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
