Sports

Sports covers a good number of questions making it an important topic. Around 4-5 questions can be asked from this section, so such section should not be missed for preparations . So are few important points regarding Olympics, Commonwealth games, Cricket , Hockey and Football which you should not ignore.We hope it will be helpful for your upcoming Exams - IBPS, SSC, UPSC and all Competitive Exams.

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Olympics

1. Olympics games were started in 776 BC on Mount Olympia in the honour of Greek God, “Zeus’.
   
2. The modern Olympic Games were started in Athens, the capital of Greece on 6th April, 1896 with great efforts made by Frence nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
   
3. The Olympic Games were organised after every 4 years.
   
4. The Olympic Flag is made up of white silk and contains five interlaced rings as the Olympic Emblem.
   
5. The Five interlaced rings are arranged in 3-2 pattern on a white background, with the blue ring to the extreme left, followed by yellow, black, green and red, in the same order.
   
6. Blue for Europe, Black for Africa, Red for Americas (North and south America), Yellow for Asia and Green for Oceania (Australia and New Zealand).
   
7. The official Olympic Motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, a Latin Phrase meaning Swifter, Higher, Stronger. The Head office of international Olympic Committee (IOC) is at Lausanne (Switzerland)
   

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Commonwealth Games

1. The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in 6 sports and 59 events. Six sports made up the programme of the first Commonwealth Games: Athletics, Aquatics (Swimming & Diving), Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing and Wrestling.
   
2. Since 1930, the games have been conducted every 4 years except for 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
   
3. The Commonwealth Games are also known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966 and the British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974.
   
4. The Commonwealth Games federation (CGF) is the organization which is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games.
   
5. There are currently 54 members of the commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participated in the games.
   
6. India has participated in fourteen of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games. India hosted the Games in 2010, at Delhi. It was India's most successful Commonwealth Games to date with Indian athletes winning 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.
   

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Asian Games:

1. The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, are a multi – sport event held every 4 years among athletes from all over Asia.
   
2. The Asian games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
   
3. The First Asian Games were held in 1951 in New Delhi (India).
   
4. 17th Asian Games were held at Incheon,(South Korea) in 2014.
   
5. 18th Asian Games of 2018 will be held at Jakarta (Indonesia).
   

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Hockey World Cup

1. The first Hockey World Cup was organized in Barcelona (Spain) in 1971.
   
2. Women’s Hockey world cup has been held since 1974.
   
3. The 13th Hockey world cup held in the Netherlands (Hague) in 2014.
   
4. The 14th Hockey world cup will be held in Bhubaneswar India in 2018.
   

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Football World Cup

1. The Football world cup is organised by FIFA (Federation of International Football Association).
   
2. The world cup is called ‘Jules Rimet Cup’ named after the name of FIFA President Jules Rimet.
   
3. The First Football World cup was organised by Uruguay in 1930.
   
4. In 1942 and 1946, the football world cup was not played due to World War II.
   
5. The 20th FIFA world cup held in Brazil , where Germany defeated Argentina with goal deficit of 1-0
   
6. Brazil is the only nation to have participated in every World Cup so far.
   
7. The 2018 and 2022Football world cup scheduled to be held at Russia and Qatar respectively.
   

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Cricket World Cup

The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975.

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Sports terms

Browse list of terms of your favourite sports.

Football:

Advantage,Centre forward,Corner kick,Direct free kick,Dribbling, Foul,Golden goal,Goal kick,Hat-trick,Injury time,Marking, Offside,Own goal,Penalty kick,Red card,Substitute,Sudden death,Sweeper,Tackle,Throw in,Wings,Yellow card.

Cricket:

Boundary,Over boundary,Maiden over, third umpire,Runs,Strike rate,Economy rate, wides, overs, not out,Centuries, half-centuries, stumped, Hit wicket, bowled, Run out,No ball,Leg bye, Bye, Fielding, Innings, Stumps, bails, Crease,Pitch,Wicket.

Vollyball:

Baseline,Blocking,Dubling,Foot fault,Hiv,Holding,Jump set,Luv all,Tactical ball,Volly,Windmill service,lobpass,Point,game,Quick smash,Serve,Backhand serve ,Forhand smash,Smash,Netshot,Lob,Fault,Double drop,Diush,Bird,Rush,Pass,Set,Attack, Dig

Badminton:

Dush,Advantage,Half volly,Lov,Smash,Ground stroke,Deep volly,S service,Slice,Drop shot,Backhand stroke,Double fault,Out,Net

Lawn tennis:

Punch,Break,Cut,Defence,Knock,Knock out,Second eight, Win by knock out,Upper cut,Weight in,Bubbit punch

Boxing:

Bestball, Foresum, Bougi, Bunker, Hole, Kaddy, Dormy, Fareway, Forball, Greed holes, Links, Niblick, Pur, Pute, Tea, Stimid, Ruf

Chess:

Bishop,Kasling,Capture,Draw,Check mate,N pashant,Gambit,Grand master,Oskar, Under promoting,Pon,Night,King,Stale nate,Ruck

Golf:

Aka, Chaku gun, Datchi, Enechosen, Fudotouchi, Gedun, Geri, Obi, Hajime, Ibokee, Zeon, Kakato, Koko, Nidan, Sunbano, Siro, Ude

Karrate:

Bunker,Chukker,Mullet

Cards:

oxan,Bridge,Chicken,Cut,Little slum,Notram pos,Revoke,Suffle,Vulnarable

Hocky:

Backstis,Bully,Curry,Dribble,Carret,Korner,Penalty corner,Zonal marking, Sixten,Yard hit,Scoop,Goal line,Green card,Click

Baseball:

Boss, Battery, Banting, Katcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Infield, Outfield, Shortstop Pull out, Pitcher plate, Pinch

Zudo:

Asi-oaza,Chui,Dun,Dozo,Hazimi,Yippon,Zigotie,Koko Makikomi,Nage oaza,o-Gosi,Rundori,Tuni otosi,Uchi komvi, Yoshi,Uco

Zimnastic:

A-baross, Ariel, Blocks, Dis, Inlocate, Tariff, Bim, Floor exercise Virtusacity, rap

Billiyard:

Bunk line,Break,Bolting,Canon,Kiu,Stroke

Roing:

Bou,Bucket,Kou,Ergometer,Feather,Paddle,Rigatra

Basketball:

ball,Busket,Blocking,Dribbling,Free-through,Held ball,Jump ball,Pivot

Table tennis:

backspinn,Lope,Chop,Penhostgrip,Push,Spin,Tuidil

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Name of Cups and tropies and their related Sports

National and International Cups

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Sports Measurements

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Sports Players and Ground names

Sports and their Players

Sports and their Ground Names

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Name of Stadium and their location