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SPORTS
1. Golf — Putt, tee, bogey, bunker, caddie.
2. Bridge — Dummy, ruff, vulnerable, no trump, revoke.
3. Chess — Resign, stalemate, rook, pawn, knight.
4. Horse racing — Jockey, punter, bets, dead-heat, steeplechase.
5. Archery — Bow, blunt, crossbow shooting, target.
6. Billiards and Snooker — Cue, frame, short and long rest, long jenny, cannon.
7. Basketball — Block, dribble, pivot, jump ball, held ball.
8. Polo — Mallet, chukker, 60 yarder.
9. Volley Ball — Attack line, doubling, heave, smash, quick smash.
10. Gymnastics — Pommel horse, vaulting horse, roman rings, tumbling, trampoline.
11. Hockey — Astroturf, Carry, Bully, Penalty Corner, Short Corner.
12. Table Tennis — Top Spin, Back Spin, Loop, Anti Loop, Pips In.
13. Lawn Tennis — Ace, Unforced Error, Net Play, Double Fault, Backhand Drive.
14. Badminton — Double Drop, Smash, Bird, Alley, Flick.
15. Baseball — Base, Diamond, Pinch Hitter, Pitcher Plate, Strike.
SPORTS, CUPS AND TROPHIES :
Game Trophies
1. Polo Ezra Cup, Radhamohon Cup, Prithi Singh Baria Cup, Rockhampton Trophy,
Cowdray Park Gold Cup, Manuel Avila Camacho Cup.
2. Golf Canada Cup, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Nomura Cup, Dunhill Cup.
3. Basketball Todd Memorial Trophy, Willims Cup, Basalat Jha Trophy, BC Gupta Cup,
FIBA World Cup.
4. Cricket Charminar Trophy, Rohinton Baria Trophy, Moin-ud-Dowla Cup, Irani Trophy,
Duleep Trophy.
5. Bridge Holkar Trophy, Ramnivas Ruia Challenge Gold Cup.
6. Hockey Lady Ratan Tata Trophy, Indira Gandhi Gold Cup, Guru Nanak Championship,
Aga Khan Cup, Dhyan Chand Trophy.
7. Football Subrata Mukherjee Cup, Nizam Gold Cup, Durand Cup, Bordoloi Trophy,
Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup, Rovers Cup.
8. Badminton Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Konica Cup, Narang Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup.
9. Table Tennis Jai Lakshmi Cup, Berna Bellack Cup, Rajkumari Challenge Cup, Swaythling
Cup, Corbillon Cup.
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10. Rugby Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Challenge Cup, Courtney Trophy, Lance Todd
Trophy.
11. Suqash Lapham Trophy, Londonderry Cup, Wolfe-Noel Trophy.
12. Lawn Tennis Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Davis Cup.
Important Stadiums of India
m M. Chinnaswami Stadium Cricket Bengaluru
m M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Cricket Chennai
m Wankhede Stadium Cricket Mumbai
m Green Park Stadium Cricket Kanpur
m HPCA Stadium Cricket Dharamshala
m Lal Bahadur Stadium Cricket Hyderabad
m Keenan Stadium Cricket Jamshedpur
m Sawai Mansingh Stadium Cricket Jaipur
m Holkar Stadium Cricket Indore
m Birsa Munda Stadium Athletics Ranchi
m Aishbagh Stadium Hockey Bhopal
m Dhyan Chand National Stadium Hockey New Delhi
m Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium Hockey Lucknow
m Fatorda Stadium Football Margao
m Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Football Aizawl
Important Stadiums (World)
Stadium Location Sports
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne, Australia Cricket
Eden Park Stadium Auckland, New Zealand Cricket and Rugby
The Gabba Brisbane, Australia Cricket
Old Trafford Stadium Manchester, England Cricket, Football
The Oval London, England Cricket
Roland Garros Stadium Paris, France Lawn Tennis
Arthur Ashe Stadium New York, USA Lawn Tennis
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia Lawn Tennis
Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Pakistan Cricket
New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg, South Africa Cricket
Maracana Stadium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Football
R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo, Sri Lanka Cricket
Sabina Park Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Cricket
Camp Nou Stadium Barcelona, Spain Football
Stamford Bridge Stadium London, England Football
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain Football
Madison Square Garden New York, USA Multi-sports
Merdeka Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Football
NATIONAL SPORTS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
A national sport or national pastime is a sport or game that is considered to be an intrinsic part of the culture
of a nation. Some sports are de facto (not established by law) national sports, as baseball is in the United
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States and cricket is in England, while others are de jure (established by law) national sports, as lacrosse and
ice hockey are in Canada.
de jure (established by law) national sports
Country Sport
Argentina Pato
Bangladesh Kabaddi
Brazil Capoeira
Canada Lacrosse (summer), Ice hockey (winter)
Chile Chilean Rodeo
Colombia Tejo
Iran Varzesh-e Bastani, Wrestling, Polo
Mexico Charrería
Nepal Volleyball
Philippines Arnis
Sri Lanka Volleyball
de facto (not established by law) national sports
Country Sport
Afghanistan Buzkashi
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