List of all-time Biggest and most famous

Sports personalities in India

S.N Famous Athletes of India Sport

1 Virat Kohli Cricket

2 Sunil Gavaskar Cricket

3 Sania Mirza Lawn Tennis

4 PT Usha Athletics

5 Saina Nehwal Badminton

6 Mithali Raj Cricket

7 Milkha Singh Athletics

8 MS Dhoni Cricket

9 Sunil Chhetri Football

10 Kapil Dev Cricket

11 PV Sindhu Badminton

12 Dhyan Chand Hockey

13 Abhinav Bindra Shooting

14 Mary Kom Boxing

15 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket

16 Neeraj Chopra Athletics

17 Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting

18 Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics

19 Leander Paes Lawn Tennis

20 Viswanathan Anand Chess

21 Deepika Kumari Archery

22 Hima Das Athletics

23 Sushil Kumar Wrestling

24 CA Bhavani Devi Fencing

25 Pankaj Advani Billiards

26 Virendra Sehwag Cricket

27 Narain Karthikeyan Motor Sports

28 Baichung Bhutia Football

29 Rohit Sharma Cricket

30 Anju Bobby George Long Jump (Athletics)

achievements of India after independence in

all fields of sports
11. One Gold and two Bronze Medals in Beijing 2008 :
Indian Shooter Shri Abhinav Bindra created history by winning India’s
first ever Olympic Gold Medal in an individual event. Shri Bindra
defeated China’s Zhu Qinan, Gold Medalist of Athens 2004, in the finals
of 10 meters Air Rifle by scoring 700.5 points for the title. Since the time
he won Gold Medal at the World Championship in 2006, Abhinav Bindra
was being seen as the strong contestant for the medal at the Olympics.

Shri Sushil Kumar with the Bronze medal, Shri Vijender Kumar with
the Bronze medal. Vijender Kumar made history by becoming the first
Indian pugilist to enter the Semi-Finals in Olympics and winning the
Bronze medal in the middleweight category.
12. XVI Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 :

Gold Silver Bronze Total

14 17 33 65

1) Pankaj Advani – Cue Sports Men’s English Billiards Singles

2) Bajrang Lal Takhar – Rowing Men’s Single Sculls
3) Ronjan Sodhi – Shooting Men’s Double Trap
4) Sudha Singh – Athletics Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
5) Preeja Sreedharan – Athletics Women’s 10,000m
6) Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh – Tennis Men’s Doubles
7) Somdev Devvarman – Tennis Men’s Singles
8) Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji – Athletics Women’s 400m Hurdles
9) Joseph Abraham – Athletics Men’s 400m Hurdles
10) Vikas Krishnan – Boxing Men’s 60kg
11) Indian Women's Team – Kabaddi
12) Indian Men Team – Kabaddi
13) Manjeet Kaur, Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji, Sini Jose, Mandeep
Kaur – Athletics Women’s 4 x 400m Relay
14) Vijender Singh – Boxing Men’s 75 kg

2012 London Olympics, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals :

India's star grappler Sushil Kumar won the men's 66kg freestyle
category silver in the London Olympics.Sushil thrashed Akzhurek
Tanatarov of Kazakhstan 9-6 in the semifinals to become first India
wrestler to reach the final of Olympic. After taking the 3-0 lead in the first
round, Sushil was down by his opponent in the second round. However,
the Indian wrestler fought back to score 6 points in the final round,
finishing with the score of 9-6 at London's Riverbank Arena. Sushil had
earlier defeated Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in his quarterfinal
bout. Sushil Kumar won his opening bout against Ramazan Sahin of
Turkey, who had won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Army sharp shooter Vijay Kumar fought a nerve-wracking battle with

five other top marksmen to clinch the silver medal in the men's 25m Rapid
Fire Pistol event at the Olympic Games.
Vijay Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei Klimov of
Russia, Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian and German Christian
Reitz in the 40-shot final to finish runner-up in a thrilling finale behind
Cuba's Leuris Pupo who shot his way to the gold with a world record
equalling score of 34. The 26-year-old Army subedar from Himachal
Pradesh found the target 30 times out of 40 attempts in the series
comprising eight rounds of five shots each.

Opening the medals account for India, Gagan Narang won the country
its first medal in the London Olympics 2012. Narang bagged a bronze
medal in the 10m air rifle event.Narang has won numerous medals in the
ISSF World Cups, World Championship, Commonwealth Games and the
ASIAD, besides creating a new world record in 2008.

Saina Nehwal gave India its maiden medal in Olympic Games

badminton.
Her opponent folded up with a dodgy knee after leading 21-18, 1-0, but
Saina was on the threshold of entering the zone from where she might
have dominated this bronze playoff, getting her tiring opponent to play
long rallies, even as she stumbled, slipped and asked for water breaks

India's star woman boxer MC Mary Kom, five-time world champion

ensured a piece of history for herself and the country by fetching a bronze
in the flyweight 51kg category.
"Magnificent Mary", from Manipur, was the lone Indian in fray when
women's boxing made its Olympic debut in the London Games.

Yogeshwar Dutt put up a brilliant display of power packed freestyle

wrestling in the Olympic Games and won a bronze medal. The 29-year-old
experienced grappler from Sonepat in Haryana showed tremendous
fighting spirit and exhibited excellent technique against three very strong
rivals in the repechage rounds to clinch India's fifth medal of the Games.

Olympic Movement

The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action, carried out
under the supreme authority of the IOC, of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the
values of Olympism.
The Olympic Movement is the
concerted, organised, universal and
permanent action, carried out under
the supreme authority of the IOC, of
all individuals and entities who are
inspired by the values of Olympism.
It covers the five continents. It reaches its peak with the bringing
together of the world’s athletes at the great sports festival, the
Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings.

The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a

peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport
practised in accordance with Olympism and its values.
Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the
Olympic Charter and recognition by the IOC.

The three main constituents of the Olympic Movement are the

International Olympic Committee (“IOC”), the International Sports
Federations (“IFs”) and the National Olympic Committees (“NOCs”).

In addition to its three main constituents, the Olympic Movement

also encompasses the Organising Committees of the Olympic
Games (“OCOGs”), the national associations, clubs and persons
belonging to the IFs and NOCs, particularly the athletes, whose
interests constitute a fundamental element of the Olympic
Movement’s action, as well as the judges, referees, coaches and
the other sports officials and technicians. It also includes other
organisations and institutions as recognised by the IOC.

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES

There are 206 NOCs. The IOC is the sole authority to recognise a NOC. Together with the
International Sport Federations, the NOCs are a constituent of the Olympic Movement under the
leadership of the IOC. The mission of the NOCs is to develop, promote and protect the Olympic
Movement in their respective countries, in accordance with the Olympic Charter.

Cricket, Hockey or Kabaddi: Which is the

National Sport of India?
 Indian government over the years has declared many elements as National symbols. For
example, the national animal is tiger, national bird is peacock, national flower is lotus and so
on. And when it comes to sport or game, it was earlier believed that field hockey took the
slot. However, India does not officially have a national sport based on the statement of the
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Hockey was considered a national sport due to
country's dominance from 1928-1956, a period when the Indian team won 8 gold, 1 silver and
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their life Akshaya Patra Learn More In 2020, a school teacher from Dhule district of
Maharashtra filed a Right to Information (RTI), wanting to know if hockey was declared as
India's national game. "The government has not declared any sport/game as the national game
of the country, as the objective of the government is to encourage/promote all popular sports
disciplines," the ministry of youth affairs and sports replied. Then, what is the National Sport
of India? Unofficially, it is considered that Hockey, Cricket and Kabaddi take the slot due to
the national team's success in these sports. While Hockey was believed to be the national
sport in early years, Kabaddi was the next to get the tag after the Indian team's dominance at
the world stage, winning all World Cup events till date and seven gold medals at the Asian
Games. Next sport which took the slot was cricket due to the national team's dominance,
winning two three world cups and the exposure the sport gave to the aspiring youngsters. But,
after Indian men's and women's hockey team's performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics,
there have been calls for the sport to be declared as the national sport. However, the
government has still left the slot vacant as they feel every sport needs to promoted equally.
So, as it stands there is no official national sport or game in India. But cricket, hockey and
kabaddi have all been considered as unofficial national sport in the country.

Field and Court Measurements

Game Measurement of the field

maximum length - 120 m

maximum width - 90m
Football
minimum length - 90 m
minimum width - 45 m

Hockey 91.4 m x 55 m

Basketball 28 m x 15 m

Rugby
100 m x 70 m
Football

Polo maximum length - 275 m

maximum width - 180m
 Game Measurement of the field

minimum length - 230 m

minimum width - 140 m

length - max 30 m and min 20 m

(men) &
length max 25 and min 20 m
Water Polo
(women)
width - max 20 m and min 10 m
(for both)

Lacrosse 110 m x 60 m

Handball 40 m x 20 m

Game Measurement of the court

Volleyball 18 m x 9 m

23.77 m x 8.23 m (single) and

Tennis
23.77 m x 10.9 m (doubles)

Sepak
13. 4 x 6.1 m
Takraw

13 m x 10 m (men) and 12 x 8
Kabaddi
(women)

Equipment Measurements
Game Measurement of Equipment

 Goal post width - 7.32 meters

and height 2.44 meters,
 Circumference of the ball -
Football between 68 cm and 70 cm
 Weight of the ball between - 410
grams and 450 grams
 Game Measurement of Equipment

 Goal post width - 3.66 meters

and height 2.14 meters,
 Circumference of ball - between
Hockey 224 mm and 235 mm
 Weight of the ball between - 156
grams and 163 gram

 Inside diameter of ring - between

450 and 459 mm,
 Height of ring from the ground -
3050 +/-6 mm above ground,
 Size 7 of ball for men -
Basketball circumference 750 to 770 mm
and weight 580 to 620 g,
 Size 6 of ball for women -
circumference 715 to 730 mm
and 510 to 550 gm

 Height of top of net - 2.43 m for

men and 2.24 m for women,
 Circumference of the ball - 65-67
Volleyball
cm and its weight is 260-280
grams