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[[File:Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Indian field hockey team at the 1936 Olympic Games]] | |||
'''Sports in India''' are a part of Indian culture. | |||
India has many traditional sports such as [[kabbadi]], [[kho kho]], [[pehlwani]], and [[gilli-danda]]. Also, there are sports which were imported from the West such as [[Association football|football]], [[rugby union]], [[cricket]], [[golf]], [[tennis]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]], [[Field hockey|hockey]], [[Javelin throw]], [[boxing]], [[snooker]], and [[billiards]]. Sports are popular with both [[wikt:participant|participants]] and [[wikt:onlooker|onlookers]]. | |||
==History== | |||
The history of traditional sports is ancient.<ref>Banerji, Sures Chandra. (1977). [https://books.google.com/books?id=JkOAEdIsdUsC&pg=PA768&lpg=PA768&dq= ''A Companion to Sanskrit Literature,'' p. 768].</ref> | |||
In general, the most popular sports in modern India are the ones which do not include bodily contact.<ref name="menon">Menon, Dilip. M. (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=oxDB5GBCpNEC&pg=PR17&lpg=PR17&dq= ''Cultural History of Modern India,'' p. xvii].</ref> For example, [[cricket]] is the most important sport on television.<ref>Asha Kasbekar, Asha. (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq= ''Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, And Lifestyle,'' p. 166].</ref> | |||
In the regions of [[Bengal]] and [[Kerala]], [[Association football]] is very popular.<ref name="menon"/> | |||
India has hosted international sporting events, including the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]]. | |||
===Olympic Games=== | |||
{{main|India at the Olympics}} | |||
Indian athletes have competed in 32 Olympic games in 19 countries.<ref name="sr">SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/ "India"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092541/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/ |date=2020-04-17 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> The Indian national team has won [[gold medal]]s in [[Summer Olympic Games]], including | |||
* 1980{{mdash}}Field Hockey<ref name="timmons">Timmons, Heather. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/sports/olympics/12indiagold.html?ref=olympics " With India’s First Gold, Suddenly a Billion People Notice the Olympics,"] ''New York Times,'' August 11, 2008; excerpt, "[[Abhinav Bindra]], 25, became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal "; retrieved 2012-7-13.</ref> | |||
* 2008{{mdash}}Air rifle, 10-meter competition.<ref name="timmons"/> | |||
===Commonwealth Games=== | |||
India has competed in many [[Commonwealth Games]]; and India was the host country to the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]. | |||
==Related pages == | |||
* [[I-League]] | |||
*[[India at the Olympics]] | |||
*[[India national football team]] | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
==External links== | |||
{{Commons category-inline|Sports in India}} | |||
* [http://yas.nic.in/ Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports] | |||
* [http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/india.shtml Indian sports venues at WorldStadiums.com] | |||
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[[Category:Sport in India| ]] | |||