SPORTS

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1. Introduction
2. History
3. National Sports Day
4. Types of Sports
5. Sports Events
6. Importance
7. Various Popular Sports in India
8. Benefits
9. Great Personalities of Sport
10. Sports Achievement
11. Conclusion

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The information herewith produced is extracted from
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The information produced here is verified with the other
sites too and wherever came across the contradictions,
such information is avoided.

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 Sport is played all around the world, in many different forms.
 Some countries have their own national sports that are played just locally,
while there are other sports that are played in nearly every country around the
world
 India has a great tradition of sports, and is greatly influenced by the British
presence in India in the 18th and 19th century.
 Cricket is undoubtedly the most popular sport, but in such a large and
populous country there are many other sports that are played by a lot of
people.
 India have also hosted several sporting events such as the Asian Games (1951
and 1982), Cricket World Cup (1987, 1996 and 2011), Hockey World Cup and
the Commonwealth Games (2010).

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 Indian sport has its glorious history from the Vedic era.
 In the day and age of the Rig-Veda, Ramayana and Mahabharata
men of stature and circumstance were expected to be competent
in chariot-racing, archery, horsemanship, military tactics,
wrestling, weight-lifting, swimming and hunting.

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 India celebrates its National Sports Day every year on the 29th August.
 The National Sports Day is dedicated to the brilliant hockey player Dhyan Chand.
 This day is celebrated by organizing friendly matches between different Indian hockey
teams at the Dhyan Chand National stadium in New Delhi which was constructed in the
respect and honor of Major Dhyan Chand.
 The day is celebrated to honor the legendary hockey player, Major Dhyan Chand Singh.
 29th August happens to be the birth anniversary of Dhyan Chand times in a row for India
in hockey.
 His lifetime awards and achievements in sports are considered as the highest point in
the history of Indian sports, who made India proud by his extraordinary sporting skills.
He was the greatest hockey player India has ever seen.

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 There are several types of sports, usually divided by four main
categories according to the types of skills required: physical
sports (swimming, gymnastics), motorized sports (these often
involve vehicles like cars or motorbikes), mind sports (like chess,
which needs a lot of attention and critical thinking skills), and
sports with animals (horseback riding, for example).
 Adventure Sports (eg. Rafting, scuba diving, surfing)
 Strength and Agility Sports (eg. Aerobics, archery, boxing, cycling)
 Ball Sports (eg. Football, cricket, basketball,baseball)
 Extreme Sports (eg. Mountaineering, paragliding, hiking, chess)

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 In India, sports have always had a primal importance. India hosted the Asian
Games in New Delhi in 1951 and 1982.
 India has also hosted or co-hosted several international sporting events,
including the 1951 and the 1982 Asian Games, the 1987 and 1996 Cricket World
Cup, the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, the 2010 Hockey World Cup, and the 2010
Common-wealth Games.
 Major international sporting events annually held in India include the Chennai
Open, Mumbai marathon, Delhi Half Marathon, and the Indian Masters. The
country co-hosted the 1987, 1996, 2011 Cricket World Cup and the first Indian
Grand Prix in 2011.

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 India first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has
participated in every Summer Olympic Games event ever since.
 India has also won a total of 26 Olympic medals. India won its first gold medal in
men’s field hockey in the 1928 Olympic Games.
 Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the
Olympic Games, and India’s first gold medal since 1980 when the men’s field
hockey team won the gold.

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 The importance of sports is on the same lines as the importance of
cinema, art or theatre.
 Besides being spectator sports for the general public, sports
professional serve as inspiration for young Indians.
 This is one of the most important contributions the sporting sector
has made to India.
 Besides serving as an inspiration to Indians, learning a sport instills a
healthy level of self-discipline in children from a young age. Aside
from learning the trait, children learn the value of team ethic, hard
work, preparation, and practice.
 This is one of the key reasons why sports should be encouraged in
schools and colleges.
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Cricket
 The popularity of cricket in India is unparalleled compared to interest
generated by a particular sport in any other country.
 India has won two Cricket World Cups, the first one back in 1983 and the latter
in 2011
 From the World Cup in 1983 to the Champions Trophy in 2013, India has
remained in contention for the top prize in international cricket.
 This era has been marked with some of the best cricketers Indian cricket and
the world have ever seen in the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Rahul
Dravid, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni and many more.

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 The most popular sport in the world, football remains an enigma in India.
Famously called the ‘sleeping giant’ of the footballing world by former FIFA
president Sepp Blatter, football is primarily a spectator sport in India.
 While the ISL has garnered a hefty base of followers in India, it is the huge
following of European club tournaments which forms the roots of football’s
popularity in India.
 The Indian football team is currently ranked 105 in the world.
 The popularity of football in India remains stoked by the sizable following of
European football in urban centers of the country. The Premier League is one of
the most watched sports leagues in India.

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 The national sport of India, hockey is still trying to find a way back to the
golden years when it brought back gold medals from every passing Olympic
Games. Led by Dhyan Chand, India dominated the hockey world with over eight
Olympic gold medals.
 Like many other sports in India, hockey too has its own league based on the IPL
model. The Hockey India League (HIL) began in 2013 to create a ground-based
following amongst the general public for hockey.
 The tournament was recognized by the Federation of International Hockey (FIH)
and granted a 30-day window to allow top players from all nations to participate.

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 Amongst the traditional Indian sports, kabaddi has returned to the
mainstream with the unforeseen rise of the Pro-Kabaddi League held annually
across various cities in India.
 In 2014, the PKL became the second most popular league in India, bested only
by the Indian Premier League (IPL).
 India and Iran are the two top kabaddi playing nations in the world at the
moment.
 India has won all the Kabaddi World Cups until 2017.
 Kabaddi is expected to rise tremendously in popularity in the coming few years.

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 India has a strong core group of medal hopefuls in the boxing contingent
 In reality, boxing is a professional sport very different from the like of WWE
 and other combat-based shows. The sport shot to fame in India after Vijender
Singh brought home a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Games.
 Besides Vijender, women boxer MC Mary Kom won a bronze medal at London
Games in 2012 against all odds.
 Vijender Singh also turned pro in 2015 when he began his career in professional
boxing. Since he began his career, Vijender has fought nine bouts and emerged
victorious in all of them.

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 Though badminton had always been a sport of great interest amongst the
general public, success on the international stage had been less forthcoming.
 After establishing herself across various tournaments, Saina Nehwal etched her name in
history books at the London Olympics in 2012 by picking up a bronze medal.
 India has become a powerhouse in badminton, taking home medals in each of the past
two Olympic Games
 Seeing the rise of Indian talents on the international stage, the Badminton Association of
India (BAI) oversaw the institution of the Premier Badminton League in 2013.
 Nehwal’s achievement was surpassed by her younger counterpart, PV Sin/dhu. The latter
won a silver medal in the Rio Games in 2016.

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 Wrestling has brought India a number of medals from many major tournaments.
 Wrestling with Indians is synonymous with the akhadda-style sport. Sushil Kumar,
one of India’s most successful Olympian is a two-time Olympic medalist. Sushil is
not the only one, with a sizable number of grapplers having won medals at
international tournaments.
 Wrestling has become India’s forte with grapplers bringing home medals in each
of the past three Olympic Games
 The latter was based on the real-life story of women wrestler Geeta Phogat and
her journey to winning a gold medal at a major international event.

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 One of the most popular sports in the world, tennis has a keen following in
India. Though we haven’t seen a large amount of success on the
singles circuit, India has been traditionally known for creating top quality
doubles players.
 Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi together have a number of Grand Slam
doubles titles to their name.
 To increase the viewership of tennis in India, Mahesh Bhupathi launched
International Premier Tennis League in 2014.
 Comprising of four teams from four countries in Asia, namely the Indian Aces,
Japan Warriors, Singapore Slammers and UAE Royals, the IPTL was inspired from
the success of the IPL in India and the World Team Tennis from the 1970s.

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 Improved cardiovascular health
 Lowers risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
 Helps manage weight.
 Reduced blood pressure.
 Enhanced aerobic fitness.
 Improved muscular strength and endurance.
 Improved joint flexibility and range of motion.
 Strengthens immune system.
 Prolonged life.
 Mental health benefits
 Stress relief.

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 Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes- 1999
 The legendary doubles pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes nicknamed
“Indian Express” gave Indians many a moment to rejoice.
 Their biggest moment came in 1999 when they reached the final of all four
Grand Slams, winning the Wimbledon and the French Open titles. They won
another French Open title in 2001.

 Olympics
 India’s performance in the last two Olympic Games has been relatively better
than previous years. The 2008 and 2012 games have accounted for 1 gold, 2
silver and 6 bronze.

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 Prakash Padukone won the Denmark Open, a World Cup and a
Commonwealth gold medal.
 He was the first Indian to win the men's singles title at the All England
Championship in 1980.
 Pullela Gopichand was the second Indian to win the All-England title.

 Sushil Kumar\'s medals at successive Olympic

 Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar famously won a bronze Medal in the 2008 Beijing
Olympics and did one better by winning silver in the 2012 London Olympics (both
in the 66 kg category).
 He has won 6 gold medals in the Commonwealth Championships, 2 in the
Commonwealth Games a gold at the 2010 World Championships.
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 Indian hockey
 India won 8 Olympic gold medals besides 2 bronze and a silver from 1928 to
1980; this was an era in which they were as dominant as any in the history
of team sports
 Milkha Singh and PT Usha
 Whilst they may not have won medals, they became world famous for their
never-say-die attitude.
 Milkha Singh finished 4th in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Olympic Games.
 At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, PT Usha finished first in the semi-finals
of the 400m hurdles, but narrowly missed a medal in the finals.

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 Sania Mirza
 Saina Nehwal
 Abhinav Bindra
 Mary Kom
 Sachin Tendulkar
 Milkha Singh
 Dhyan Chand
 Sakshi Mallik
 Vishwanath Anand

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 Gone are the days when the nation’s power was being judged by its military
strength and wealth. Today that notion is fast changing with the radical spread
of streamlined education coupled with access to information and exposure to the
diversity of our planet. Sport, Entertainment, Knowledge and Economic vitality
now showcase a nation’s power. Sport in particular showcases a nation’s soft
power but definitely it enhances the nation’s pride at the global level. Sport
pushes the general population towards being fit, strong and conscious of one’s
general well being. Besides this, sub-consciously it helps in building strong ethics
such as teamwork, integrity, leadership. All these have direct bearing on the
productivity level of the working population leading to better economic
condition of the nation. Sport is the universal language that transcends age,
gender, religion and social standing. It has the power to unite the world. Sport in
India is on the edges of a revolution. With an energetic young population, more
and more people see sport
 ST.PHILOMENA’SCOLLEGE as a form of entertainment, fitness and leisure. A
paradigm shift is taking place, with the Indian sport industry having the potential
of becoming a sustained growing industry. There are several aspects related to
sport that needs to be addressed in a multi-pronged manner. Sport need to be a
greater part of education; mega-sport events need to be brought more and more
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 However, the characteristic of sport industry in India has been identified
assorted and mixed with other industry groups. We did not come across
any structural classification of Indian sport industry (as per the resources
investigated during literature search) and the sector has been identified
quite scattered. A strong need for a composite structure of Indian sport
industry was felt and a hierarchical model for this purpose has been
developed during the study. The sport sector can be divided broadly into
two categories known as the sport goods sector and sport services sector.
The sport goods sector comprises of all products which are bought for use
in sport: Sport equipment, sport clothing and sport footwear. Whereas,
sport services include expenditure on admission to spectator sport, fees
and subscriptions for participation sport, sport-related expenditure on
television, and expenditure on health and fitness clubs.

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