. In 1985 National Games were held in Delhi. 1987 - National Games were held in Kerala 1999 - National Games were held in Imphal 2001 - National Games were held in Ludhiana 2002 - National Games were held in Hyderabad 2007 - National Games were held in Guwahati

National Games 2007

33rd National Games were held in Guwahati (Assam) 33 teams participated in the Games. Mrs. Sonia Gandhi inagurated the games. Nagland participated in the games for the first time. Rehan poncha (Karnataka) and Richa Misra (New Delhi) were selected as the players of the Games. In Medals tally Services, Manipur, Assam were first , second, third places respectively. Kerala got 75 medals (30 gold , 22 silver, 25 bronze) placed 4th in the mdeals tally.

Next National games will be held at Ranchi (Jharkhand)

maximum runs in the 1999 World Cup (461 runs). Lance Klusener of South Africa adjudged as the Man of the Tournament in 1999.

World Cup Cricket

First World Cup Cricket was held in England in the year 1975. ICC is the International Cricket Council set up in 1909 for regulating cricket competitions in the world. Its headquarters is at Dubai. S. Venkita Raghavan was the captain of the Indian team in the 1975 and 1979 World Cup Cricket. India won the world cup cricket in the year 1983 by defeating West Indies, under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. The present President of ICC is Percysonn of South Africa. In 1999 World Cup Cricket was held in England, Australia won the cup by defeating Pakistan. Shane Warne of Australia declared man of the match in the final, Rahul Dravid of India took

2003 World Cup - South Africa

2003 World Cup Cricket were held in South Africa. 2003 temI-Iv {In-n ]s-Sp cmPy- 14 BWv. \ao-_nbbpsS temI-I-nse Ac-tw IqSn-bmbncpp 2003. The Mascot of the 2003 world cup cricket was a horse named 'Dazzler.'
Shane Warne of Australia was suspended from the World Cup matches 2003. This is because he was tested positive for the banned stimulant. This is the first time in the history of the world cup cricket tournament a player is being suspended. 2003 world cup was won by Australia by defeating India. This is the third time Australians were crowned as the champions. Player of the Tournament 2003: Sachin Tendulkar. He also become the highest run scorer in the entire world cup cricket tournaments. Man of the match in the final match was Rickey Ponding, captain of the Australian team.

Persons and Sports

Person Sports Ali Sher ....................................................... Golf Allan Boarder .......................................... Cricket Ajay Jadeja ............................................. Cricket Amar Singh Sokhi ................................... Cycling Anil Sood ........................................... Swimming Ashok Shandilya ................................... Billiards Aswini Nachappa ................................ Athletics Bahadur Singh ..................................... Athletics Brian Lara ................................................ Cricket Chris Evert .............................................. Tennis Clive LIoyd ............................................. Cricket Conchita Martinez ................................... Tennis Dhyan Chand ......................................... Hockey Dibyendu Barua ....................................... Chess Dingko Singh .......................................... Boxing Geet Sethi .............................................. Billiards Jansher Khan ......................................... Squash Jaspal Rana ......................................... Shooting

Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka became the first bowlers to get a hatrick in the first over. BZy Hmh-dnse BZy aqv t_mfn-emWv hmkn\v Cu A]q t\w. B Hmh-dn samw hmkn\v InnbXv 4 hn-m-bn-cp-p. 2003 thUv {Inv a-c-n. In 2007 World Cup Cricket will be held at West Indies.

Cricket

Cricket originated in England in the 13th century. Cricket is the national game of England and Australia. It has eleven players in each team. The length of the cricket pitch is 22 yards or 20 metres. Mainly Cricket matches can be classified in to two (i) one day cricket or limited over cricket which lasts for one day and (ii) test cricket which usually lasts for five days. So the International records of the cricket matches are kept under these two heads separately.

Test Cricket - Records

The highest number of runs in test cricket was taken by Brian Lara by breaking the record of Allan Border. Beyond Ten Thousand is Allen Borders book. The highest wicket taker in test cricket is Shane Warne of Australia (519 wickets). Brain Lara of West Indies holds the record of scoring maximum runs in an innings of a test cricket (400). The first to score ten thousand in test cricket is Sunil Gavaskar. Sunny Days and One day Wonders are his books. Little Master is his popular name. Sri Lanka's 952 for six declared against India is the highest ever total for a team in an innings of a testmatch. Jim Laker of England (1956) and Anil Kumble of India (1999) are the only two bowlers to take all the ten wickets in an innings of a test match. Don Bradman of Australia holds the record of maximum batting average in test cricket (99.94). Ghpw IqSp-X U_n skzdn sSn t\Snbn-p-Xv {_mUvam (12 Fw) Gary Kirstein of South Africa became the first batsman to score centuries against all nine other test playing nations. Allan Border (Australia) was the first player to score 11,000 runs in test Cricket. Donald Bradman was the youngest player to score a double Century in Test Cricket. Fred Spofforth (Australia) - First hattrick in Test cricket against England in 1878 - 79. Harbhajan Singh (India) - First hattrick by an Indian bowler in Test Cricket. Irfan Pathan of India is the first bowler in Test Cricket to claim a hattrick in the first over of a test match. Kiran Baloch (Pakistan) was the highest individual scorer (242 runs) in womens Test Cricket. Ajay Ratra of India is the youngest Wicket Keeper to score a century in Test. Ian Healy (Australia) - Most Catches (366 in 119 test) by a Wicket Keeper in Test Cricket. Mark Waugh holds the record for most number of catches by a fielder in Tests (181)

Steve Bucknor (West Indies) is the first umpire to officiate in 100 or more Test matches. Sachin Tendulkar scored most number of centuries in test - Cricket.

One day cricket records

The maximum number of runs in one-day International Cricket was taken by Sachin Tendulkar of India. The maximum number of one day centuries scored by Sachin Tendulkar. Wasim Akram of PaSachin Tendulkar kistan took most number of wickets in International one-day cricket. Pakistan's batting star Saeed Anwar made the highest individual score (194) in one day cricket, against India. Shaid Afridi of Pakistan is credited with the fastest century out of 37 balls in one day cricket.

Cups and Trophies

Name of the Cup Sport Ashes ................... Cricket (Australia-England) Aga Khan Cup ................................... Hockey Thomas Cup ................................... Badminton Uber Cup ........................................ Badminton Duleep trophy ..................................... Cricket Ranji Trophy ........................................ Cricket Irani Cup .............................................. Cricket Merdeka Cup ...................................... Football Nagjee Trophy ................................... Football Rovers Cup ........................................ Football Durand Cup ........................................ Football Santhosh Trophy ............................... Football Copa America Cup .............................. Football Prince of Wales Cup ................................. Golf Indira Gandhi Gold Cup ....................... Hockey Champions Trophy ............................. Hockey Beighton Cup ..................................... Hockey Dhyan Chand Trophy ......................... Hockey

The fastest fifty on one dayers was scored by Sanath Jayasurya of Sri Lanka against Pakistan (50 in 17 balls). Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan is the only player to take hattrick twice in one day cricket.

Super Max Cricket

It is the new form of cricket which combines test cricket and one day cricket. The idea of supermax cricket is created by the former captain of New Zealand Martin Crowe. For a team there will be two innings consisting of ten overs in each innings. The scheduled 10 overs must be bowled with in 45 minutes. There will be Maxzone; scoring runs in this area gives the batsman twice the runs scored by him. Maxzone is the area which is behind the bowler. One interesting rule is that a batsman cannot be got out in a ball which is bowled just after a no ball.

BCCI
Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is the regulating body of the game in India. BCCI president is Jagmohan Dalmia. BCCI secretary is S. Karunakaran Nair, he is the first malayali to hold the post. National Cricket Academy Director is Kapil Dev. The Cricket Academy of India was set up at Bangalore. Indian Cricket team Selection Committee Chairman - Dilip Vengsarkar

Cricket - Miscellaneous
Glen McGrath of Australia is popularly known as The Enforcer. Nilesh Kulkarni is the first Indian cricketer to take a wicket in his first ball in test cricket. Quickie is the Colloquial term for a fast bowler. England and Australia fight for the Ashes Cup. England and West Indies fight for Wisden trophy. Chetan Sharma of India made the first hat trick in World Cup Cricket. One More Over is the book written by E.A.S Prasanna.

Masur Ali Khan Pataudi was given the title Tiger. Thomson of Australia is otherwise known as Tornado. Donald Bradman of Australia scored 29 test centurys in his career. He is called the Don. C.K. Naidu was the first Indian captain of the Indian Cricket team. Hitting Across the Line is the book written by Vivian Richards of West Indies. Lala Amarnath scored Indias first ever test century. Sunil Gavaskar scored his 10,000th test run in Ahmedabad ground. The first official cricket test match was played at Melbourne between Australia and England in 1877. The oldest cricket club in India is the Calcutta Cricket Club and it is also the second oldest in the world. India played their first official test match at Lords in London (1932). sSv {In-n Ac-tw Ipdn-p Ghpw {]mbw Ipd hnv Io F _lp-aXn Cy-bpsS ]mYo]v ]t kz-amn (17 hbv). The first official test played in India is at Mumbai between India and England in 1933 - 34. India won its first test match victory against Australia in Kanpur in 1959-60. The first ever one day International match was played at Melbourne in 1971 between Australia and England. India played her first one day International at Leeds in England (1974). Ajith Wadeker captained India in that match. The official name of the first world cup cricket was Prudential World Cup. Twelve Nations participated in the 1999 world cup. Shoaib Akhthar of Pakistan is known as Rawalpindi Express. Vengsarkar of India is known as Colonel. Sunny Days and one day wonder were written by Sunil Gavaskar. He is known as 'Sunny' or 'Little Master'

The Cutting edge is the book written by Javed Miasnad of Pakistan. Amir Ekhi played test cricket for both India and Pakistan. A batsman can be dismissed in 10 ways. Standard cricket bat is made from Willow Wood. CXv hfsc flexible BWv. Important cups associated with Cricket: Ashes Cup, Deodar Cup, Rubber Cup, Dileep Trophy, Renji Trophy, Rohinton Baria Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Sharjah Cup. Virendra Sehwag is the first Indian ever to score triple century in a test match (309) and it is the highest individual score by an Indian in test Cricket. Steve Waugh (Australia) who played most number of text matches (168 matches) Tadenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) is the youngest captain in International Cricket history. Vivian Richards (West Indies) scored fastest century (56 balls) in Test Cricket. W.L. Murdoch (Australia) scored first double century in Test Cricket (1884) Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) is the first bowler to take 1000 wicket in international cricket including test and oneday Matches. Nathan Astle (New Zealand) scored fastest double century in Test matches. Mahela Jayawardene (374) and Kuramara Sangakkara (287) scored 624 runs for the 3rd wicket against South Africa is recorded as the highest partnership in Test Cricket Important terms associated with cricket: Duck, Follow on, L.B.W., No ball, Wide ball, Leg bye, Googly, Silly point, China man, Stumping, Yorker,

Full toss, Slip, Stumps, Flipper ,Umpire, Snick, Gully etc. In one day international cricket (50 overs) the team which scored most of runs in a match is Sri Lanka (443/9 against Netherlands) M.S. Dhoni (India) - Highest ever score by a Wicket Keeper (183) in Oneday cricket. Stephen Fleming (New Zealands) holds the record as Captain in most number of one day internationals. Saurav Ganguly is the third batsman in oneday international cricket to score 10000 runs.

World Cup Football

First World Cup Football was held in Montivideo the capital of Uruguay in the year 1930. Thirteen country participated in it and Uruguay itself won the championship. World Cup Football is organised by Federation of International de Football Association (FIFA). FIFA was established in 1904. Its headquarters is Zurich. Present FIFA President is Sepp Blatter (Switzerland) Brazil holds the record of winning maximum number of World Cup Football, 5 times. First Womens World Cup was held in 1991. The World Cup Soccer Tournament takes place every four years. In 1998 tournament was held in France. France became champion by defeating Brazil. India qualified for the World cup football once in 1950 from Asian Group.

World Cup 2006

2006 world cup matches were held in Germany. 32 Countries Participated in the Tournament. Italy defeated France (5-3) in penalty shootout to win the final France Captain Zenedine Zidane Zidane was adjudged the best player of the world cup and there by won the Golden ball Award.

Grounds Associated with Football

Brook Land ....................................... England Wembley ............................................ London Merdeka Stadium ....................... Kualalumpur Corporation Stadium .......................... Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium ............................... Kolkata Ambedkar Stadium ......................... New Delhi Nehru Stadium ............................... New Delhi

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Golden Shoe (Boot) Award for scoring the highest number of goals in the World cup (2006) was won by Miroslav Klose of Germany. Germanys Lukas Podolski was named as the best young player by FIFA. Gianluigi Buffon of Italy won the Lev Yashin Award for the best goals keeper. The FIFA fair play award for the tournament was jointly awarded to Brazil and Spain. Ronaldo of Brazil, setting the world record of highest number of goals (15 goals) in World Cup History. 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa. 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.

Football (Soccer)
Football is otherwise known as Soccer. It is the worlds most popular sport. It is the national sport of most European and Latin American countries. In each team there will be eleven players. Football as it is played today is developed in the United Kingdom. The duration of the games is ninty minutes. Football field measures 100 yds to 130 yds in length and 50 yds to 56 yds in breadth. Terms Associated with Football : Kicking, Offside, Goal kick, Sudden death, Penalty kick, Golden goal. Cups Associated with Football : DCM Cup, Durand Cup, Merdeka Cup, Santhosh Trophy, B.C. Roy Cup, Subrato Cup, Rovers Cup, Nehru Gold Cup, Nagjee Trophy, Copa America Cup, African Nations Cup, FA Cup, Federation Cup, G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy, IFA Shield, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Stafford Cup.

The oldest football tournament in the world is the English F.A. Cup. The oldest Football tournament in India is the Durand Cup started in 1888. It is the oldest in Asia and second oldest in the world. It begin at Shimla and shifted to Delhi in 1945. CXp hsc Av {]mhiyw tIcfw ktmjv t{Sm^n t\Sn-bn-p-v. ^n^-bpsS 2006 se Ghpw anI ^pUv t_mf F ]Zhn C- en-b Xmcw ^m_ntbm I-hmtcm t\Sn 2005 se Ghpw anI ^pSvt_m-f ]Zhn {_koen-b Xmcw sdmWmUntm t\Sn. The trophy which is awarded to the winners of the Nations Junior Football Champions is B.C. Roy Trophy. Edson Aranfes do Nascimento Pele is the real name of Pele who is also known as the black pearl of Football. Beverley Ranger of UK is known as Female Pele Football introduced in Olympics in 1908 and U.K. won the first gold. Calcutta is known as Mecca of Indian football and Kerala is known as Cradle of Indian Football. tIc-f-nse ^pSvt_m sa F-dn-b-s-Sp-Xv tImgn-tm-Sm-Wv. A columbian football player was killed by gunmen in 1993, after he scored a self goal in the world cup was Pablo Escobar. Oldest Football club in India is Dalhousie Club, Calcutta (1878) and the oldest club in the world is Sheffield Football cup.

Hockey Hockey Stadiums

Dhyan Chand Stadium ................. Lucknow Lal Behadur Stadium ................ Hyderabad National Stadium ...................... New Delhi Sawai Man Singh Stadium ................ Jaipur Shivaji Stadium ......................... New Delhi

Hockey is the national game of India and Pakistan, The number of players in each team is eleven. Field of hockey is 100 yard in length and 60 yards in width. The normal duration of the game is 70 minutes. Terms associated with hockey: Bully, Carry, Scoop, Stick, Dribble, Roll-in, Fifty yard line, Penalty stroke etc.

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Trophies and cups in hockey : Aga Khan Cup, Azlam Sha Cup, Beighton Cup, Lady Ratan Tata (National Women's Championship), Rangaswami Cup, Indira Gandhi Gold Cup, Dhyan Chand Trophy etc. Dhyan Chand, Pargat Singh, M Sommayya, Jagbir Singh, Jude Felix, Dhanraj Pillai, Gagan Ajith Singh are well known hockey players of India. Dhyan Chand is known as Hockey Wizard. His birthday, August 29 is celebrated as the National Sports day of India. He is well known as Grand old man of Indian Hockey. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan. Hockey was introduced in Olympics in 1908. England was the first Olympic hockey champions. The oldest hockey tournament in India the Beighton Cup. The hockey penalty stroke is taken from a distance of 7 yards or 6.4m. The highest governing body of World Hockey is Federation International Hockey (FIH) formed in 1924. The first world cup hockey for men was held in 1971. The 2006 World Cup Hockey matches were held in Germany. Germany won the title by defeating Australia in the final. Sohail Abbas of Pakistan holds the record for scoring most no of goals in international hockey matches (280 goals) Dhanraj Pillay hockey academy situated in Mumbai. Sohail Abbas

Important terms associated with tennis : Deuce, Back handstroke, Double fault, Volley, Smash, Let, Ace, Set, Game etc. Trophies and cups associated with tennis : Davis Cup, Wimbledon Trophy, French Open, Australian Open, U.S. Open, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Cup etc. Places Associated with tennis are Rolland Garros in France, Wimbledon in U.K, Flushing Meadows in U.S.A. Arthur Ashe was the first black man to win a Wimbledon. Leyton Hewit of U.S.A. became the youngest man to win a Grandslam when he won the 2001 U.S. Open Championship. The weight of a tennis ball is 20z (57 g). Wimbledon is the worlds oldest Lawn Tennis Tournament (1877)

Australian Open
2007 2006 2005 Roger Federer (Men) Serena Williams (Women) Roger Federer (Men) Amelie Mauresmo (Women) Marat Safin (men) Serena Williams (Womens) Rael Nadal (Men) Justine Henin (Women) Rafel Nadal (Men) Justine Henin (Women) Roger Federer (men) Amelie Mauresmo (Women) Roger Federer (Men) Venus Williams (Women)

French Open
2006 2005 -

Wimbledon
2006 2005 -

Tennis

Tennis originated in France. Formerly winning all the four major Tennis tournaments, that is Australian open, French open, Wimbledon and U.S. open in a calendar year is termed as a Grandslam. But now winning any of these tournament is called a Grandslam.

US Open
2006 2005 Roger Federer (Men) Maria Sharapova (Women) Roger Federer (Men) Kim Clijsters (Women)

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Don Budge became the first man to win all the four major trournaments in a calender year, and for women the credit goes to Maureen Conndly. The International Lawn Tennis Federation formed in 1913.

Cups associated with Basket ball : William Jones Cup, B.C. Gupta trophy, S.M. Arjuna Raja trophy, Todd Memorial trophy etc. Magic Johnson and Michel Jordan are the world famous Basket ball players.

Archery
Archery is the oldest sport in the world. Terms associated with the game are Bow sight, Nocking, Fight Shooting, C lout Shooting etc. Cups : Federation Cup. Limba Ram, Shyam Lal, Krishna Das, Skalzang Dorzi are the famous players of India associated with Archery.

Volleyball

Badminton
The game that was popularly known as Poona game. It is the National game of Indonesia and Malaysia. Badminton court measures 44 ft, by 20ft for doubles and 44ft by 17 ft for singles and 44 ft by 20 ft for doubles. The International Badminton Federation (IBF) is the world governing body of Badminton. It was formed in 1934. Terms associated with Badminton are deuce, drop, let, love all, smash, drop etc. Cups Associated with Badminton are Uber Cup (Womens International Cup), Thomas Cup (Mens International Cup), Yonex Cup, Konica Cup, S.R. Ruia Cup etc. Prakash Padukone (Indias youngest National Champion), P. Gopichand, Madhumita Bishat are the famous Indian Badminton players.

Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan (USA) in 1895. Its old name was Mintonette. There are 6 players in each team. Terms associated with volleyball are blocking, heave, holding, service, volley, spiker, libero etc. Trophies and cups associated with volleyball are Centennial cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, M.M. Joseph Memorial Trophy, Jimmy George, Dalel Singh, Abdul Basit are the famous Indian volleyball players.

Kabaddi
Kabaddi originated in India. Kabaddi is the game which combines the qualities of rugby and wrestling. In this game each side has 9 players who all play on the ground together. It is a pursuit game, requiring the players to run and hold their breath for a long time. Lona, Rider, Anti, Cant are the terms associated with Kabaddi. Federation Cup is associated with Kabaddi. P. Ganeshan, S. Rajarathnam, Ashok D. Shinde are the Indian players associated with the same.

Chess
Chess originated in India. There are 64 squares on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces - a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops two knights and eight pawns. Tems associated : Castle, Checkmate, Stalemate, Diagonals, Bishop, Gambit, Rook, Pawn etc. Cups associated with chess are Naidu Trophy, Khaitan trophy, Limca Trophy and World Cup. Federation International des Echeces (FIDE) is the governing body of the game. Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Gata Kamsky,

Basketball
Basketball was invented by James Naismith of Canada in 1891. The number of players in each team is five (womens team has 6 players). The game lasts for 40 minutes. Terms associated with Basketball are Heldball, Jump ball, Pivot, Steal, Tap, Dribbling

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Boris Spassky and Viswanathan Anand are world famous chess players. Famous Indian chess players are Bhagyashree Thipsay, Anubhama Gokhale, Nisha Mohita, Dibyendu Barua, Praveen Thipsay, Anupama Abhyankar, Vijaylekshmi, P. Harikrishna Abhijit Kunde and the Khadilkar Sisters. Praveen Thipsay was selected as the third Indian Grandmaster after Viswanathan Anand and Dibyendu Baruah. Recently Abhijit Kunte and P. Harikrishna were also became Grand Masters. S. Vijayalekshmi has became Indias first Woman Grand Master and Koneru Humphy the second Woman Grandmaster. Humphy is the worlds first woman to grab the mens grand master position.

Sarovar (Kolkata), Talkatora Swimming Pool (New Delhi). The country which invented backstroke swimming was Egypt. Breast Stroke style in swimming is the slowest style.

Baseball
It is the national game of U.S.A. Baseball has nine players in each team. The game very much resembles cricket. Ground Measurements: Diamond shaped ground, 90ft, on each side and 127 ft, along the diagonals. Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Pegging, Pincher are the terms associated with Baseball. Brooklyn in U.S.A. is famous for the game.

Boxing
Rules on Boxing is known as Queensberry Rules. Playing area of boxing area is called ring. Rabbit punch, break, cut, hook, jab, slam, upper cut are terms associated with boxing. The Yankee stadium, in New York and Madison Square Garden in U.S.A. are associated with boxing. Famous persons: Mohammed Ali, Evander Holy Field, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis.

Billiards
Playing board measuring upto 10 ft long, 5 ft side and 3 ft high. Bolting, Cannon, Jigger, Cue, are the terms associated with Billiards. Cue : _nymUv Ifn-m-\p nm-Wv. Geeth Sethi, Michael Ferreira, Yasin Merchant and Bob Marshal are the famous players associated with billiards.

Golf
Playing area of Golf is called Golf Links. Caddie, put, tee, bunker, dormy, fairway, fourball, links, par are terms associated with golf. Cups associated with Golf are P.G.A. Tour, Ryder Cup, Curtis Cup, Eisenhower Cup, Momura Trophy, Prince of Wales Cup, Walker cup, Muthiah Gold cup. Sunday Lodge in Scotland is famous for Golf. Tigger Woods is the famous player associated with Golf.

Shooting
Balls eye, Target Magpie are the terms associated with shooting. Jaspal Rana, Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagavat and Sunny Thomas are the famous Indian shooters, Bisley in England is famous for the game.

Swimming
Breaststroke, butterfly, crawl, dolphin kick are terms associated with swimming. Personalities: Sebastian Xavier, Wilson Cherian, Anil Sood, Rupali Repeli, Nisha Millet, Mihirsen, Arati Saha, Alexander popov, Ian Thorpe. Places associated with swimming are Subhas

Weight lifting
Bench press, Deed lift, Squat, Clean and Jerk and Snatch are the terms associated with weightlifting. Karnam Malleswari and Kunjarani Devi are the world famous Indian Weightlifters. The Bardwan trophy, Winchester Cup are associated with weightlifting.

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Miscellaneous
A half nelson, head lock, rebound, scissors, heave, hold, rebouts are terms associated with wrestling. Lekshmibai National College of Physical Education is located at Gwalior. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose National Institute of Sports is located at Patiala. The Sports Research Institute is in Punjab. Velodromes are oval tracks for cycling that slope inward steeply. Davis Cup (Tennis) was presented by the American politician D.F. Davis in 1900. Col. Prem Singh is known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Polo. Jansher Khan and Jahangir Khan are associated with squash. The first Indian to swim across the English Channel was Mihir Sen. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is the highest sports award in India. Arjuna Award is given to the best sports person annually. It was introduced in 1961. Dhronacharya Award is given to the best sports coach in India from 1985. Milka Singh is known as the Flying Sikh of India. India's sports goods are mainly manufactured in Jalandhar. Michael Ferreira (Billiards) won the most world titles for men five times in a row. The first sports museum in India is at Patiala. P.T.Usha is known as the Golden Girl of Indian sports. The first Indian to win an individual world title in any sports is Wilson Jones in Billiards. Country's first Archery Academy the Tata Archery Academy has been set up at Jamshedpur with the slogan 'Aim for the gold' India's Kunjarani Devi earned the distinction of being listed among the greatest weightlifters of the world. The Indian Athlete who participated in five successive Asian games is P.T. Usha. The first Asian Athlete to win an Olympic gold was Mikio oda (Japan, 1928, Tripple Jump) The first Indian woman athlete to win a gold in Asian games was Kamaljit Sandhu, 400 m at 1978 Bangkok Asiad. The first woman Arjuna Award winner was Rima Dutta. Horse Racing is popularly known as Sports of Kings.

The word Judo means Easy Way. Black belt is associated with Karata.

Sports Current Developments

Army XI won the Durand Cup (2005) by defeating sports clube de Goa. Australia won the champions Hockey Tournament (2005) beating the Netherlands in the final. England won the World Team Squash Tournament (2005) defeating Egypt in the Final. Ranji Trophy (2006) Uttar Pradesh won the Ranji Trophy defeating Bengal in the final. It was the first ever Ranji title for Uttar Pradesh. Simon Maiyo (Kenya) won the Delhi International Marathon (2006) Viswanath Anand won the Corus Chess Tournament. (2006) Railway won mens and womens titles by defeating services and Kerala respectively. Narain Karthikeyan First Indian ever to take part in Formula one racing. South African hit a world record 438 for nine (50 overs) the highest ever chasing score by a team Narain Karthikeyan in one day Cricket against Australias score of 434 for 4 in 50 overs. Pakistan won the under-19 Cricket World Cup (2006) by defeating India for 38 runs in the final at Colombo. Indian Cricket team set a record by winning 15 one day internationals in a row while chasing.

National Volley Ball Tournament (2006)

ICC Awards 2006

Player of the year ......... Ricky Ponting (Australia) Test player of the year ................. Ricky Ponting One day player of the year ................................. ..................................... Michael Hussey (Australia) Emerging player of the year ..... Ian Bell (England) Umpire of the year ....... Simon Taufel (Australia)_ Captain of the year ............. Mahela Jayawardene Womens Cricketer of the year ............................ .......................................... Karen Rolton (Australia) Spirit of Cricket ..................................... England

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Hasim Rahman (USA) won the world Boxing Council Heavy weight Tournament. Hendrik Buhrmann (South Africa) won the Ambay Valley Asian Masters Golf Tournament (2006). Indias Jeev Milkha Singh won the Volvo China Golf Tournament (2006). India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka to host the 2011 World Cup Cricket. New Zealand and Australia will host the 2015 World Cup Cricket. England will host the 2019 World Cup Cricket Thomas Cup 2006 won by China. Viswanathan Anand of India won the Magistral Ciudad de Leon Active Chess Tournament beating World Champion Vaselin Topalov. Saina Nehwal won the philippines open single title. She became the first Indian women player to win a four star badminton tournament. India Cricket team created history by winning a Test Series Saina Nehwal against west Indies after a gap of 35 year. The last time when India won a Test Series on the Carribbean Soil under the Captaincy of Ajit Wadekar (1970-71). Netherlands won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament by defeating Australia in the final. G.N. Gopal is the first malayali International Master in Chess. In Champions Trophy Hockey (2006) Netherlands defeated Germany (2-1) in the final to win the title. Abhinav Bindra of India won a gold medal at the 49th world shooting Tournament. Tiger woods won the British open Golf tournament (2006). The Netherlands won the 2006 womens Hockey World Cup defeating Australia. Germany won the Mens World Cup Hockey defeating Australia (4-3) in the final at Moenchengladbach (Germany). Germany become the only second team after Pakistan to win World Cup titles in a row. Australia won the ICC Champions trophy 2006 defeating West Indies in the Final.

Punjab won the Santhosh Trophy (61st 2006) defeating Bengal (5-3) in the Tie Breaker Penalty shoot out. Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavy weight World Tournament. India won the Womens 2006 Asia Cup cricket Tournament by defeating Sri Lanka in the Final. Dempo Sports won the Durand Cup (2006) by defeating JCT mills (Phagwara) 1-0 in the final. Jeev Milkha Singh won the Nippon Series golf Tournament. Fernando Alonso (Spain) - won 2005 World Motor Racing Championship becoming Formula ones youngest ever world champion. Apa Sherpa of Nepal holds the record of most conquests of Mount Everest. Shane Warne become the Second bowler in the history of Cricket to take 1000 wickets in Test and one days. Ranji Trophy 2007 won by Mumbai defeating West Bengal in the final. Allan Border Medal (awarded to best player in Australian Cricket) 2007 won by Ricky Ponting. 2011 World Cup Cricket final will held at Mumbai. Fabio Cannavaro - wins FIFAs world player of the year (2006) award.

Davis Cup Winners

2006 ................................................. Russia 2005 ................................................. Croatia 2004 ................................................... Spain

Roger Federer
He has completed 161st consecutive weeks as world No.1 player, has overhauled one of the longest standing marks in the world tennis jimmy connorss of 160 consecutive weeks as No.1

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Selected Questions - Sports

Which Australian cricketer is popularly known as The enforcer ? Glen McGrath Who was the first Indian cricketer to take a wicket with his first ball in test cricket ? Nilesh Kulkarni Name the Athlete who refused to compete in the 100m relay race at Paris Olympics in 1924 because the event was held on Sunday ? Eric Liddell Which country scored the highest ever test innings score ? Sri Lanka Who is the highest wicket taker in one day International cricket ? Wasim Akram (Pakistan) In which Swimming Race all the four strokes are combined ? Medlay Race Which game is known as the King of Sports? Horse Racing What is a Test Double in Cricket ? Taking 100 wickets and scoring 100 runs in test matches What is the colloquial term for fast bowler ? Quickie England and Australia fight for the Ashes. But for what trophy do England and West Indies fight for? Wisdens Trophy What is SCUBA? Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus In which sport are the terms schussing and traversing used ? Skiing Malcolm Marshall is related to Cricket The term iron is associated with Golf Who made the first hatrick in World Cup Cricket? Chetan Sharma (India )

Which cricket player in the world scored maximum number of centuries in one day cricket ? Sachin Tendulkar Who was the captain of the Indian team in 1975 and 1979 World Cup cricket tournaments ? S. Venkataraghavan National Sports day of India celebrated on 29th August is the birthday of which sports man ? Dhyan Chand Who was the first Indian in Independent India to have won a medal in an individual Olympic event? K.D. Jadhav Who was the second Indian chess player to earn the title of Grand Master ? Dibyendu Barua Name the trophy awarded to National Football Champion. Santhosh Trophy The interval between two Olympics is years four What is the distance between the two wickets in cricket field ? 22 yards Where is Melbourne ? In Australia Which woman won the Wimbledon Championship five times continuously ? Martina Navaratilova With which field Gail Devers is associated ? Athletics is the first chess player in India to become a Grand Master : Viswanathan Anand What is Ashes connected with ? Cricket Who was the Bown Bomber ? Joseph Louis Barrow The first woman athlete in India who reached the Olympics finals is P.T. Usha

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In which sport or game is the term catch a crab used ? Rowing How many centuries did Sunil Gavaskar scored in Test Cricket ? 34 What is the measurement of a Football ground ? 91.4m long 48.7 m wide What is the weight of a Tennis ball ? 2 Oz (57 g) In which country Tennis originated for the first time? France The first Asian games was held in the year ? 1951 ( New Delhi) Who invented , Volleyball ? William G. Morgan Sanday Lodge in Scotland is famous for : Golf Where is Shivaji Stadium situated ? New Delhi How many players are there on each side in a womens Basket ball game ? 6 Which cricketer has become the first batsman in history to play against all the Test playing countries both at home and away ? Mohammad Azharuddin Who is popularly known as Hockey Wizard of India ? Dhyan Chand Who took the highest number of catches in Test Crickets ? Mark Taylor Who wrote the book One More Over ? E.A.S. Prasanna Which place in India is famous for winter sports ? Gulmarg in Kashmir Who donated the Davis Cup for Lawn Tennis ? Dwight Davis The term roll-in is used in Hockey Which Indian Cricketer was given the title Tiger ? Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

Who won the 1999 World Cup Cricket ? Australia Which Australian Cricketer is called Tornado? Jeff Thomson How many test cricket playing nations are there in the world ? 9 The terms Scoop and Bully are associated with Hockey What is the literary meaning of karate ? Empty Hand Which is the oldest sport in the world ? Archery Which country won the first World Cup Football? Uruguay How many test centuries did Donald Bradman score in his career ? 29 The Cricket legend Donald Bradman belongs to Australia Who was the first woman athlete to be awarded the Arjuna Award ? Stephie DSouze What is the distance of the Marathon race ? 26 miles 385 yards or 42.195 km. Who was the first Athlete to be awarded the Padma Shri ? Milkha Singh Who was the first Indian Captain to Indian Cricket Team ? C.K. Naidu Where is the headquarters of International Olympic Committee ? Lausanne (Switzerland) Where is the headquarters of FIFA ? Zurich ( Switzerland ) Who said Play the game with the spirit of the game ? Barron Pierre de Coubertin Who is the first cricket player in the world to score three successive centuries in his first three Tests? Mohammed Azharuddin

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Who inaugurated the first Asian Games held in 1951 at the National Stadium, New Delhi ? Dr. Rajendra Prasad Which games was popularly known as Poona Game ? Badminton Who invented Basketball ? James Naismith For which sports Brooklyn in USA famous for ? Baseball When did India get Olympic Hockey Gold Medal for the last time ? 1980 (Moscow) Who wrote the book Hitting Across the Line ? Vivian Richards Who banned the Olympics in the 6th century A.D? Theodosius In which place the first Commonwealth Games were held ? Hamilton (Canada) Who is the only Olympic athlete to have won the Nobel Prize ? Philip J. Nepl Baker Which is the largest Indoor Stadium in India ? Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium (New Delhi) Where was the venue of the first Winter Olympics held in the year 1924 ? Chamonix ( France) Which athlete won two Olympic Gold Medals while on parole ? Bob Hayes Which famous athlete was nick-named as The Ebony Antelope ? Jesse Owens Which athletes autobiography is known as the Inside Track? Carl Lewis Who was the first Indian athletic coach to receive the Dronacharya Award ? O.M. Nambiar What is the real name of Pele, the Brazilian Footballer ? Edson Aranfes do Nascimento Pele Who was the first Indian woman athlete to win a gold in the Asian Games ? Kamaljit Sandhu

Name the only Olympic game event where men and women can simultaneously compete with each other. Tennis In which sports the team Mohun Bagan is associated ? Football Mercykutty is associated with Athletics Who scored Indias first ever Test century ? Lala Amarnath For which sports Grand Prix is famous for ? Motor Racing In which year did India officially partcipate in the Olympics ? 1920 What is the duration of a normal hockey match ? 70 minutes Which stroke is the slowest in swimming ? Breaststroke In which country did the name basket ball originate ? USA In which cricket ground did Sunil Gavaskar score his 10,000th test run ? Ahmedabad Which country invented backstroke swimming ? Egypt What is the width of a football goal post ? 24 feet Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year . 1961 In which year Dronacharya Awards were instituted? 1985 Which Basketball player is known as Air Jordan? Michael Jordan Who is the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam match ? Nirupama Vaidyanathan Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times ? Thailand

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