Sports
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Olympics
- Olympics games were started in
776 BC
onMount Olympia
in the honour of Greek God,“Zeus’.
- The
modern Olympic Games
were started inAthens
, the capital of Greece on 6th April, 1896 with great efforts made by Frence nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. - The Olympic Games were organised after every 4 years.
- The Olympic Flag is made up of white silk and contains five interlaced rings as the Olympic Emblem.
- 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.
- Blue for Europe, Black for Africa, Red for Americas (North and south America),
Yellow
for Asia and Green for Oceania (Australia and New Zealand). - 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)
Commonwealth Games
- The first Commonwealth Games were held in
1930
inHamilton
,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. - Since 1930, the games have been conducted every 4 years except for 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
- The Commonwealth Games are also known as the British Empire Games from
1930 to 1950
, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from1954 to 1966
and the British Commonwealth Games from1970 to 1974
. - The Commonwealth Games federation (CGF) is the organization which is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games.
- There are currently
54
members of the commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participated in the games. - India has participated in fourteen of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games. India hosted the Games in
2010
, atDelhi
. It was India's most successful Commonwealth Games to date with Indian athletes winning 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.
Asian Games:
- The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, are a multi – sport event held every 4 years among athletes from all over Asia.
- The Asian games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
- The First Asian Games were held in
1951
inNew Delhi
(India). - 17th Asian Games were held at Incheon,(South Korea) in
2014
. - 18th Asian Games of
2018
will be held at Jakarta (Indonesia).
Hockey World Cup
- The first Hockey World Cup was organized in Barcelona (Spain) in
1971
. - Women’s Hockey world cup has been held since
1974
. - The 13th Hockey world cup held in the Netherlands (Hague) in
2014
. - The 14th Hockey world cup will be held in Bhubaneswar India in
2018
.
Football World Cup
- The Football world cup is organised by FIFA (Federation of International Football Association).
- The world cup is called ‘Jules Rimet Cup’ named after the name of FIFA President Jules Rimet.
- The First Football World cup was organised by Uruguay in
1930
. - In
1942
and1946
, the football world cup was not played due to World War II. - The 20th FIFA world cup held in Brazil , where Germany defeated Argentina with goal deficit of 1-0
- Brazil is the only nation to have participated in every World Cup so far.
- The
2018
and2022
Football world cup scheduled to be held at Russia and Qatar respectively.
Cricket World Cup
The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975
.
YEAR | HOST NATION | WINNERS |
---|---|---|
1975 | England | West Indies beat Australia |
1979 | England | West Indies beat England |
1983 | England | India beat West Indies |
1987 | India | Australia beat England |
1992 | Australia | Pakistan beat England |
1996 | India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan | Sri Lanka beat Australia |
1999 | England | Australia beat Pakistan |
2003 | South Africa | Australia beat India |
2007 | West Indies | Australia beat Sri Lanka |
2011 | India/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh | India beat Sri Lanka |
2015 | Australia/New Zealand | Australia beat New Zealand |
2019 | England | - |
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
Name of Cups and tropies and their related Sports
National and International Cups
Name of Cup/Trophy | Sports |
---|---|
Aga khan cup | Hockey |
Bangalore cup | Basket Ball |
Beighton cup | Hockey |
Burdwan cup | Weight Lifting |
D. C. M cup | Football |
Dhayanchand cup | Hockey |
B. C Roy trophy | National Junior Football |
Duleep trophy | Cricket |
Duran cup | Football |
Ezra cup | Polo |
Fedaration cup | Football |
Jaylaxmi cup/Championship(T.T) | National Women |
Lady Ratan Tata trophy | Women's Hockey |
Nehru trophy | Women's Hockey |
Nehru Gold cup | Football(International) |
Nijam Gold cup | Football |
Rajkumari cup | T.T(Junior girls) |
Rajkumar cup | T.T(Junior boys) |
Rangaswami cup | National Hockey Championship |
Ranji trophy | National Cricket |
Santosh trophy | National Football |
Rovers cup | Football |
Irani trophy | Cricket |
Subrata Mukherjee cup/Championship | National School Football |
Ranjit Singh Gold cup | Hockey |
Prithbi Singh cup | Polo |
Rohinton Barua trophy | Inter University Cricket |
Maulana Azad trophy | Inter University Sports(Athletics) |
Ashes trophy | Cricket(Australia vs. England 5 test series) |
America cup | Yatch Racing |
Canada cup | Golf(World Championship) |
Colombo cup | Football(IND, PAK, SRI, BURMA) |
Davis cup | Lawn Tennis(men, world) |
Federation cup | Lawn Tennis(women, world) |
Corbillon cup | World's T.T(women's) |
Derby cup | Horse Racing |
Kings cup | Cart Racing |
Merdeka cup | Football(Indonesia) |
Prince of Wales cup | Golf |
Ryder cup | Golf |
Thomas cup | World Badminton(men's) |
Uber cup | World Badminton(women's) |
U Thant cup | Lawn Tennis |
FIFA cup | Football |
Tunku Abdid rahman | Asian Badminton |
Coach Behar trophy | Cricket |
Deodhar trophy | Cricket |
Schindhia cup | Hockey |
All England Championship | Badminton |
Walker cup | Golf |
Wellington cup | Rowing |
Swaythling cup | World T.T(men's) |
Vizzy cup | Cricket |
Gurunanak Championship | Hockey(women's) |
Obaidullah Gulf cup | Hockey |
Jules Rimet | World Soccer cup |
Reliance cup | Cricket |
Grand National | Horse Racing |
Hapman cup | Golf |
Sahara cup | Cricket |
Sports Measurements
Name of Sports | Measurement |
---|---|
Badminton |
Singles - 44ft * 17ft |
Baseball Diamond shape ground |
Bredth - 127ft |
Billirds |
Length - 10ft |
Basket Ball |
85ft * 46ft |
Durby Horse Rase |
1.5 Miles/2.4 Km |
Football |
Ground - 300/390ft * 150/168ft |
Cricket |
Pitch - 22 Yards/66ft |
Golf |
Hole - 4.5" Deep |
Hockey |
Ground - 300ft * 165ft |
Marathon |
26 miles and 285 Yards |
Polo |
300 Yards * 200 yards |
Lawn Tennis |
78ft * 28ft(Singles) |
Table Tennis |
Length - 9ft |
Volly Ball |
30ft * 30ft |
Water Polo |
30 Yards * 20 Yards |
Sports Players and Ground names
Sports and their Players
Sports | Players |
---|---|
Football | 11 |
Basket Ball | 5 |
Rugby Football | 15 |
Hockey | 11 |
Baseball | 9 |
Polo | 4 |
Water Polo | 7 |
Volley Ball | 6 |
Table Tennis | Singles = 1,2 / Doubles = 2,4 |
Billiard | 1 |
Bridge | 2 |
Sports and their Ground Names
Sports | Ground Name |
---|---|
Athelatics | Track |
Badminton | Court |
Lawn tennis | Court |
Baseball | Diamond |
Boxing | Ring |
Cricket | Field |
Golf | Course |
Hockey | Field |
Ice Hockey | Ring |
Ice Scating | Ring |
Wrestling | Arena |
Name of Stadium and their location
Stadium | Place |
---|---|
Wankheda | Mumbai |
Netaji Indoor Stadium | Kolkata |
Saltlake(Largest in India) | Kolkata |
Nehru(Football) | Chennai |
Rajni(Football) | Kolkata |
Braborn | Mumbai |
Keenan(Cricket) | Jamshedpur |
Barbati(Cricket) | Cuttack |
Greenpark(Cricket) | Kanpur |
Sibaji Hockey Stadium | New Delhi |
Jawaharlal Nehru(Football) | New Delhi |
Indra gandhi Indore Or Indraprasta | New Delhi |
Firoz Shah Kotla | New Delhi |
Yankee(Boxing) | New York |
Wimbeldon | London |
Wembley(Football) | London |
Twinkenhem(Rugby) | London |
Tentbridge(Cricket) | London |
Putney(Boat Racing) | London |
Oval(Cricket) | London |
Leeds(Cricket) | London |
Lords(Cricket) | London |
Hurlingham(Polo) | London |
Forest Hills(Lawn Tennis) | New York |
Black Health(Rugby) | London |
Brookland(Football) | London |
Epson(Horse Racing) | London |
Henley(Boat Racing) | London |
Chennaswami(Cricket) | Bangalore |
Perth,Brisbane,Sidney(Cricket) | Australia |
Sharjah(Cricket) | U.A.E(Abu Dhabi) |
Bangabandhu(Cricket) | Dhaka |
Lal Bahadur Shastri(Cricket) | Hydrabad |
Eden Park(Cricket) | Auckland |
Chapark(Cricket) | Chennai |
Ambedkar(Football) | New Delhi |
Sandy Lodge(Golf) | Scotland |
Yadarindra(Hockey) | Patiala |
Dhanchand(Hockey) | Lucknow |
Maan Singh(Hockey) | Jaipur |
Bisley(Shooting) | England |
Florence(Skilling) | Chadwick |
Blackpool(Snooker) | England |
Ballav Bhai Patil | Ahmedabad |