Tag: Sports

Athletics Athletics is also known as track and field athletics. It is a collection of sports events that involve jumping, running and throwing. In 1896,...

Achievement Achiever First Cricket tournament The Bombay Triangular which Later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912-1936) First Cricket Club in India Oriental Cricket Club,1848 First Cricket Test Match Against England at Lord's...

Hockey – The ancient game Hockey is one of the world’s most ancient games. It is older than even the ancient Olympic Games. The British...

The word hockey itself is of unknown origin, although it is likely a derivative of hoquet, a Middle French word for a shepherd's stave....

Sports are simple games of endurance and skill, which are acted as on training grounds as well as for competitions for the entertainment of the...

The ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The...

The revival work of the Modern Olympic Games was undertaken by Baron Pierre de Coubertin nearly 1,500 years after the last of the ancient...

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...