Tag: Sports

First ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. in honour of Greek God Zeus. First modern Olympic Games were held in 1896...

Events Year Archery 1900 at Paris (but not held from 1924-1968) Athletics 1896 at Athens Badminton 1992 at Barcelona Basketball 1904 and 1928 - a demonstration event 1936 at Berlin as a medal event Boxing 1904...

Saina, Srikanth rise in Badminton World Federation rankings            Riding on their recent China Open title victories in Fuzhou, India's Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth rose...

Sports Number of Players Baseball 9 Rugby football 15 Polo 4 Water Polo 7 Kho Kho 9 Kabaddi 7 Hockey 11 Football (Soccer) 11 Cricket 11 Netball 7 Volleyball 6 Badminton 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) Tennis 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) Table Tennis 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively) Basketball 5 Gymnastic Several individuals...

The Arjuna Award instituted in 1961 by Government of India recognises outstanding achievements of sportspersons in the field of sports at international level. The...

USA - Baseball Spain - Bull Fighting Canada - Ice Hockey New Zealand - Rugby Union Pakistan - Hockey Bangladesh - Kabbadi Srilanka...

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in...

Excerpts from the interviewOn how much attention he pays to the outsize impact he has on his countrymen: For me there was a simple...

National Games of Various Countries USA - BaseballSpain - Bull FightingCanada - Ice HockeyNew Zealand - Rugby UnionIndia - HockeyPakistan - HockeyBangladesh - KabbadiSrilanka -...

1991–92 —Viswanathan Anand (Chess) 1992–93— Geet Sethi (Billiards) 1993–94 —Not Conferred 1994–95— Cdr. Homi D. Motivala & Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg (Yachting)   1995–96— Karnam Malleswari(Weightlifting) 1996–97— Nameirakpam Kunjarani(Weightlifting),Leander...

FIFA World Cup Football—All time Winners (Year—Host Country—Winner—Score)2010—South Africa —Spain— Spain 1-0 Netherlands2006—Germany—Italy—Italy 1-1 (5-3) France 2002—Japan / S. Korea —Brazil—Brazil 2-0 Germany1998—France— France—France 3-0...

India’s All-Time Olympic Medalists1. K. D. Jadhav— Bronze —1952 (Helsinki)—Wrestling— Men's freestyle Bantamweight2.Leander Paes —Bronze — 1996 (Atlanta)—Tennis—Men's singles3.Karnam Malleswari —Bronze —2000 (Sydney)—Weightlifting—Women's 69 kg4.Rajyavardhan...