Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Sports at a Glance


Hockey
  • International Hockey Federation (FIH)
  • Famous international hockey players
  • Major International Hockey Tournaments
    • Olympic Games – held every four years.
    • World Hockey Cup – held every four years, in between the Olympics.
    • Hockey Asia Cup – held every two years, in between the Olympics.
    • Champions Trophy – currently held every year, for the top 6 ranked nations.
    • Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament – held annually in Malaysia, an invitational tournament.
    • Champions Challenge – held every two years for teams ranked 7th-12th in the world.
    • Commonwealth Games – held every four years.
Hockey in India
  • Indian Hockey Federation and Hockey India
  • Famous Indian Hockey Players
    • Ajit Pal Singh, Balbir Singh Sr, Dhanraj Pillay, Dhyan Chand, Gagan Ajit Singh, K. D. Singh Babu, Leslie Claudius, Mohammed Shahid, Udham Singh
  • Premier Hockey League
    • Bangalore Hi-Fliers, Chennai Veerans, Hyderabad Sultans, Maratha Warriors and Sher-e-Jalandhar, Chandigarh Dynamos and Orissa Steelers
  • Major Hockey Tournaments in India
    • All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Chennai
    • All India Gurmeet Memorial Hockey Tournament, Chandigarh
    • IndianOil Surjit Hockey Tournament, Jalandhar
    • All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Hockey Tournament, Delhi
    • All India Aagha Khan Hockey Tournament, Mumbai
    • All India Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Mumbai
    • All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Bhopal
    • All India Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament, Delhi
    • All India Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament, Delhi
    • All India Sanjay Hockey Tournament, Delhi
    • All India K D singh Babu Memorial Invitational Prize Money Hockey Tournament, Lucknow
    • All India Ramesh Chander Memorial Hockey Tournament, Jalandhar
    • All India Liberals Hockey Tournament, Nabha
    • All India Shri Shadilal Rajendra Lal Memorial Hockey Tournament, Shamli
    • All India Indira Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Jammu
    • All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament, Kolkata
    • All India G.P.Kuppuswami Naidu Hockey Tournament, Kovilpatti
    • Senior National Hockey Tournament
    • Junior National Hockey Tournament
    • Sub-junior National Hockey Tournament
    • Amarjeet Singh Shergill Memorial Hockey Tournament Chakdana, Nawanshahr
    • Bundel Khand All India Hockey Tournament, Mahoba
    • Republic All India Hockey Tournament, Katni
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Damoh
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Indore
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Mhow.
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Ujjain
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Tikamgarh
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Ratlam
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Khargon
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Hoshangabad
    • All India Hockey Tournament, Balaghat
    • Bhagat Singh All India Hockey Tournament, Gwalior
    • Kodava Hockey Festival
Cricket
  • International Cricket Council(ICC)
  • Famous international cricket players
  • Major International Cricket tournaments
    • ICC ODI Championship (one-day league)
    • ICC Cricket World Cup (50 over tournament)
    • ICC World Twenty20 (twenty20 tournament)
    • ICC Champions Trophy (miniature version of the world cup)
    • Famous perpetual trophy(Test Series)
      • Ashes (for England versus Australia)
      • Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia-West Indies)
      • Trans Tasman Trophy (Australia-New Zealand)
      • Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia-India)
      • Wisden Trophy (England-West Indies)
      • Warne-Muralidaran Trophy (Australia-Sri Lanka)
    • Famous perpetual trophy(ODI Series)
Cricket in India
  • Board of Control for Cricket in Inida (BCCI)
  • Famous Indian Cricketers
    • Mohammad Azharuddin, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishan Bedi, C. K. Nayudu, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Gundappa Viswanath, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Lala Amarnath, VVS Laxman, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Irfan Pathan, Polly Umrigar, Erapalli Prasanna, Rahul Dravid, Ranjitsinghji, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Vijay Hazare, Yuvraj Singh
  • Indian Cricket Achievements
  • Major Cricket Tournaments in India
    • Ranji Trophy, Irany Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Challenger Trophy
  • Indian Premier League
    • Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils, Chennai Super Kings, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Pune and Kochi
Football
  • Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
      Six regional confederations are associated with FIFA; these are:
    • Asia: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
    • Africa: Confederation of African Football (CAF)
    • Europe: Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
    • North/Central America & Caribbean: Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
    • Oceania: Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
    • South America: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol/Confederação Sul-americana de Futebol (South American Football Confederation; CONMEBOL)
  • International Football Tournaments
    • FIFA World Cup
    • Continental championships – (AFC), (CAF), (UEFA), (CONCACAF), (OFC), (CONMEBOL)
    • FIFA Confederations Cup – 6 continental championships, the current FIFA World Cup champions and hosting nation
    • FA Cup is the world’s oldest domestic football cup competition
  • International Football Clubs
    • Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester united, Barcelona, Arsenal, Juventus, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Portsmouth
  • Famous International Football Players
    • Brazil – Pele, Kaka, Ronaldo; Ronaldinho, Luis Fabiano Argentina – Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi; Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo; France – Zinedine Zidane; England – David Beckham, Michael Owen, Wayne Mark Rooney, Bobby Moore; Spain – David Villa, Netherlands – Arjen Robben; Germany – Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller; Uruguay -Diego Forlan
Football in India
  • All India Football Federation (AIFF)
  • Indian Football Clubs
    • Churchill Brothers Sports Club, Dempo Sports Club, East Bengal Club, FC Kochin, JCT, Mills, Mahindra United, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, Salgaocar Sports Club, Sporting Clube de Goa, Chirag United
  • Famous Indian Football Players
    • Baichung Bhutia, Chuni Goswami, Jarnail Singh, Peter Thangaraj, P. K. Banerjee, Sailen Manna, I. M. Vijayan, Climax Lawrence, Gostha Pal, Mahesh Gawli, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Sunil Chetri
  • Football Tournaments in India
    • Durand Cup (oldest football tournament in India), Federation Cup, FA Shield, Santosh Trophy
Tennis
  • International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Women`s Tennis Association (WTA)
  • Famous Tennis Players
    • Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, Martina Hingis
  • Famous International Tennis Tournaments
  • Hard Court tournaments, Clay Court tournaments and Grass Court tournaments
    Grand Slam
    Tournament Town Country Month Court Type
    Australian Open Melbourne Australia January Hard
    French Open Paris France May – June Clay
    Wimbledon London United Kingdom June – July Grass
    US Open New York City United States August – September Hard
Team Cups
  • Davis Cup (men)
  • World Team Cup(men)
  • Fed Cup (women)
  • Hopman Cup (mixed)- tournament between nations in men’s and women’s tennis
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
  • ATP World Tour Masters 1000
    • Indian Wells Masters (BNP Paribas Open), Miami Masters (Sony Ericsson Open), Monte-Carlo Masters, Rome Masters, Madrid Masters, Canada Masters(Rogers Cup), Cincinnati Masters, Shanghai Masters, BNP Paris Masters
    • ATP World Tour 500 series
      • Japan Open, China Open, German Open etc.
      • ATP World Tour 250 series – Chennai Open
      • ATP World Tour Finals – top eight players in the men’s tennis world rankings
Badminton
  • Badminton World Federation
    Five regional confederations are associated with the BWF:
    • Asia: Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC)
    • Africa: Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA)
    • Americas: Badminton Pan Am (North America and South America belong to the same confederation; BPA)
    • Europe: Badminton Europe (BE)
    • Oceania: Badminton Oceania (BO)
  • International famous Badminton Players
  • International Badminton Tournaments
    • Thomas Cup – World Men’s Team Championships
    • Uber Cup – World Team Championships for Women
    • Sudirman Cup – world mixed team badminton championship
    • BWF World Championships
    • BWF Super Series
      • Malaysia Super Series, Korea Super Series, England Super Series, Switzerland Super Series, Singapore Super Series, Indonesia Super Series, Japan Super Series, Denmark Super Series, France Super Series, Hong Kong Super Series, China Masters Super Series & China Open Super Series
    • BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix (third-level badminton tournament)
      • Continental championships such as Badminton Asia Championships, European Badminton Championships and Pan Am Badminton Championships.
    Badminton in India
    • Badminton Association of India
    • Famous Badminton Players in India
      • Aparna Popat, Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Anup Sridh, Chetan Anand, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal
    • Badminton Tournaments in India
      • Indian National Badminton Championships
    Table Tennis
    • Famous Indian Tennis Players
      • Neha Aggarwal, Chetan Baboor, Kamlesh Mehta, Sharath Kamal
    • International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)
    • Famous International Boxers
    • Indian Boxing Federation
    • Famous Indian Boxers
      • Akhil Kumar , Dinesh Kumar , Jitender Kumar , Anthresh Lalit Lakra , Diwakar Prasad , Vijender Singh, Dingko Singh, Hawa Singh, Mohd. Ali Qamar
    • International Shooting Sport Federation
    • Famous Indian Shooters
      • Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagwat, Jaspal Rana, Dr. Karni Singh, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Randhir Singh, Samresh Jung, Abhinav Bindra
      • The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open) and the PGA Championship
    • International Golf Federation
    • Famous international golf players
    • Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Arnold Palmer, Nick Price, Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen
    • Indian Golf Union (IGU)
    • Famous Indian Golfers
      • Ali Sher, Arjun Atwal, Gaurav Ghei, Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur, Smriti Mehra
    • Golf tournaments in India
      • Indian Open, Indian Masters, SAIL Open, Avantha Masters
Boxing
  • International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)
  • Famous International Boxers
Boxing in India
  • Indian Boxing Federation
  • Famous Indian Boxers
    • Akhil Kumar , Dinesh Kumar , Jitender Kumar , Anthresh Lalit Lakra , Diwakar Prasad , Vijender Singh, Dingko Singh, Hawa Singh, Mohd. Ali Qamar
Shooting
  • International Shooting Sport Federation
Shooting in India
  • Famous Indian Shooters
    • Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagwat, Jaspal Rana, Dr. Karni Singh, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Randhir Singh, Samresh Jung, Abhinav Bindra
Golf
  • International Golf Federation
  • Major championships
    • The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open) and the PGA Championship
  • Famous international golf players
    • Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Arnold Palmer, Nick Price, Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen
Golf in India
  • Indian Golf Union (IGU)
  • Famous Indian Golfers
    • Ali Sher, Arjun Atwal, Gaurav Ghei, Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa, Shiv Kapur, Smriti Mehra
  • Golf tournaments in India
    • Indian Open, Indian Masters, SAIL Open, Avantha Masters
Athletics
  • Famous Indian Athletes
    • Anju Bobby George, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Milkha Singh, Norman Pritchard, P. T. Usha, T. C. Yohannan
Billiards
Billiards in India
  • Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI)
  • Famous Indian Billiards Players
    • Pankaj Advani, Om Agarwal, Subhash Agarwal, Manan Chandra, Aditya Mehta, Yasin Merchant, Geet Sethi, Anuja Thakur
Chess
Chess in India
  • All India Chess Federation (AICF)
  • Famous Indian Chess Players
    • Dibyendu Barua, Koneru Humpy, Krishnan Sasikiran, Manuel Aaron, Parimarjan Negi, P. Harikrishna, Viswanathan Anand
Archery
Archery in India
  • Archery Association of India (AAI)
  • Famous Indian Archers
    • Dola Banerjee, Jayant Talukdar, Limba Ram, Satyadev Prasad, Tarundeep Rai
Wrestling
Wrestling in India
  • Famous Indian wrestlers
    • Sushil Kumar, Satpal Singh, Panne Lal Yadav
Weightlifting
Weightlifting in India
  • Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
  • Famous Indian weightlifters
    • Kunjarani Devi, Karnam Malleswari, Sanamacha Chanu

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