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Kabaddi (/ k ə ˈ b æ d i /, [2] / ˈ k ʌ b ə d i /) [3] is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players, originating in ancient India. [4] The objective of the game is for a single player on offense, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their players as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all ...
A popular style is Goongi kabaddi (Punjabi: گونگی کبڈی /ਗੂੰਗੀ ਕਬੱਡੀ) (silent kabaddi) where a raider player does not speak and say the word kabaddi but just touches the opponent's team player and the person he touches is the only player who will try to stop the raider. The struggle will continue until the raider ...
Several variations of tag, such as kho kho, kabaddi, atya patya, and langdi (sport), [35] are believed to be hundreds or thousands of years old (or even older as non-human animals are known to play tag [36]), with kho-kho having been played since at least the fourth century BC, [37] certain aspects of kabaddi possibly being mentioned in the ...
The International Kabaddi Federation, aka IKF, is an international governing body of Kabaddi. [1] Its membership comprises 31 national associations. [ 2 ] The federation was formed in 2004 and was founded by Ashish Pachori from India who served as the first president.
Isabella and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, were known chess aficionados and, by expelling the Jews from Spain in the late 15th century, helped spread the new rules to the rest of Europe. Spain has no great highlights in the chess Olympiad, with the best results being individual medals per board. The Spanish team has won a total of seven ...
India vs Iran at the 2023 Asian Kho Kho Championship.Kho kho is South Asia's second-most popular tag game. After the British colonisation of the subcontinent which peaked from the 19th century to 1947, Western sports such as cricket, football, and hockey began to be followed to a greater extent, to the detriment of the traditional games.
The league's first season was in 2014; 8 international teams played in 14 cities in 4 different countries. Three of the teams had celebrity owners. [2] The regular season was four months long, and was followed by an elimination tournament that took place in Mohali, Punjab, India, in which the top four teams determined a champion.
World Kabaddi may refer to: World Kabaddi League (2014), a short-lived international league World Kabaddi Federation (founded 2005, according to its website), an organisation established for the sport of kabaddi