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  tata.com : Committed to sport
In the earlier days a career in sports was not as remunerative as it is today and job security was imperative for any sportsman, this used to prevent them from realising their potential.
Jamshedpur is the Tata Group's sports capital and they have equipped it with state-of-the-art infrastructure, including the JRD rata sports complex with a seating capacity of 40,000, as well as international standard football and hockey grounds and an eight-lane Tartan athletic track.
In pursuance of its effort to contribute to the development of sport in India, the Tata Group is co-sponsoring an event with en on 21 January 2003.
www.tata.com /tata_sons/media/20030120.htm   (1326 words)

  
  Sport in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
India's domestic circuit is dominated by the recently constituted Professional Hockey League, which is governed by the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
Basketball is primaraly a school sport in India.
Except for sking, snow sports are non existent, mainly due to the lack of snow except in the extreme north.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sports_in_India   (1792 words)

  
 Read about Sport at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Sport and learn about Sport here!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In this way sports evolve from leisure activity to more formal sports: relatively recent newcomers are BMX cycling, snowboarding, wrestling, etc. Some of these activities have been popular but uncodified pursuits in various forms for different lengths of time.
Nationalism in general is often evident in the pursuit of sport, or in its reporting: people compete in national teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view.
Art and sport were probably more clearly linked at the time of Ancient Greece, when gymnastics and callesthenics invoked admiration and aesthetic appreciation for the physical build, prowess and 'arete' displayed by participants.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Sport   (1720 words)

  
 FT.com / Sport / Cricket - India's cricketers on a sticky wicket   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FT.com / Sport / Cricket - India's cricketers on a sticky wicket
India's cricket fans are in a state of angry mourning.
With the exception of Sachin Tendulkar, India's leading batsman, who is suffering from tennis elbow, the team is the virtually the same as that which reached the World Cup final in South Africa 18 months ago and which came very close to defeating Australia in a Test series in Australia last year.
news.ft.com /cms/s/4780c386-1b93-11d9-8af6-00000e2511c8.html   (658 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Stuttering India give England a chance   (Site not responding. Last check: )
India needed only 188 to beat Sri Lanka and knock them out of this tournament, but they could not make head or tail of the new white ball when it was moving around.
Off 15 overs India staggered to 36 for three, and it was only when Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid came together, their two batsmen who have played a season of county cricket, that their innings took off.
India, on the other hand, enjoy great versatility in that all their top four batsmen can bowl, either spin or seam or, in Tendulkar's case, anything at all.
telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/07/07/scindi07.xml   (903 words)

  
 India moving towards chess renaissance: Anand
New Delhi: Cricket may be the undisputed numero uno sport in India but the country is also moving towards a chess renaissance and it would not be too long before the 64-square game acquires mass popularity, says world champion Viswanathan Anand.
But, you have to build chess as a mass sport in India, and potentially we are building a huge chess family.
India is moving forward to a chess renaissance," Anand told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on CNN-IBN.
sports.indiainfo.com /2008/05/05/0805051537_sport_anand_2_lt.html   (341 words)

  
 India - Uncyclopedia
India is a leading exporter of leather, beef, CANDU reactors and pacifism, and importer of, among other things, American Culture and American Weapons.
India is currently involved in repelling a takeover bid for the region of Kashmir, a key garment district which is home of the famous sweater.
India's biggest imported item is the "sandalwood coated vaginal thermometer" which is used by 45% of men and 12% of women to get an accurate measurement of the warmth of their "love canals"
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/India   (1787 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Harbhajan gives India upper hand   (Site not responding. Last check: )
India had reached 287 for nine, thanks to an aggressive 75 by Yuvraj Singh, after Sri Lanka were dismissed for 206, a first-innings deficit of 192.
Yuvraj helped to stage a strong recovery in India's second innings after they were reduced to 34 for three.
Meanwhile, India have conditionally cleared the team to play a Test in Karachi during their tour of Pakistan starting next month.
sport.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/12/21/scindi21.xml   (220 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
India ‘A’ will take on the senior team, who were placed second in the league table with a win and a loss, in the final tomorrow.
India ‘B’, who were restricted to 230 in 38.4 overs in response to the 289 of India ‘A’, lost both their matches and crashed out of the tournament.
India were relegated to zonal play after the USA blanked the Indian side 4-1 in the world group qualifiers at Winston-Salem in North Carolina in October.
www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020113/sports.htm   (5528 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
Since no sport in India has ever been highlighted for its intrinsic value and quality, it stands to reason that the less popular danda-guli, the forerunner to cricket, has hardly received any special mention.
The club was commonly used in ancient India as a weapon of attack as well as for defence, just the way a cricket bat would be used for both attack and defence.
India was a prosperous civilization in ancient days and so it stands to reason that India, and not Britain, was the birthplace of cricket.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041021/asp/opinion/story_3902834.asp   (1204 words)

  
 Arts Sports In India - Arts And Culture Of India - Music, Dance, Architecture Etc Of India
India's domestic circuit is dominated by the recently constituted Premier Hockey League, which is governed by the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
India also competes in the 7-a-side format at the international level but does have a women's rugby team, though there has been some evidence of women being trained for rugby.
Except for sking, snow sports are non existent, mainly due to the lack of snow except in the extreme north.
www.bharatadesam.com /arts/sports_in_india.php   (1649 words)

  
 India Adventure, Adventure Sports in India
India is rapidly emerging as the adventure tourism destination of the world; and scuba diving and other water sports have now become an integral part of it.
River-running is a very popular young sport in India, and the challenges of the rivers in the upper Himalayas makes it among the best regions in the world.
River-running expeditions in India are organized and managed by professional Indian teams who have been trained in abroad in some of the most difficult water stretches of the world.
www.indovacations.net /english/indiaadventure.htm   (1673 words)

  
 Sport in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
India right now has a National Rugby Union team.
India has produced players of international ranking, Geet Sethi and Michael Ferreira to name some.
A popular recreation sport, often played with bowling balls and pins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_sport   (1792 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - Cricket: India back in contention
India fought back today to put themselves in contention in the third and decisive Test against Australia in Madras.
The Austalians were doing brilliantly at 340 for 3 when they completely fell apart to finish their first innings 391 all out.
India then began their quest to reach the target set by the visitors with Sundar Das putting on 123 for the first wicket with Sadagopan Ramesh and 88 for the unbroken second with Venkatsai Laxman to leave them at 211 for 1 by stumps.
www.rte.ie /sport/2001/0319/india.html   (205 words)

  
 Ananova - Sport - Cricket - India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
India continued to dominate the opening day of the third and final Test against Pakistan, reducing their hosts to 169 for eight at tea.
India's hopes of saving the second Test appear to rest on the shoulders of Virender Sehwag after Pakistan took a firm grip on the third day.
India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel has been fined 60% of his match fee for showing dissent towards an umpire during the second day of the second Test with Pakistan in Lahore.
www.ananova.com /sport?keywords=Cricket,India   (291 words)

  
 Sport | India
But in India's last visit to South Africa the left-arm seamers Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra went in carrying minor knocks and returned seriously wounded.
India would like Tendulkar to match them on this one.
At the moment the whole sport is too much of a pasanda, terribly mild-mannered.
sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4596087-111272,00.html   (859 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Cricket | India and Pakistan pass test
India, the regional superpower, responded in fury, scattering the Pakistani attack, returning fire with its own biggest guns.
In 1997, when India last played in the city, it was stoned by a mob.
India scored 349, its highest one-day total, yet Pakistan fell short by a mere five runs, another record.
sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/theobserver/story/0,10541,1169187,00.html   (758 words)

  
 sport, sports, popular, played, Cricket, country, level, Rugby, first, website, squash, school, rugby - Sport in India
Basketball is primaraly a school sport in India.
But for benefit of semantics, we will try to stick to sports that truly maybe considered extreme in their nature of variables that add that element of adrenaline rush to a sporting activity.
With cricket being India's number 1 sport, such a large population, availability of cricket fields to play football in, there may well be a future for AFL in India.
www.alphasearch.org /Sport-in-India.html   (2295 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | India dispatch Aussies
VVS Laxman's unbeaten 103 led India to the highest ever score at the Gabba as Australia were sunk by 19 runs.
India's score improved on the 300-5 that Australia made against Pakistan in 1989-90.
India: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Rohan Gavaskar, Yuvraj Singh, Hemang Badani, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Ashish Nehra.
newsrss.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/3405763.stm   (617 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - India expects victory   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1983, when India stunned the world by beating the mighty West Indies in the final of the Prudential World Cup, the match was beamed live to a massive audience through the state-run Doordarshan network.
India's population stands at approximately 1.2 billion (of whom 35% are below the age of 15) while there are 21 million Indians spread across 110 countries.
A match involving India's glamour boys held anywhere in the world is certain to attract a full house.
sport.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=295772006   (1237 words)

  
 National Info - National Insignia of India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The brilliant Indians brought a touch of fl magic to their play and the ball juggling feats of the Indians were a sheer delight.
The Golden Era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 - 1956 when India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics.
During the Golden Era, India played 24 Olympic matches, won all 24, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only 7 goals.
www.tourindia.com /insignia/sport.htm   (107 words)

  
 Indian Adventure,India Adventure Travel,Adventure Tour in India
India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions, which live primarily in a 560-square-mile sanctuary.
Trekking in India is an unforgettable experience as it not only let you to experience the unexplored trails made by nature, but also bring the visitor directly in touch with the country and its people.
Sport that has gained immense popularity all over the world and in the past decade have become quiet attention grabbing sport in India because of the Himalayas and beaches of South India.
indianadventureportal.com   (504 words)

  
 Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hockey became popular in India when the British Regiments played the game in India and introduced it in the British India Regiments who quickly picked up the game.
In 1956, after India won the last of its six consecutive gold medals, the manager of the Pakistan hockey team, Riazuddin Ahmed said, "This is the first time that we played India in the Olympics.
The Bharatiya Hockey Andolan (henceforth referred to as Andolan) is a non-profit organization for raising the standard of hockey in India to world class standards.
www.goindiago.com /sports/hockey/hockey1.htm   (691 words)

  
 The Namibian | Sport News | India cruise to victory   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BULAWAYO - India won their first test outside of the sub-continent for 15 years at their 50th attempt when they beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the first test at the Queens Sports Club yesterday.
It was a match that India dominated from the first day as Zimbabwean captain Streak won the toss and elected to bat.
India replied with 318 in their first innings with Sachin Tendulkar scoring 74 and Harbhajan Singh a career-best 66.
www.namibian.com.na /2001/June/Sport/01F724B798.html   (250 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | India frustrated   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Though the final could be treated as a tie, this had been India's competition from the moment they annihilated England nine days ago.
It was not so much the quality of their batting that stood out but the salmon leaps and dives of Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif in the field.
India should now be installed among the favourites for next February's World Cup, second only to holders Australia.
telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/10/01/scbrig01.xml   (429 words)

  
 Sports of India
Chess sport, the cerebral game of 64 squares is India’s unique gift to the world.The glory of Indian Chess sport starts with the invention of the game, and after centuries of obscurity, comes into light through a legend Vishwanathan Anand.
During this period of so called obscurity, Indian chess sport was not under hibernation; in fact, we have had Indians excelling even in the modern version of the game, at international levels too.Read for more information on chess sport in India.
India has excelled in cricket sports, and this is reflected in the book of records.
sports.indianetzone.com   (833 words)

  
 Travel: India
India is big, so big that it can only be described with 2,500 photos.
It is a nation of full colors: the wild orange of the desert, the mysterious green of the jungles and the splendid red in the palaces.
India is a country with many gods and goddesses.
hat.net /album/asia/india/.../04_nainital/detail001.htm   (251 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - India reach Champions Trophy final
India reached the ICC Champions Trophy final today in Colombo with a dramatic 10-run victory over South Africa.
After India posted a total of 261 for nine from their 50 overs, South Africa were left stranded on 251 for six.
India will play either Australia or Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday.
www.rte.ie /sport/2002/0925/cricket.html   (92 words)

  
 India Together: Invisible sportswomen - 11 January 2005
If a woman, or a group of women, does well in any sport in India, it is despite the State and the establishment and not because of it.
The mother of this young girl, who clearly belongs to that exceptional group of parents who encourage their daughters to pursue sport, says that the treatment girls receive when they do join any team is terrible.
India boasts not just of its secularism — as evident in the composition of its sporting teams — but of its aim to hit the high notes in sporting events, our dismal performance at the recent Olympics notwithstanding, or for that matter the sorry state of our over-hyped men's cricket team.
www.indiatogether.org /2005/jan/ksh-cricket.htm   (1084 words)

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