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Olympics
Current President: Thomas Bach

History
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Conducts Olympics

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Formed by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrius Vikelas in 1894

2nd President of IOC 1st President of IOC

Also designed the Olympic rings
HQ: Paris, France (Earlier) Now in Lausanne, Switzerland
Motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius - Communiter
Meaning
Faster Higher Stronger Together Union of 5 continents

Olympic rings order (left to right): Blue Yellow Black Green Red

Total: 106 member countries

Chosen through: Secret Ballot

1st Summer Olympic Games: 1896 (Athens, Greece)

1st Winter Olympics: 1924 (Chamonix, France)
1st Paralympics: 1960 (Rome, Italy)
2 yrs gap
1st Youth Summer Olympics: 2010 (Singapore)
1st Youth Winter Olympics: 2012 (Innsbruck, Austria)
2nd Olympic Games: 1900 (Paris, France)

2024 Olympics (33rd): Paris, France

2028 Olympics: LA and California, USA
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2032 Olympics: Brisbane, Australia

Most no. of times held in: USA (8 times)

Cities
4 Summer + 4 Winter
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London (3 times)
Paris (3 times)

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LA (3 times)

India’s Performance
Participation: 1900 Paris, France
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Norman Pritchard (won 2 silver medals)

Anglo Indian
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Team: 1920 Belgium

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1st flag bearer: Purma Banerjee

Performance: 35 medals

10 gold

8 + 2

Team Individual

Hockey
14 goals by Major Dhyanchand

1928: Amsterdam (29 goals)

1916: no Olympics due to WWI
1932: Los Angeles
1940 and 1944: no Olympics due to WWII
1936: Berlin
1948: London Lead by Kishan Lal
1952: Helsinki
1956: Melbourne 6 gold medals
7th gold medals
1960: Silver
1964: Tokyo India defeated Pakistan

2 bronze medals + 7th place

1980: Moscow 8th gold medal

2 individual medals
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Abhinav Bindra in Beijing 2008 Olympics 10 m Air Rifle Shooting

Neeraj Chopra in Tokyo Olympics 1st Indian to win a gold in Olympics in Track and Field (Record: 87.58 m)
2021
On 7th August: Celebrated now as Javelin Throw Day

2024 Olympics
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Torch bearer: Abhinav Bindra
Flag bearer: Achanta Sharath Kamal
Bilquis Mir: 1st Indian women to be jury member in Olympics

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1st individual medal: Bronze won by K D Jadhav in Wrestling in 1952, Helsinki
1996: Leander Paes won Bronze
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2000 Sydney Olympics: Bronze won by Karnam Malleshwari in Weightlifting (1st Indian women to win a medal)
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2004 Athens, Greece Olympics: Silver medal won by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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2008 Beijing Olympics: Abhinav Bindra (gold) in air rifle shooting and Vijender Singh (bronze) in boxing
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Sushil Kumar: Bronze + Silver 2012 Olympics

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Vijay Kumar: Silver
Saina Nehwal: Bronze (1st Indian to win a medal in Badminton)
Mary Kom: Bronze (1st Indian women to win a medal in Boxing)
Yogeshwar Dutt: Bronze
Gagan Narang: Bronze

Rio Olympics 2016

PV Sindhu: Silver
Sakshi Malik: Bronze

Tokyo Olympics 2021

Mirabai Chanu: Silver (weightlifting)
Lovlina Borgohain: Bronze (boxing)
PV Sindhu: Bronze
Ravi Dahiya: Silver (wrestling)
Bajrang Punia: Bronze
Neeraj Chopra: Gold
Hockey team: Bronze

Indian Olympic Association

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Estd: 1927
President: P. T Usha

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Most decorated Olympian: Michael Phelps 28 medals

23 gold

Cricket to be included in Olympics 2028 To be held in Los Angeles

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Nations: India + Australia + South Africa + Canada + Britain

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1930: 1st Hamilton, Canada
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1930-1950: British Empire Games

2022: Birmingham, UK (India: 4th)
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2026: no certainty of hosting country
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Most no. of times hosted by: Australia (5 times)
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Head: King Charles III
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2010: India hosted CWG

India finished 2nd

Total: 56 countries
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Held by Olympic Council of Asia

1st: 1951 India

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1982: India
2022: Hangzhou, China
2026: Nagoya, Japan
Most no. of times held by: Thailand (4 times); South Korea (3 times)

Cricket
Governing body: ICC
HQ: Dubai, UAE

1st Test match: 1877 (Australia vs England); in England

ODI match: 1971 (Australia vs England); in MCG ground

1st Cricket World Cup

Women: 1973; England
Men: 1975; England Winner: West Indies
India won 2 times: 1983; 2011
Hosted by India
1987: Pakistan
1996: Pakistan + Sri Lanka
2011: Sri Lanka + Bangladesh
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2023: Only India

2027: South Africa + Zimbabwe + Namibia
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2032: India

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Most no. of WC won by: Australia (2023: 6th WC)

T20 World Cup

1st: 2007 Held in: South Africa

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Won by: India
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2022: England
2024: USA + West Indies
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England + West Indies: won 2 times
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India: won once

Football
Association: FIFA (Federation International de Football Association)
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HQ: Zurich, Switzerland

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1st match: 1872 England vs Scotland
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1st FIFA World Cup: 1930
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Held in: Uruguay

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Winner: Uruguay
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Most no. of times won by: Brazil (5 times)
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2026: Canada + Mexico + USA
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Football Also known as Soccer

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Length: 91-120 m; 105 m

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Width: 45-91 m; 68 m

Goal post
Width: 24 ft Radius: 9.15 m

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Height: 8 ft
Difference between the goal posts: 7.32 m (24 ft)

No. of players: 11
Game is of: 90 mins
Tie breaker: 30 mins
When tie
Penalty shoot out
Width of Football: 410-460 gm
Substitute allowed in football: 3

Trophies and Cups Associated

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India: Durand, Santosh, Rovers

Famous Indian players: Sunil Chhetri, Bhaichung Bhutia, P. K. Banerjee
World: Merdeka Cup, Scissors, La Liga
Famous players of the world
Ronaldo: Portugal

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Messi: Argentina
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Neymar Jr.: Brazil

Aitana Bonmati: Spain

Hockey
Ground Terms associated with Hockey
Length: 91.44 m Astroturf: grass/field where Hockey is played
Breadth: 55 m Dribble
Scoop
Goalpost
Height: 2.14 m
Length: 3.66 m

Ball weight: 156-163 gm

Players: 11
Substitute: No limits Earlier: 70 mins
Game time: 60 mins
15 mins intermission (4 times)
2020 Hockey World Cup: in Belgium + Netherlands
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Green: Time penalty of 5 mins

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Yellow: Time penalty of 10 mins
Red: Out

Hockey World Cup

1971: Pakistan won (most no. of times = 4)
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1975: India Most no. of times hosted 4 times

FihHockey5s World Cup Muscat, Oman 2024 (1st World Cup)

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Netherlands won in Men and Women Team

Trophies
Nehru Trophy

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Wellington Trophy
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Aga Khan Cup
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Rangaswamy Cup
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Sultan of Johor Cup Both hosted in Malaysia
Begum Rasul Trophy
Murugappa Gold Cup

Tennis
Dimension: 78 ft x 36 ft
Net height: 3 ft
Most Grandslams won by: Djokovic (24 times)

Tournaments
Grandslam: 4
1. Wimbledon: 1877 (UK) Played on grass
2. US Open: 1881 (US) Played on hard court
3. French Open: 1891 (France) Played on clay court
4. Australian Open: 1905 (Australia)-

Played on hard court

Australian Open
Men’s Singles won by: Jannik Sinner
Women’s Singles won by: Aryna Sabalenka

Doubles: Rohan Bopanna + Mathew Ebden

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Deuce means: Equality in points

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Dimension: 44 ft x 20 ft (17 ft)

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Net height: 5 ft in middle and 5ft 1 inch at the edges of the court

Head of Badminton Federation of India: Himanta Biswa Sharma

Sports Authority of India (SAI) was formed in: 1984

Cards
Yellow: Warning for misconduct
Red: Warning for fault
Black: equal to 2 yellow cards

Cups Associated
Thomas Cup: Men
Uber Cup: Women
India: Syed Modi India International

Table Tennis
Also known as Ping Pong
Weight of ball: 2.79 gm
Table dimensions: 9 ft x 5 ft
Height: 2.5 ft
Net height: 15.25 cm

Famous players
Achanta Sharath Kamal
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Manika Batra
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Shreeja Akula
Bhavina Patel

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Chess: 16 pieces/player Terms associated with chess
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Pawn: 8 Stalemate
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Knight: 2 2.5 Moves in L-shape

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Checkmate
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Bishop: 2
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Gambit
Rook: 2
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Queen: 1
King: 1

Famous players
R Praggnanandhaa
R Vaishali
Arjun Erigaisi
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Length: 94 ft Terms associated with Basketball

Width: 50 ft Dribble

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Weight: 22 ounces (600 gm) Pivot

Sports and No. of Players

Basketball: 5
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Volleyball: 6
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Netball/Handball: 7 Also in Water Polo, Kabaddi
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Baseball: 9 Also in Kho Kho

Billiards
Football/Cricket: 11 players
Ball weight: 160-170 gm
Polo: 4
Pankaj Advani (famous player)
Futsal: 5
Ice Hockey: 6

Sports Honour/Award Sportsman awarded with Rs 25 lakhs

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (used to be known as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards)
1st recipient: Viswanathan Anand
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Youngest recipient: Abhinav Bindra

Latest recipients: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
1st women recipient: Karnam Malleshwari

Arjuna Award Sportsman awarded with Rs 15 lakhs

1st: 1961
1st women: Meena Shah in 1962 (Badminton)

Athletics: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Badminton: Nandu Natekar
Basketball: Sharabjit Singh
Boxing: L. Buddy D’Souza
Chess: Manuel Aaron
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Archery: Krishna Das
Cricket: Salim Durani
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Kabaddi: Shahanand Shetty
Started in 1985

Dronacharya Award Sportsman awarded with Rs 15 lakhs

Wrestling: Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat
Boxing: O P Bhardwaj
Athletics: O M Nambiar
1st women recipient: Hansa Sharma in 2000 (weightlifting)