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Olympic games sun's rays at Olympia, Greece and then carried  The originated in ancient Greece. to the site of the Games The first games were held in 776 BC in Olympia. by a relay of runners. The games were banned by the Roman Emperor Now it is brought to the Theodosius in AD 394. venue from Athens.  The games were revived by the French nobleman  B[p-\nI Hfn-¼n-Ivkpw, Baron Pierre de Coubertin who is regarded as the ]pcm-X\ Hfn¼nIvkpw Father of Modern Olympics. X½n-epÅ _Ôs¯ {]Xo-Im-ß-Iambn kqNn-  The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 at ¸n- -¡p¶XmWv Hfn¼nIvkv Athens. ^vtfbnw.  'Play the game in the spirit of the game' was the message of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.  It was only from 1900.  'Citius, Altius, Fortius' ('Swifter, Higher and Stron- (Paris Olympics) women ger') is the were allowed to participate in the Olympics. motto of the Women took part in track and field for the first Olympics. time in 1928.  The emblem of  The Olympic Games are held after every four the Olympics years. However Olympic Games were not cel- is composed of ebrated in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the five intertwined world wars. rings, each of different colours representing the five continents National Sports and Games of the world. Black ring representing Africa, yel- low ring representing , blue ring represent- Courntry ...... National Sport ing Europe, green ring representing Australia and Canada ...... Ice Hockey the red ring representing America. ...... Hockey  It is placed at the centre of the Olympic flag which ...... Hockey is white in colour. USA ...... Baseball  The epigram of the Olympics is "The essential ...... , Football thing in life is not conquering but fighting well". Australia ...... Cricket,  The Olympic Flag, created in 1913 at the sugges- tion of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was raised for ...... the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. ...... Badminton  The Olympic Flame was ceremonially lit for the Spain ...... Bull Fighting first time at the Amsterdam Games in 1928. The ...... Table Tennis modern version of the Flame was adopted in 1936 France ...... Croque at the Berlin Games. ...... Jujuthsu (judo)  The Olympic Flame symbolises the continuity be- ...... Rugby tween the ancient and the modern Games. The Russia ...... torch used to kindle the flame was first lit by the

1  An important feature is that no country ‘wins’ the Olympics. Olympics are intended only to test the 1 Mile in 4 Minutes skills of individuals and teams, not of nations. sKbnwkv \S-¡p¶ cmjv{S-¯nse cmjv{S-¯-e-h-  \mev an\n-än \mWv Hfn¼nIvkv DZvLm-S\w sN¿p-I. Closing Hcp ssa HmSp- bpsS A²y-£³ {]kn-Uâ v BWv. Ceremony IOC Itbm? Akm  Jesse Owens of the United States was the hero of [yw! ANn-´-\o the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Owens won four gold bw! Hcn-¡epw \S- medals. He was nicknamed as ‘The Ebony Antelope.’ ¡m-¯Xv! CXm-bn-  In the 1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comancci cp¶p Imbn-I-tem- of Romania became the first gymnast in Olympic I-¯nsâ hne-bn- history to score a perfect ten. cp-¯Â; 1954-h-sc.  Host Country is allowed to participate on every a\p-jy-N-cn-{X- team event. ¯nsâ Bcw`w  First Asian city to host summer Olympics was apX 1954-hsc a\p-jysâ a\-Êns\ aYn¨ Nn´, in 1964.  The 1996 Olympic Games were held at Atlanta, a\p-jysâ Ign-hp-IÄ¡v Hcp ]cn[n D­v F¶Xmbn- cp-¶p. F¶m Cu ]cn[nsb AXn-Po-hn-¡m³ USA. 2000 Olympics was held at Sydney. BÀ¡pw km[y-a-à F¶ Nn´sb X«n-¯-IÀ¯  International Olympic Committee (IOC): IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Games. kw`-h-amWv 1954þ Ata-cn-¡-bnse Hcp tImtfPv  The headquarters of the International Olympic {Ku­nse _n\n-Ì-dpsS {]I-S\w Committee is at Lausanne, Switzerland. It was 1954þ {_n«ojv AXve-äm-bn-cp¶ tPmÀÖv created on January 23, 1894. _n\n-Ìdnsâ {]I-S\w Imbn-I-N-cn-{X-¯n AXy-  Olympic Museum is also at Lausanne. ]qÀÆ-amb H¶m-bn-cp-¶p. At±lw Akm-[y-am-bXv  Jacques Rogge of Belgium is the President of In- {]kn- ternational Olympics Committee (IOC). IOC km[y-am-¡n. \mev an\näv sIm­v Hcp ssa HmSn- Uânsâ Imem-h[n 8 hÀj-am-Wv. sb-¯n. B hÀjw Ata- Juan Antonio (3 minutes 58.8 seconds)  Øm\w Hgn-ª-t¸m-gmWv cn-¡-bn Hcp amkw-I-gn-ª-t¸mÄ _n\n-Ì-dpsS Samaranch 2001 PmIzkv tdmKv sXc-sª-Sp-¡-s¸-«-Xv. sd¡mÀUv tPm¬ emâen F¶ Bkvt{S-en-b¡m- c³ XIÀ¯p. ASp-¯-hÀjw 36 {]mhiyw temI-  Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927. Ct¸mÄ CXnsâ {]kn-Uâ v kptcjv IÂam-Un-bm-Wv. ¯nsâ hnhn[ `mK-§-fn Cu sd¡mÀUv Xncp-¯-  The venues of the Olympics are chosen seven s¸-«p. Hmtcm hÀjhpw Cu sd¡m-ÀUp-IÄ amän Fgp- years in advance by the IOC. X-s¸-«p-sIm-­n-cn-¡p-¶p. Ncn{Xw C\nbpw BhÀ¯n- ¡-s¸-Spw. a\p-jy\nse Imbn-I-i-àn-bmIp¶ Athens Olympic Games 2004 `qXs¯ Cf-¡n-hn-«Xv 1954þse _n\n-Ì-dpsS sd¡mÀ- Um-bn-cp-¶p. Cu sd¡mÀ-Un-eqsS XI-À¡-s¸-«Xv a\p-  2004 Olympic Games were held in Athens. After 108 year Olympic Games returned to Athens. jysâ ]cn[n Nn´-bpsS Xn«-bm-bn-cp-¶p.  , the flag bearer () of Pohn-X-¯n shÃp-hnfn DbÀ¯p¶ C¯cw Indian team. ]co-£-Ifn \n§fpw amäv sXfn-bn-¡Ww. BZys¯ \qdv dm¦p-I-fn-sem¶v e£y-am¡n apt¶-dp-I. Hcn-¡Â  Michael phelps American swimmer who bagged eight medals including six gold medals. ]n.-F-kv.-kn-bpsS Hcp enÌn IS¶v IqSp-¶-hÀ ]n¶oSv ]e enÌp-I-fnepw {]Xy-£-s¸-Sp-¶Xv \n§Ä  Athena and phevos were the mascot of the games. Adn-ªn-cn-¡pw. hnP-b-¯nsâ ]cn[n IS-¶-hÀ¡v  Justin Gatlin (USA) won the gold medal in 100 metre t\Sm³ IqSp-X hnP-b-§Ä Im¯n-cn-¡p-¶p. Pohn- race for men. X-¯n t\Sm-hp¶ Gähpw DbÀ¶ DtZymKw kz´-  Anjy Bobby George got Sixth place in Long Jump. am-¡p¶Xp hsc aÕ-cn¨v apt¶-dp-I.  Australia won the Hockey gold medal defeating Netherlands in the final.

2 sh¦-e-sa-U t\Sn-b-Xv.  Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver medal in She won the Bronze medal the double trap shooting and he become the first in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Indian sports person to win an individual olympics  Suresh Kalmadi is the president of Indian Olympic silver medal. Association. Indian Olympic Association formed  USA topped in the medal tally china placed second in 1927. and Russia at the third place.  Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore become the first In- dian to win an individual silver medal. (2004, Ath- India at the Olympics ens) Historical Achievements in Olympics  India officially participated in Olympics for the first  The hero of the Berlin Olympics held in 1936 time in 1920. was the great Jesse Owens of U.S.A. He won  India won the Olympic hockey gold six times at a four Olympic gold in that year. He was nick- stretch from 1928 to 1956 (1928, 32, 36, 48, 52, 56). named 'Ebony Antilop.' and again in 1964 and 1980.  In 1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comaneu of  Norman Pritchard representing India won two Romania was the attractive figure, when she be- silver medal in the 200 metres and 200 meters came the first person to score full points in the hurdles in the 1900 Paris Olympics. history of Gymnastics.  K.D. Yadav of India was the first Indian in post independence era to win an individual Olympic  In 2004 the Olympics will he held at Athens in 1952 slÂkn¦n Hfn-¼n-IvknemWv Ct±lw medal. Greece. AYo\, ^othmkv F¶o c­v ]mh¡p«n sh¦ew t\SnbXv. IfmWv 2004þse Hfn-¼n-Ivknsâ `mKyNnÓ§Ä.  the ‘Flying Sikh’ at the 1960 Rome  2008 Olympics will be held at Bejing in China. Olympics broke the Olympic record in the 400m  Summer Olympic Games: The Summer Olympic and yet failed to win a bronze medal by 0.1 Games are held during the summer season of the seconds. The race was very close. The gold and host city, usually between July and October. The silver medalist broke the world record and the next Summer Olympics will last for sixteen days. three broke the Olympic record. Milkha’s timing Usually Summer Olympic games are mentioned as of 45.6 seconds was a national record for 38 years. “Olympic Games.  won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in tennis.  Shiny Wilson is the first Indian woman to reach Playing Areas the semi-final in the Olympics (800m at Los Angeles). Wrestling ...... Arena, Ring  P.T. Usha is the first woman finalist at the Olympics Ice - Hockey ...... Rink (400 m hurdles). Skating ...... Rink  Shiny Wilson became the first woman Indian Golf ...... Link captain to lead India when she captained the 1992 Boxing...... Ring Barcelona Olympics. Baseball ...... Diamond  Anjali Vedpathak became the first Indian shooter Badminton ...... Court to have made it to the Olympic finals (at Sydney Lawn Tennis ...... Court ss^\-en ARvPen F«m-a-Xmbn Olympics). Judo ...... Mat ^n\ojv sNbvXp. Archery...... Range  became the first Indian woman Equestrian ...... Arena to win an Olympic medal. Table Tennis ...... Board 69 Intem `mtcm-Zz-l-\-¯n-emWv IÀ®w atÃ-izcn  Atheletics ...... Track

3 Winter Olympic Games  The 2002 Games were held at Manchester (England)  The Winter Olympic Games were started in 1924  The 2006 Games were held at Melbourne (Austra- at Chamonix in France. The 1998 Winter Olym- lia) pics was held at Nogono (Japan). The 2002 Win- ter Olympics was held at Salt Lake City in U.S.A.  The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held at New .  2006 Winter Olympics will be held in Turin (Italy)  2002 Winter Olympics champions : Germany top the medal tally with 12 golds. The only one In- Common Wealth Games - 2006 dian representative : Siva Kesavan.  The 18th Commonwealth Games were held in  Germany’s George Hackl made olympic history Melbourne (Australia) when he became the first athlete, in a summer or in  Indian shooter Samareshjung a winter olympics to win a medal on the same was honoured with the David individual event at five consecutive times. The last Dixon Award by the Common- medal was won in 2002, In the Salt Lake City Winter wealth federation for Best Ath- Olympics. lete of the 18th Common wealth games. Samreshjung who won Paralympics five Gold, one silver, one bronze  The are the Olympics for medals in shooting. He become athletes with disabilities. They are held every four the first Indian to bag this Samreshjung years, immediately after the Olympic Games, and honour in the Games history. always at the same venue.  Australia topped the medals tally, England finished  The first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960, second. Canada placed third. India finished in the with about 400 athletes from 23 countries. Until 1972, they were restricted to athletes with spinal fourth position. injuries, but now include those with other disabilities. Asian Games  Winter Paralympics have been held since 1976.  Asian Games is the most important sports event  India’s Devendra created history by winning the of Asia. Asian Games are held once in four years first ever gold for the country in Athens paralympics 2004 in Javelinthrow. midway between the Olympic Games.  The first Asian Games were held in 1951 in New The Commonwealth Games Delhi by the intiative of . Dr. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the first Asian  The Commonwealth Games is the sports festival Games. Eleven Nations participated in the first of Commonwealth countries. games.  J.Astley Cooper is called as ‘the founder of com- monwealth Games’.  The Games are held once every four years mid- Numbers of Players way between the Olympic Games.  The Commonwealth Games began in 1930 at Baseball ...... 9 on each side Hamilton, Canada. Basket ball (men) ...... 5 on each side  The Commonwealth Games were originally called Basket ball (women) ...... 6 on each side the British Empire Games. Bridge ...... 2 on each side  The 1994 Games were held at Victoria. Cricket ...... 11 on each side  1998 Games were held in (Malay- Football ...... 11 on each side sia). It is the first Commonwealth Games to be Polo ...... 4 on each side held in Asia. Seventy countries participated in it, Volley ball ...... 6 on each side Australia topped the medal tally. India finished Hockey ...... 11 on one side seventh. 4  The motto of the Asian games is 'Ever Onward'.  India placed in 8th position with 10 Gold, 17 silver, The emblem is a brightful rising Sun with inter- and 26 Bronze. locking rings. Games is organised by Asian Games  won the Gold for India in rapid Federation based at . chess.  The 12th Asian Games were held at Hiroshima  In womens 4 × 400 metres relay, India won the gold (Japan) in 1994. medal.  In 1998 the 13th Asian Games were held at  In Long Jump, Anjy Bobby George won the Silver , the capital of . medal. Thailanad has a record of hosting the most num-   The official man Mascot was ‘Oryx’. ber of Asian Games (four times) in 1966, 70, 78 &  Tae Hwan - Park, the Korean Swim- 98. mer was declared the most valu-  14th Asian Games were held at Busan (South Ko- able player of the games. He won rea). India finised 8th with 10 golds. 3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze med-  were held at Doha (Qatar) als.  The venue of 2010 Asian Games in won 3 gold medals in (China) shooting.  Leander Paes and Mahesh Tae Hwan - Park Asian Games 2006 Bhupati won the gold medal in the  The 15th Asian Games were held at Doha Capital of Lawn Tennis doubles. Qatar.  and Leanderpase won the gold medal  China topped the medal tally. Japan, South Korea, in mixed doubles of Lawn Tennis. Kazakhistan were placed in the second, third and  Olympic Council of Asia asked the Indian Olympic fourth positions respectively. Association to return the Silver medal won by Santhi Soundarajan in Women’s 800 m run as Santhi Important Grounds in had been disqualified on failing a gender test. Cricket Lords Stadium ...... (England) Afro - Asian Games Leed’s Stadium ...... London (England)  The first Afro Asian Games was held at M.C.G...... Melbourne (Australia) (2003), the ‘Hightech City’ of India. Oval ...... London (England) UÂln-bnÂh¨v \S-¯m³ \nÝ-bn-¨n-cp¶ sKbnw- Auckland ...... (New Zealand) knsâ thZn ]n¶oSv ssl{Zm-_m-Zn-te¡v amäp-I-bm- George Town ...... West Indies bn-cp-¶p. Gjy³ `qJ-WvU-¯n-s\bpw B{^n-¡³ Bridge Town ...... West Indies `qJ-WvU-¯n-s\bpw kwtbm-Pn-¸n-¨p-sIm­p \S- ¡p¶ sKbnw-km-Wn-Xv. F¶ knwl-¡p-«n- Kingston ...... West Indies “Shero” bmbn-cp¶p sKbnw-knsâ `mKy-Nn-Ów ...... West Indies (Mascot). sKbnw-knsâ hmIyw (Logo) “Two continents and Indian Cricket Stadiums F¶-Xm-Wv. one spirit’ ...... (Orissa)  The Second Afro - Asian Games will be held at Wankade Stadium ...... (M.H) Algiers (Algeria) in 2007. ...... Mumbai (M.H) Chepauk Stadium ...... (Tamil Nadu) Chinnaswami Stadium.... (Karnataka) SAF Games ...... (West Bengal)  SAF Games - (The South Asian Federation Firozeshah Kotla Ground ...... Games) is a sports festival of South Asian coun- Green Park ...... (U.P.) tries which started in 1985.

5  The first SAF Games were held at , (1985).Dhaka (1985), Kolkata (1987), Sports-Terms Islamabad (1989), Colombo (1991), Dhaka (1993), Term Sports Chennai (1995), Kathmandu (1999), Islamabad Bench Press ...... Weightlifting (2004), Colombo (2006) were the venue of other Bouncer ...... Cricket SAF Games. Bull’s eye ...... Shooting  The SAF Games have been renamed as South Asian Bunting ...... Base Ball Games . Butterfly Stroke ...... Swimming  The next SAF Games will be held at Dhaka Caddie...... Golf (Bangladesh) in 2008. Canon ...... Billiards Chukker ...... Polo SAF Games 2006 Cover Point ...... Cricket Cue ...... Billiards  10th SAF Games were held at Colombo. Dead Ball ...... Cricket  India placed top in the medals Tally Pakistan came Deuce ...... Tennis second and the hosts third. Dribble ...... Hockey  Afghanistan participated in the games for the first Feather Weight ...... Boxing time. Finesse ...... Bridge Flick ...... Cricket  Maldives did not get any medal. Follow on ...... Cricket Full Toss ...... Cricket National Games Gambit...... Chess  National Games are held once in every two years. Googly ...... Cricket  Unity, Peace, Co-operation and Good Will was Gully ...... Cricket the theme of the Games. Half Nelson ...... Wrestling In 1985 National Games were held in Delhi. Hazard...... Billiards 1987 - National Games were held in Kerala Hook ...... Boxing Jab ...... Boxing 1999 - National Games were held in Imphal Jigger ...... Billiards 2001 - National Games were held in Ludhiana Jockey...... Horse Racing 2002 - National Games were held in Hyderabad Let ...... Table Tennis 2007 - National Games were held in Little Slam ...... Bridge Lob ...... Tennis National Games 2007 Mallet ...... Polo Pawn ...... Chess  33rd National Games were held in Guwahati (Assam) Pitcher ...... Base Ball  33 teams participated in the Games. Pivot ...... Basket Ball  Mrs. Sonia Gandhi inagurated the games. Punter ...... Horse Race  Nagland participated in the games for the first time. Scoop ...... Hockey Scrum ...... Rugby  Rehan poncha (Karnataka) and Richa Misra (New Silly Point ...... Cricket Delhi) were selected as the players of the Games. Square Leg ...... Cricket  In Medals tally Services, Manipur, Assam were first Steeple Chase ...... Horse race , second, third places respectively. Tee ...... Golf  Kerala got 75 medals (30 gold , 22 silver, 25 bronze) Upper Cut ...... Boxing placed 4th in the mdeals tally. Yorker ...... Cricket Mid-on ...... Cricket

6  Next National games will be held at maximum runs in the 1999 (461 runs). (Jharkhand) Lance Klusener of South Africa adjudged as the ‘Man of the Tournament’ in 1999. World Cup Cricket 2003 World Cup - South Africa  First World Cup Cricket was held in England in  2003 World Cup Cricket were held in South Africa. the year 1975.  2003 temI-I¸v {In¡-än ]s¦-Sp¯ cmPy-§Ä  ICC is the International Cricket Council set up in 14 BWv. \ao-_nbbpsS temI-I-¸nse Ac-t§äw 1909 for regulating cricket competitions in the IqSn-bmbncp¶p 2003. world.  The Mascot of the 2003 world cup cricket was a  Its headquarters is at Dubai. horse named 'Dazzler.'  S. Venkita Raghavan was the captain of the In-  Shane Warne of Australia was suspended from dian team in the 1975 and 1979 World Cup Cricket. the World Cup matches 2003. This is because he  India won the world cup cricket in the year 1983 was tested positive for the banned stimulant. This by defeating West Indies, under the captaincy of is the first time in the history of the world cup cricket tournament a player is being suspended. .  The present President of ICC is Percysonn of  2003 world cup was won by Australia by defeat- South Africa. ing India. This is the third time Australians were  In 1999 World Cup Cricket was held in England, crowned as the champions. Australia won the cup by defeating Pakistan.  ‘Player of the Tournament’ 2003: Sachin Shane Warne of Australia declared ‘man of the Tendulkar. He also become the highest run scorer match’ in the final, of India took in the entire world cup cricket tournaments.  Man of the match in the final match was Rickey Persons and Sports Ponding, captain of the Australian team.  Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka became the first Person Sports bowlers to get a hatrick in the first over. BZy Hmh-dnse BZy aq¶v t_mfn-emWv hmkn\v Ali Sher ...... Golf Cu A]qÀÆ t\«w. B Hmh-dn sam¯w hmkn\v Allan Boarder ...... Cricket In«nbXv 4 hn¡-äm-bn-cp-¶p. 2003 thÄUv {In¡äv ...... Cricket aÕ-c-¯nÂ. Amar Singh Sokhi ...... Cycling  In 2007 World Cup Cricket will be held at Anil Sood ...... Swimming West Indies. Ashok Shandilya ...... Billiards Aswini Nachappa ...... Athletics Cricket Bahadur Singh ...... Athletics  Cricket originated in England in the 13th century. ...... Cricket  Cricket is the national game of England and Aus- Chris Evert ...... Tennis tralia. It has eleven players in each team. Clive LIoyd ...... Cricket  The length of the cricket pitch is 22 yards or 20 Conchita Martinez ...... Tennis metres. Dhyan Chand ...... Hockey  Mainly Cricket matches can be classified in to ...... Chess two (i) one day cricket or limited over cricket ...... Boxing which lasts for one day and (ii) which ...... Billiards usually lasts for five days. So the International Jansher Khan ...... Squash records of the cricket matches are kept under Jaspal Rana ...... Shooting these two heads separately.

7 Test Cricket - Records  Steve Bucknor (West Indies) is the first to officiate in 100 or more Test matches.  The highest number of runs in test cricket was  scored most number of centu- taken by Brian Lara by breaking the record of ries in test - Cricket. Allan Border.  Beyond Ten Thousand is Allen Border’s book.  The highest taker in test cricket is Shane One day cricket records Warne of Australia (519 ).  The maximum number of runs in one-day Interna-  Brain Lara of West Indies holds the record of tional Cricket was scoring maximum runs in an innings of a test taken by Sachin cricket (400). Tendulkar of India.  The first to score ten thousand in test cricket is  The maximum num- . Sunny Days and One day Won- ber of one day centu- ders are his books. Little Master is his popular ries scored by Sachin name. Tendulkar.  Sri Lanka's 952 for six declared against India is  of Pa- the highest ever total for a team in an innings of kistan took most Sachin Tendulkar a testmatch. number of wickets in  Jim Laker of England (1956) and of International one-day cricket. India (1999) are the only two bowlers to take all  Pakistan's Saeed Anwar made the high- the ten wickets in an innings of a test match. est individual score (194) in one day cricket, against India.  Don Bradman of Australia holds the record of  Shaid Afridi of Pakistan is credited with the fast- maximum batting average in test cricket (99.94). Gähpw IqSp-X U_nÄ sk©zdn sSÌn t\Sn- est century out of 37 balls in one day cricket.  bn-«p-ÅXv {_mUvam³ (12 F®w) Cups and Trophies  Gary Kirstein of South Africa became the first bats- Name of the Cup Sport man to score centuries against all nine other test playing nations. Ashes ...... Cricket (Australia-England)  Allan Border (Australia) was the first player to Aga Khan Cup ...... Hockey score 11,000 runs in test Cricket. Thomas Cup ...... Badminton  Donald Bradman was the youngest player to score ...... Badminton a double Century in Test Cricket. ...... Cricket  Fred Spofforth (Australia) - First hattrick in Test ...... Cricket cricket against England in 1878 - 79. ...... Cricket  (India) - First hattrick by an In- dian bowler in Test Cricket. Merdeka Cup ...... Football  Irfan Pathan of India is the first bowler in Test Nagjee Trophy ...... Football Cricket to claim a hattrick in the first over of a test ...... Football match. ...... Football  Kiran Baloch (Pakistan) was the highest individual Santhosh Trophy ...... Football scorer (242 runs) in women’s Test Cricket. Copa America Cup ...... Football  Ajay Ratra of India is the youngest Wicket Keeper Prince of Wales Cup ...... Golf to score a century in Test. Indira Gandhi Gold Cup...... Hockey  Ian Healy (Australia) - Most Catches (366 in 119 Champions Trophy ...... Hockey test) by a Wicket Keeper in Test Cricket. Beighton Cup ...... Hockey  Mark Waugh holds the record for most number of catches by a fielder in Tests (181) Dhyan Chand Trophy ...... Hockey

8  The fastest fifty on one dayers was scored by  Masur Ali Khan Pataudi was given the title ‘Tiger.’ Sanath Jayasurya of Sri Lanka against Pakistan  Thomson of Australia is otherwise known as (50 in 17 balls). ‘Tornado.’  Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan is the only player to  Donald Bradman of Australia scored 29 test take hattrick twice in one day cricket. century’s in his career. He is called the Don. Super Max Cricket  C.K. Naidu was the first Indian captain of the Indian Cricket team.  It is the new form of cricket which combines test  “Hitting Across the Line’’ is the book written by cricket and one day cricket. The idea of supermax Vivian Richards of West Indies. cricket is created by the former captain of New Zealand Martin Crowe. For a team there will be  scored India’s first ever test cen- two innings consisting of ten overs in each in- tury. nings. The scheduled 10 overs must be bowled  Sunil Gavaskar scored his 10,000th test run in with in 45 minutes. There will be ‘Maxzone’; scor- ground. ing runs in this area gives the batsman twice the  The first official cricket test match was played at runs scored by him. Maxzone is the area which is Melbourne between Australia and England in behind the bowler. One interesting rule is that a 1877. batsman cannot be got out in a ball which is  The oldest cricket club in India is the Calcutta bowled just after a no ball. Cricket Club and it is also the second oldest in BCCI the world.  India played their first official test match at Lord’s  Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is the in London (1932). regulating body of the game in India. sSÌv {In¡-än Ac-t§äw Ipdn-¡p¶ Gähpw   BCCI president is Jagmohan Dalmia. {]mbw Ipdª hn¡äv Io¸À F¶ _lp-aXn  BCCI secretary is S. Karunakaran Nair, he is the C´y-bpsS ]mÀYo]v ]t«Â kz´-am¡n (17 hb- first malayali to hold the post. Êv) .  National Cricket Academy Director is  The first official test played in India is at Mumbai Kapil Dev. between India and England in 1933 - 34.  The Cricket Academy of India was set up at Bangalore.  India won its first test match victory against Aus-  Indian Cricket team Selection Committee Chair- tralia in Kanpur in 1959-60. man -  The first ever match was played at Melbourne in 1971 between Australia Cricket - Miscellaneous and England.  Glen McGrath of Australia is popularly known as  India played her first one day International at ‘The Enforcer.’ Leeds in England (1974). Ajith Wadeker captained  Nilesh Kulkarni is the first Indian cricketer to take India in that match. a wicket in his first ball in test cricket.  The official name of the first world cup cricket  ‘Quickie’ is the Colloquial term for a fast bowler. was Prudential World Cup.  England and Australia fight for the Ashes Cup.  Twelve Nations participated in the 1999 world cup.  England and West Indies fight for Wisden tro-  Shoaib Akhthar of Pakistan is known as phy. ‘Rawalpindi Express.’  Chetan Sharma of India made the first hat trick in  Vengsarkar of India is known as Colonel. World Cup Cricket.  Sunny Days and one day wonder were written by  “One More Over” is the book written by E.A.S Sunil Gavaskar. He is known as 'Sunny' or 'Little Prasanna. Master' 9  The Cutting edge is the book written by Javed Full toss, Slip, Stumps, Flipper ,Umpire, Snick, Miasnad of Pakistan. Gully etc.  Amir Ekhi played test cricket for both India and  In one day international cricket (50 overs) the team Pakistan. which scored most of runs in a match is Sri Lanka  A batsman can be dismissed in 10 ways. (443/9 against Netherlands)  Standard cricket bat is made from Willow Wood.  M.S. Dhoni (India) - Highest ever score by a Wicket CXv hfsc BWv. flexible Keeper (183) in Oneday cricket.  Important cups associated with Cricket: Ashes  Stephen Fleming (New Zealands) holds the record Cup, Deodar Cup, Rubber Cup, Dileep Trophy, as Captain in most number of one day Renji Trophy, , Vizzy Tro- internationals. phy, Sharjah Cup.  Saurav Ganguly is the third batsman in oneday  Virendra Sehwag is the first Indian ever to score international cricket to score 10000 runs. triple century in a test match (309) and it is the highest individual score by an Indian in test Cricket.  Steve Waugh (Australia) who played most num- World Cup Football ber of text matches (168 matches)  First World Cup Football was held in Montivideo  Tadenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) is the youngest cap- the capital of Uruguay in the year 1930. Thirteen tain in International Cricket history. country participated in it and Uruguay itself won  Vivian Richards (West Indies) scored fastest cen- the championship. tury (56 balls) in Test Cricket.  World Cup Football is organised by Federation of  W.L. Murdoch (Australia) scored first double cen- International de Football Association (FIFA). FIFA tury in Test Cricket (1884) was established in 1904. Its headquarters is Zurich.  Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) is the first bowler  Present FIFA President is Sepp Blatter (Switzer- to take 1000 wicket in international cricket includ- land) ing test and oneday Matches.  Brazil holds the record of winning maximum num-  Nathan Astle (New Zealand) scored fastest ber of World Cup Football, 5 times. double century in Test matches.  First Women’s World Cup was held in 1991.  The World Cup Soccer Tournament takes place ev-  Mahela Jayawardene (374) and Kuramara ery four years. In 1998 tournament was held in France. Sangakkara (287) scored 624 runs for the 3rd wicket France became champion by defeating Brazil. against South Africa is recorded as the highest  India qualified for the World cup football once in partnership in Test Cricket 1950 from Asian Group.  Important terms associated with cricket: Duck, Follow on, L.B.W., No ball, Wide ball, Leg bye, World Cup 2006 Googly, Silly point, China man, Stumping, Yorker,  2006 world cup matches were Grounds Associated with Football held in Germany.  32 Countries Participated in Brook Land ...... England the Tournament. Wembley ...... London  Italy defeated France (5-3) in Merdeka Stadium ...... Kualalumpur penalty shootout to win the Corporation Stadium ...... Kolkata final Salt Lake Stadium ...... Kolkata  France Captain Zenedine Zidane Ambedkar Stadium ...... New Delhi Zidane was adjudged the Nehru Stadium ...... New Delhi best player of the world cup and there by won the Golden ball Award.

1 0  Golden Shoe (Boot) Award for scoring the high-  The oldest football tournament in the world is est number of goals in the World cup (2006) was the English F.A. Cup. won by Miroslav Klose of Germany.  The oldest Football tournament in India is the  Germany’s Lukas Podolski was named as the best ‘Durand Cup’ started in 1888. It is the oldest in young player by FIFA. Asia and second oldest in the world. It begin at  Gianluigi Buffon of Italy won the Lev Yashin Shimla and shifted to Delhi in 1945. Award for the best goals keeper.  CXp hsc A©v {]mhiyw tIcfw kt´mjv  The FIFA fair play award for the tournament was t{Sm^n t\Sn-bn-«p-­v. ^n^-bpsS 2006 se Gähpw anI¨ ^pUv t_mfÀ jointly awarded to Brazil and Spain.  F¶ ]Zhn Cä-en-b³ Xmcw ^m_ntbm I¶-hmtcm Ronaldo of Brazil, setting the world record of high- t\Sn est number of goals (15 goals) in World Cup His- 2005 se Gähpw anI¨ ^pSvt_m-fÀ ]Zhn {_ko- tory.  en-b³ Xmcw sdmWmÄUntªm t\Sn.  2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa.  2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.  The trophy which is awarded to the winners of the Nation’s Junior Football Champions is B.C. Football (Soccer) Roy Trophy.  Football is otherwise known as ‘Soccer’. It is the  Edson Aranfes do Nascimento Pele is the real world’s most popular sport. It is the national sport name of Pele who is also known as ‘the black of most European and Latin American countries. pearl of Football. In each team there will be eleven players.  Beverley Ranger of UK is known as ‘Female Pele’  Football as it is played today is developed in the  Football introduced in Olympics in 1908 and U.K. . The duration of the games is ninty won the first gold. minutes.  Calcutta is known as Mecca of Indian football  Football field measures 100 yds to 130 yds in and Kerala is known as ‘Cradle’ of Indian Foot- length and 50 yds to 56 yds in breadth.  Terms Associated with Football : Kicking, ball.  tIc-f-¯nse ^pSvt_mÄ sa¡ F¶-dn-b-s¸-Sp-¶Xv Offside, Goal kick, Sudden death, Penalty kick, tImgn-t¡m-Sm-Wv. Golden goal.  Cups Associated with Football : DCM Cup,  A columbian football player was killed by gun- Durand Cup, Merdeka Cup, Santhosh Trophy, men in 1993, after he scored a self goal in the B.C. Roy Cup, Subrato Cup, Rover’s Cup, Nehru world cup was Pablo Escobar. Gold Cup, Nagjee Trophy, Copa America Cup,  Oldest Football club in India is Dalhousie Club, African Nations Cup, FA Cup, , Calcutta (1878) and the oldest club in the world is G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy, IFA Shield, Jules Rimet Sheffield Football cup. Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Stafford Cup. Hockey  Hockey is the national game of India and Pakistan, Hockey Stadiums The number of players in each team is eleven.  Field of hockey is 100 yard in length and 60 yards in Dhyan Chand Stadium ...... width. Lal Behadur Stadium ...... Hyderabad  The normal duration of the game is 70 minutes. National Stadium ...... New Delhi  Terms associated with hockey: Bully, Carry, Sawai Man Singh Stadium ...... Scoop, Stick, Dribble, Roll-in, Fifty yard line, Pen- Shivaji Stadium ...... New Delhi alty stroke etc.

1 1  Trophies and cups in hockey : Aga Khan Cup, Azlam  Important terms associated with tennis : Deuce, Sha Cup, Beighton Cup, Lady Ratan Tata (National Back handstroke, Double fault, Volley, Smash, Let, Women's Championship), Rangaswami Cup, Indira Ace, Set, Game etc. Gandhi Gold Cup, Dhyan Chand Trophy etc.  Trophies and cups associated with tennis : Davis  Dhyan Chand, , M Sommayya, Cup, Wimbledon Trophy, , Austra- Jagbir Singh, Jude Felix, Dhanraj Pillai, Gagan lian Open, U.S. Open, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Cup Ajith Singh are well known hockey players of etc. India.  Places Associated with tennis are Rolland Garros  Dhyan Chand is known as Hockey Wizard. His in France, Wimbledon in U.K, Flushing Mead- birthday, August 29 is celebrated as the National ows in U.S.A. Sports day of India. He is well known as Grand  Arthur Ashe was the first black man to win a old man of Indian Hockey. He was also awarded Wimbledon. the Padma Bhushan.  Leyton Hewit of U.S.A. became the youngest man  Hockey was introduced in Olympics in 1908. to win a Grandslam when he won the 2001 U.S. England was the first Olympic hockey champions. Open Championship.  The oldest hockey tournament in India the  The weight of a tennis ball is 20z (57 g). Beighton Cup.  Wimbledon is the worlds oldest Lawn Tennis  The hockey penalty stroke is taken from a dis- Tournament (1877) tance of 7 yards or 6.4m.  The highest governing body of World Hockey is 2007 - Roger Federer (Men) Federation International Hockey (FIH) formed in Serena Williams (Women) 1924. 2006 - Roger Federer (Men)  The first world cup hockey for men was held in 1971. Amelie Mauresmo (Women)  The 2006 World Cup Hockey matches were held 2005 - Marat Safin (men) in Germany. Germany won the title by defeating Serena Williams (Womens) Australia in the final. French Open  Sohail Abbas of Pa- 2006 - Rael Nadal (Men) kistan holds the record for scoring Justine Henin (Women) most no of goals in 2005 - Rafel Nadal (Men) international hockey Justine Henin (Women) matches (280 goals) Wimbledon  hockey 2006 - Roger Federer (men) academy situated in Sohail Abbas Mumbai. Amelie Mauresmo (Women) 2005 - Roger Federer (Men) Tennis Venus Williams (Women)  Tennis originated in France. US Open  Formerly winning all the four major Tennis tour- 2006 - Roger Federer (Men) naments, that is Australian open, French open, Maria Sharapova (Women) Wimbledon and U.S. open in a calendar year is 2005 - Roger Federer (Men) termed as a ‘Grandslam’. But now winning any of Kim Clijsters (Women) these tournament is called a ‘Grandslam.’

1 2  Don Budge became the first man to win all the  Cups associated with Basket ball : William Jones four major trournaments in a calender year, and Cup, B.C. Gupta trophy, S.M. Arjuna Raja trophy, for women the credit goes to Maureen Conndly. Todd Memorial trophy etc.  The International Lawn Tennis Federation formed  Magic Johnson and Michel Jordan are the world in 1913. famous Basket ball players.

Archery Volleyball  Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan  Archery is the oldest sport in the world. (USA) in 1895. Terms associated with the game are Bow sight,   Its old name was Mintonette. Nocking, Fight Shooting, C lout Shooting etc.  There are 6 players in each team.  Cups : Federation Cup.  Terms associated with volleyball are blocking,  , Shyam Lal, Krishna Das, Skalzang heave, holding, service, volley, spiker, libero etc. Dorzi are the famous players of India associated  Trophies and cups associated with volleyball are with Archery. Centennial cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, M.M. Joseph Memorial Trophy, Badminton  Jimmy George, Dalel Singh, Abdul Basit are the  The game that was popularly known as Poona famous Indian volleyball players. game. It is the National game of Indonesia and Malaysia. Badminton court measures 44 ft, by Kabaddi 20ft for doubles and 44ft by 17 ft for singles and  Kabaddi originated in India. 44 ft by 20 ft for doubles.  Kabaddi is the game which combines the quali-  The International Badminton Federation (IBF) is ties of rugby and wrestling. In this game each the world governing body of Badminton. It was side has 9 players who all play on the ground formed in 1934. together. It is a pursuit game, requiring the play-  Terms associated with Badminton are deuce, ers to run and hold their breath for a long time. drop, let, love all, smash, drop etc. Lona, Rider, Anti, Cant are the terms associated with Kabaddi.  Cups Associated with Badminton are  Federation Cup is associated with Kabaddi. Uber Cup (Womens International Cup),  P. Ganeshan, S. Rajarathnam, Ashok D. Shinde Thomas Cup (Men’s International Cup), are the Indian players associated with the same. Yonex Cup, Konica Cup, S.R. Ruia Cup etc.  (India’s youngest National Chess Champion), P. Gopichand, Madhumita Bishat are  Chess originated in India. the famous Indian Badminton players.  There are 64 squares on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces - a king, a queen, two rooks, two Basketball bishops two knights and eight pawns.  Basketball was invented by James Naismith of  Tems associated : Castle, Checkmate, Stalemate, Canada in 1891. Diagonals, Bishop, Gambit, Rook, Pawn etc.  The number of players in each team is five  Cups associated with chess are Naidu Trophy, (women’s team has 6 players). The game lasts for Khaitan trophy, Limca Trophy and World Cup. 40 minutes.  Federation International des Echeces (FIDE) is  Terms associated with Basketball are Heldball, the governing body of the game. Jump ball, Pivot, Steal, Tap, Dribbling  Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Gata Kamsky,

1 3 Boris Spassky and are world Sarovar (Kolkata), Talkatora Swimming Pool (New famous chess players. Delhi).  Famous Indian chess players are Bhagyashree  The country which invented backstroke swim- Thipsay, Anubhama Gokhale, Nisha Mohita, ming was Egypt. Dibyendu Barua, Praveen Thipsay, Anupama Abhyankar, Vijaylekshmi, P. Harikrishna Abhijit  Breast Stroke style in swimming is the slowest style. Kunde and the Khadilkar Sisters.  Praveen Thipsay was selected as the third Indian Baseball after Viswanathan Anand and  It is the national game of U.S.A. Baseball has Dibyendu Baruah. Recently and P. nine players in each team. The game very much Harikrishna were also became Grand Masters. resembles cricket.  S. Vijayalekshmi has became India’s first Woman  Ground Measurements: Diamond shaped ground, Grand Master and Koneru Humphy the second Woman Grandmaster. Humphy is the worlds first 90ft, on each side and 127 ft, along the diagonals. woman to grab the mens grand master position.  Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Pegging, Pincher are the terms associated Boxing with Baseball.  Rules on Boxing is known as Queensberry Rules.  Brooklyn in U.S.A. is famous for the game.  Playing area of boxing area is called ‘ring.’  Rabbit punch, break, cut, hook, jab, slam, upper Billiards cut are terms associated with boxing.  Playing board measuring upto 10 ft long, 5 ft side  The Yankee stadium, in New York and Madison and 3 ft high. Square Garden in U.S.A. are associated with box- ing.  Bolting, Cannon, Jigger, Cue, are the terms asso-  Famous persons: Mohammed Ali, Evander Holy ciated with Billiards. _nÃymÀUv Ifn-¡m-\pÅ Ìn¡m-Wv. Field, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis.  Cue :  Geeth Sethi, Michael Ferreira, Yasin Merchant and Golf Bob Marshal are the famous players associated  Playing area of Golf is called Golf Links. with billiards.  Caddie, put, tee, bunker, dormy, fairway, fourball, links, par are terms associated with golf. Shooting  Cups associated with Golf are P.G.A. Tour, Ryder Cup, Curtis Cup, Eisenhower Cup, Momura Tro-  Ball’s eye, Target Magpie are the terms associ- phy, Prince of Wales Cup, Walker cup, Muthiah ated with shooting. Gold cup.  Jaspal Rana, Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagavat and  Sunday Lodge in Scotland is famous for Golf. Sunny Thomas are the famous Indian shooters,  Tigger Woods is the famous player associated  Bisley in England is famous for the game. with Golf. Swimming Weight lifting  Bench press, Deed lift, Squat, Clean and Jerk and  Breaststroke, butterfly, crawl, dolphin kick are terms associated with swimming. Snatch are the terms associated with weightlifting.  Personalities: Sebastian Xavier, Wilson Cherian,  Karnam Malleswari and are the Anil Sood, Rupali Repeli, Nisha Millet, Mihirsen, world famous Indian Weightlifters. , Alexander popov, Ian Thorpe.  The Bardwan trophy, Winchester Cup are asso-  Places associated with swimming are Subhas ciated with weightlifting.

1 4 Miscellaneous  The word ‘Judo’ means Easy Way.  Black belt is associated with Karata.  A half nelson, head lock, rebound, scissors, heave, hold, rebouts are terms associated with wrestling. Sports Current Developments  Lekshmibai National College of Physical Educa-  Army XI won the Durand Cup (2005) by defeat- tion is located at . ing sports clube de .  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose National Institute of Sports is located at .  Australia won the champions Hockey Tourna-  The Sports Research Institute is in Punjab. ment (2005) beating the Netherlands in the final.  Velodromes are oval tracks for cycling that slope  England won the World Team Squash Tourna- inward steeply. ment (2005) defeating Egypt in the Final.  (Tennis) was presented by the Ameri-  Ranji Trophy (2006) won the Ranji can politician D.F. Davis in 1900. Trophy defeating Bengal in the final. It was the  Col. Prem Singh is known as the Grand Old Man first ever Ranji title for Uttar Pradesh. of Indian Polo.  Simon Maiyo (Kenya) won the Delhi International  Jansher Khan and Jahangir Khan are associated Marathon (2006) with squash.  Viswanath Anand won the Corus Chess Tourna-  The first Indian to swim across the English Chan- ment. (2006) nel was . National Volley Ball Tournament (2006)  Award is the highest sports award in India. Arjuna Award is given to  Railway won men’s and women’s titles by defeat- the best sports person annually. It was intro- ing services and Kerala respectively. duced in 1961. Dhronacharya Award is given to  - the best sports coach in India from 1985. First Indian ever to take  Milka Singh is known as the Flying Sikh of India. part in rac-  India's sports goods are mainly manufactured in ing. .  South African hit a world  Michael Ferreira (Billiards) won the most world record 438 for nine (50 titles for men five times in a row. overs) the highest ever  The first sports museum in India is at Patiala. chasing score by a team Narain Karthikeyan  P.T.Usha is known as the Golden Girl of Indian sports. in one day Cricket  The first Indian to win an individual world title in against Australia’s score of 434 for 4 in 50 overs. any sports is Wilson Jones in Billiards.  Pakistan won the under-19  Country's first Archery Academy the Tata Ar- (2006) by defeating India for 38 runs in the final at chery Academy has been set up at Colombo. with the slogan 'Aim for the gold'  Indian Cricket team set a record by winning 15  India's Kunjarani Devi earned the distinction of one day internationals in a row while chasing. being listed among the greatest weightlifters of the world. ICC Awards 2006  The Indian Athlete who participated in five suc- Player of the year ...... Ricky Ponting (Australia) cessive Asian games is P.T. Usha.  Test player of the year ...... Ricky Ponting  The first Asian Athlete to win an Olympic gold  One day player of the year ...... was Mikio oda (Japan, 1928, Tripple Jump) ...... Michael Hussey (Australia)  The first Indian woman athlete to win a gold in  Emerging player of the year ..... (England) Asian games was Kamaljit Sandhu, 400 m at 1978  Umpire of the year ...... (Australia)_ Bangkok Asiad.  Captain of the year ...... Mahela Jayawardene  The first woman Arjuna Award winner was Rima  Women’s Cricketer of the year ...... Dutta...... Karen Rolton (Australia)  Horse Racing is popularly known as Sports of  Spirit of Cricket ...... England Kings. 1 5  Hasim Rahman (USA) won the world Boxing  Punjab won the Santhosh Trophy (61st 2006) Council Heavy weight Tournament. defeating Bengal (5-3) in the Tie Breaker Penalty  Hendrik Buhrmann (South Africa) won the shoot out. Ambay Valley Asian Masters Golf Tournament  Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine won the Interna- (2006). tional Boxing Federation (IBF) heavy weight  India’s won the Volvo China World Tournament. Golf Tournament (2006).  India won the Women’s 2006 Asia Cup cricket Tournament by defeating Sri Lanka in the Final.  India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka to host  Dempo Sports won the Durand Cup (2006) by the 2011 World Cup Cricket. defeating JCT mills (Phagwara) 1-0 in the final.  New Zealand and Australia will host the 2015  Jeev Milkha Singh won the Nippon Series golf World Cup Cricket. Tournament.  England will host the 2019 World Cup Cricket  Fernando Alonso (Spain) - won 2005 World Mo-  Thomas Cup 2006 won by China. tor Racing Championship becoming Formula  Viswanathan Anand of India won the Magistral one’s youngest ever world champion. Ciudad de Leon Active Chess Tournament beat-  Apa Sherpa of Nepal holds the record of most ing World Champion Vaselin Topalov. conquests of Mount Everest.  won  Shane Warne become the Second bowler in the the philippines open history of Cricket to take 1000 wickets in Test and one days. single title. She be-  Ranji Trophy 2007 won by Mumbai defeating came the first Indian West Bengal in the final. women player to win  Allan Border Medal (awarded to best player in a four star badminton Australian Cricket) 2007 won by Ricky Ponting. tournament.  2011 World Cup Cricket final will held at Mumbai.  India Cricket team  Fabio Cannavaro - wins FIFA’s world player of created history by the year (2006) award. winning a Test Series Saina Nehwal against west Indies Davis Cup Winners after a gap of 35 year. The last time when India 2006 ...... Russia won a Test Series on the Carribbean Soil under 2005 ...... Croatia the Captaincy of (1970-71). 2004 ...... Spain  Netherlands won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament by defeating Australia in the final.  G.N. Gopal is the first malayali International Mas- ter in Chess.  In Champions Trophy Hockey (2006) Netherlands defeated Germany (2-1) in the final to win the title.  Abhinav Bindra of India won a gold medal at the 49th world shooting Tournament.  Tiger woods won the British open Golf tourna- ment (2006).  The Netherlands won the 2006 women’s Hockey World Cup defeating Australia.  Germany won the Men’s World Cup Hockey de- feating Australia (4-3) in the final at Roger Federer Moenchengladbach (Germany). Germany become He has completed 161st consecutive weeks as world the only second team after Pakistan to win World No.1 player, has overhauled one of the longest stand- Cup titles in a row. ing marks in the world tennis jimmy connors’s of 160  Australia won the ICC Champions trophy 2006 consecutive weeks as No.1 defeating West Indies in the Final.

1 6 Selected Questions - Sports

 Which Australian cricketer is popularly known  Which cricket player in the world scored maxi- as ‘The enforcer’ ? mum number of centuries in one day cricket ? Glen McGrath  Sachin Tendulkar  Who was the first Indian cricketer to take a wicket  Who was the captain of the Indian team with his first ball in test cricket ? in 1975 and 1979 World Cup cricket tournaments  Nilesh Kulkarni ?  Name the Athlete who refused to compete in the  S. Venkataraghavan 100m relay race at Paris Olympics in 1924 because  National Sports day of India celebrated on 29th the event was held on Sunday ? August is the birthday of which sports man ?  Eric Liddell  Dhyan Chand  Which country scored the highest ever test in-  Who was the first Indian in Independent India to nings score ? have won a medal in an individual Olympic event?  Sri Lanka  K.D. Jadhav  Who is the highest wicket taker in one day Inter-  Who was the second Indian chess player to earn national cricket ? the title of Grand Master ?  Wasim Akram (Pakistan)  Dibyendu Barua  In which Swimming Race all the four strokes are  Name the trophy awarded to National Football combined ? Champion.  Medlay Race  Santhosh Trophy  Which game is known as the ‘King of Sports’?  The interval between two Olympics is ––––– years  Horse Racing  four  What is a ‘Test Double’ in Cricket ?  What is the distance between the two wickets in  Taking 100 wickets and scoring 100 runs cricket field ? in test matches  22 yards  What is the colloquial term for fast bowler ?  Where is Melbourne ?  Quickie  In Australia  England and Australia fight for the ‘Ashes’. But  Which woman won the Wimbledon Champion- for what trophy do England and West Indies ship five times continuously ? fight for?  Martina Navaratilova  Wisdens Trophy  With which field Gail Devers is associated ?  What is ‘SCUBA’?  Athletics  Self Contained Underwater Breathing  –––– is the first chess player in India to become Apparatus a Grand Master :  In which sport are the terms ‘schussing’ and  Viswanathan Anand ‘traversing’ used ?  What is ‘Ashes’ connected with ?  Skiing  Cricket  Malcolm Marshall is related to  Who was the ‘Bown Bomber’ ? Cricket  Joseph Louis Barrow  The term ‘iron’ is associated with  The first woman athlete in India who reached the  Golf Olympics finals is ––––  Who made the first hatrick in World Cup Cricket?  P.T. Usha  Chetan Sharma (India )

1 7  In which sport or game is the term “catch a crab”  Who won the 1999 World Cup Cricket ? used ?  Australia  Rowing  Which Australian Cricketer is called  How many centuries did Sunil Gavaskar scored “Tornado”? in Test Cricket ?  Jeff Thomson  34  How many test cricket playing nations are there  What is the measurement of a Football in the world ? ground ?  9  91.4m long × 48.7 m wide  The terms Scoop and Bully are associated  What is the weight of a Tennis ball ? with  2 Oz (57 g)  Hockey  In which country Tennis originated for the first time?  What is the literary meaning of “karate” ?  France  Empty Hand  The first Asian games was held in the year ?  Which is the oldest sport in the world ?  1951 ( New Delhi)  Archery  Who invented , Volleyball ?  Which country won the first World Cup Foot-  William G. Morgan ball?  Sanday Lodge in Scotland is famous for :  Uruguay  Golf  How many test centuries did Donald Bradman  Where is Shivaji Stadium situated ? score in his career ?  New Delhi  29  How many players are there on each side in a  The Cricket legend Donald Bradman belongs to women’s Basket ball game ?  Australia  6  Who was the first woman athlete to be awarded  Which cricketer has become the first batsman in the Arjuna Award ? history to play against all the Test playing coun-  Stephie D’Souze tries both at home and away ?  What is the distance of the Marathon race ?   26 miles 385 yards or 42.195 km.  Who is popularly known as “Hockey Wizard of  Who was the first Athlete to be awarded the India” ? ?  Dhyan Chand  Milkha Singh  Who took the highest number of catches in Test  Who was the first Indian Captain to Indian Cricket ? Team ?  Mark Taylor  C.K. Naidu  Who wrote the book One More Over ?  Where is the headquarters of International Ol-  E.A.S. Prasanna ympic Committee ?  Which place in India is famous for winter sports  Lausanne (Switzerland) ?  Where is the headquarters of FIFA ?  Gulmarg in Kashmir  Zurich ( Switzerland )  Who donated the Davis Cup for Lawn  Who said “ Play the game with the spirit of the Tennis ? game” ?  Dwight Davis  Barron Pierre de Coubertin  The term “roll-in” is used in –––  Who is the first cricket player in the world to  Hockey score three successive centuries in his first three  Which Indian Cricketer was given the title Tests? “Tiger ?  Mohammed Azharuddin 

1 8  Who inaugurated the first Asian Games held in  Name the only Olympic game event where men 1951 at the National Stadium, New Delhi ? and women can simultaneously compete with  Dr. Rajendra Prasad each other.  Which games was popularly known as “Poona  Tennis Game” ?  In which sports the team “Mohun Bagan” is as-  Badminton sociated ?  Who invented Basketball ?  Football  James Naismith  Mercykutty is associated with  For which sports Brooklyn in USA famous for ?  Athletics  Baseball  Who scored India’s first ever Test century ?  When did India get Olympic Hockey Gold Medal  Lala Amarnath for the last time ?  For which sports Grand Prix is famous for ?  1980 (Moscow)  Motor Racing  Who wrote the book Hitting Across the Line ?  In which year did India officially partcipate in the  Vivian Richards Olympics ?  Who banned the Olympics in the 6th century  1920 A.D?  What is the duration of a normal hockey  Theodosius match ?  In which place the first Commonwealth Games  70 minutes were held ?  Which stroke is the slowest in swimming ?  Hamilton (Canada)  Breaststroke  Who is the only Olympic athlete to have won the  In which country did the name basket ball origi- Nobel Prize ? nate ?  Philip J. Nepl Baker  USA  Which is the largest Indoor Stadium in India ?  In which cricket ground did Sunil Gavaskar score  Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium (New his 10,000th test run ? Delhi)  Ahmedabad  Where was the venue of the first Winter Olym-  Which country invented backstroke pics held in the year 1924 ? swimming ?  Chamonix ( France)  Egypt  Which athlete won two Olympic Gold Medals  What is the width of a football goal post ? while on parole ?  24 feet  Bob Hayes  Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year .  Which famous athlete was nick-named as “The  1961 Ebony Antelope” ?  In which year Dronacharya Awards were insti-  Jesse Owens tuted?  Which athlete’s autobiography is known as the  1985 Inside Track?  Which Basketball player is known as Air Jordan?  Carl Lewis  Michael Jordan  Who was the first Indian athletic coach to re-  Who is the first Indian woman to win a Grand ceive the ? Slam match ?  O.M. Nambiar  Nirupama Vaidyanathan  What is the real name of Pele, the Brazilian Foot-  Which country has hosted the Asian Games for baller ? maximum number of times ?  Edson Aranfes do Nascimento Pele  Thailand  Who was the first Indian woman athlete to win a gold in the Asian Games ?  Kamaljit Sandhu 1 9