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Punjabis play a wide variety of sports and games, ranging from modern games such as hockey and cricket, to the more traditional games such as Kabaddi, Kushtian (wrestling) and Khuddo khoondi (similar to hockey). There are over 100 traditional games and sports of Punjab. [1] To promote traditional games of Punjab, the state government has since ...
The rustic "Khido Khoondi" (literally a ball made out of cuttings of cloth and a stick twisted at the end like a flat hockey blade) was replaced by proper hockey and players from villages, having no facilities beyond uneven grounds to play began to dominate in the game. Twelve of our country's greatest hockey players have come out of a single ...
The first (and only) Punjab Games [a] were held from 5–11 December 2004, in Patiala city in Indian Punjab. [4] Some 700 sports persons from both Eastern (Indian) and Western (Pakistani) Punjab competed in the following sports: Hockey; Cycling; Athletics; Gymnastics; Polo; Handball; Wrestling; Badminton; Volleyball; Tug of war; Shooting; Kabaddi
Jarmanpreet Singh (born 18 July 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. He is selected in the Indian team for the 2024 Summer Olympics , which is his debut Olympics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Hockey India was established on 20 May 2009 and is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). Hockey India, with the assistance of the Sports Authority of India and Department of Sports, trains players at sub-junior, junior and senior level.
During the Indian hockey team tour to New Zealand in 1935, the Maoris offered a shield to the team which was hence awarded to the winners of the National Championships. This shield won by Punjab in 1947 but was never returned by Pakistan following partition.
International Hockey Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Mohali, Punjab, India. [1] This stadium serves as the home ground for the hockey club, Punjab Warriors, of Hockey India League. On May 25, 2021, the stadium was renamed the Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey Stadium in honor of Balbir Singh Sr. [2] [3]
The Surjit Hockey Stadium, also sometimes spelled as Surjeet Hockey Stadium, is a field hockey stadium in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. [1] It is named after Jalandhar-born Olympian Surjit Singh . This stadium is home of the franchise Sher-e-Punjab of the World Series Hockey and Punjab Warriors of Hockey India League .