Essay on popularity of sports in India
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India is home to a diverse population playing many different sports across the country. Football is a popular sport in some of the Indian states. The country has won eight Olympic gold medals in field hockey. Kabaddi, an indigenous sport, is popular in rural India, and India has won all the Kabaddi World Cups to date. Several games originated in India including chess, snooker and other regional games. India has won medals in badminton, kabaddi, hockey and many other sports and disciplines. However, cricket is the most popular sport in India.
Recently, different forms of martial arts have also gained a lot of prominence in India. India has hosted and co-hosted several international sporting events, including the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 1951 and 1982 Asian Games, the 1985, 1995 and 2016 South Asian Games, the 1987, 1996 and 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, the 1989, 2013 and 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 1982 and 2010 Men's Field hockey World Cup, the 1979, 1987, 1991, 2003, 2010, 2013 and 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships, the 2009 BWF World Championships, the 2004, 2007 and 2016 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style), the 1980,1992 and 2009 Asian Table Tennis Championships, the 1981 ABC Championship, the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, the 2005 and 2017 Asian Cycling Championships
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a premier twenty20 cricket league held every year from 2008. The I-League and Indian Super Leagueare football league tournaments held since 2007 and 2014 respectively, the Pro Wrestling League is a wrestling league held by Wrestling Federation of India since 2015, the International Premier Tennis League is a tennis league held jointly at India with other Asian countries and the Hockey India Leagueis held since 2013.
Major international sporting events annually held in India include the Chennai Open in tennis, the Indian Masters in golf, the India Open since 2008 and Royal Indian Open since 2001 in badminton. From 2011 to 2013, India hosted the Indian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida. The National Games of India is a national domestic sports event, which has been held in the country since 1924.
India has recently hosted the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the 2017 ISSF World Cup, the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League and will host the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
Sports League to start in India are the Indian Athletics League and the Ultimate Table
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