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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. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. [4] The goal of the game is for a single offensive player, called the "raider", to enter the opposing team's half of the court, tag as many players as possible, and return to their own side within 30 seconds, all while ...
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.
A kabaddi court at the 2006 Asian Games. In the international team version of kabaddi, two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of a court of 10 by 13 metres (33 ft × 43 ft) in the case of men and 8 by 12 metres (26 ft × 39 ft) in the case of women. [4]
Slap kabaddi or thappad kabaddi is a Pakistani variant of kabaddi which is particularly popular in Punjab. [9] Two players aim to slap each other, scoring one point for each slap landed on the opponent (above the waist); [10] the winner is the one who scores the most points, or who can force his opponent to forfeit the match. [11] [12]
The film plots the life of former Kabaddi player Mintu Gurusaria from Gurusar Jodha village, Muktsar. [6] [7] The movie is directed by Mandeep Benipal, Associate Director Vinod Kumar and features Dev Kharoud, Jagjeet Sandhu, Sukhdeep Sukh and Pooja Verma in lead characters along with Lucky Dhaliwal and Hardeep Gill. The film was released on 10 ...
The India men's national kabaddi team represents India in international men's kabaddi competitions. The team is by far the most successful national kabaddi side of any country, winning gold medals at the Asian Games in 1990 (the first year the sport was contested), 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022, as well as winning all four Kabaddi World Cup events to date.
World Kabaddi may refer to: World Kabaddi League (2014), a short-lived international league; World Kabaddi Federation (founded 2003, according to its website), an organisation established for the sport of kabaddi; World Kabaddi (founded 2018), an organisation that has held one "World Cup" event and planned another, including 2019 Kabaddi World Cup
The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup was the third edition of the men's Kabaddi World Cup organised by the International Kabaddi Federation and contested from 7 to 22 October 2016 in Ahmedabad, India. Twelve countries competed in the tournament. India won their 3rd World Cup by defeating Iran 38–29 in the final.