Sports in India

PV Sindhu: She is a badminton player. She is 1.79 m tall and 65 kg. When the Olympics of Rio took place, PV Sindhu was twenty-one years old and she was the first Indian badminton player to win a silver medal at the Olympic games and she was the youngest Indian ever to win an Olympic medal. She broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17.

Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th April 1973 in Bombay in India. He is a cricket player. Sachin Tendulkar is very famous and popular in India. He is a star. Sachin Tendulkar has got one sister and one brother.

Field Hockey:

Field Hockey is very popular in India. Field Hockey is a collective sport with a ball and a stick. Two teams compete. The national federation was created in 1924 in India. It was the first European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation. India won the World cup of 1975 in Kuala Lumpur with a gold medal. In the 1973 World Cup in Amsterdam, the Indian team won a silver medal and a bronze medal in 1971 in Barcelona. Cricket :

Cricket is a national sport in India. England brought cricket to India. Cricket is very popular in India. Indian cricket players are more popular than the stars of Bollywood. India won many world cups: 1983 in England, 2011 in India. They organized the 2011 World Cup. Cricket is a game played with a bat and ball on a large field, known as a ground, between two teams of 11 players. The object of the game is to score runs and to put out, or dismiss, the opposing batsmen when in

Vocabulary: -silver = argent - dismiss = rejeter - each = chaque -ranking = classement - batsmen = batteur - runs = point ( comme un but au foot ) -stick = bâtons - medal = médaille - world cup = coupe du monde

the field.