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Sports & Games

Indian and World Sports

Learn the names of popular sports in India and around the world!

📖 Let’s Learn Sports & Games!

Sports are physical activities played for fun, exercise, and competition. India loves sports! Cricket is the most popular, but we also play kabaddi, hockey, badminton, football, and many traditional games.

Learning sports vocabulary helps you talk about games, understand sports news, and describe what you play. It also connects to important values like teamwork, discipline, and sportsmanship!

💡 The Rule

Sports can be grouped as: Team sports (cricket, football, kabaddi) where you play in a group, and Individual sports (badminton, swimming, chess) where you play alone or one-on-one.

🎯 Key Concept

🏏 Cricket = bat-and-ball game, India’s favourite!
⚽ Football = kick the ball into the goal
🤸 Kabaddi = traditional Indian contact sport
♟️ Chess = a board game of strategy

📋 Types of Sports

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Team Sports

Cricket, football, kabaddi, hockey, kho-kho

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Individual

Badminton, swimming, athletics, chess

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Indoor Games

Chess, carrom, table tennis, ludo

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Outdoor Games

Cricket, football, kite flying, kabaddi

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Indian Origin

Kabaddi, kho-kho, chess, carrom, gilli-danda

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Equipment

Bat, ball, racket, net, goal, wicket

🏏 Word Groups & Examples

Learn with organized examples and sentences!

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Cricket & Bat Sports

cricket
bat-and-ball game with 11 players each side
“India won the cricket World Cup!”
batsman
the player who hits the ball
“Virat Kohli is a great batsman.”
bowler
the player who throws the ball
“The bowler bowled a fast delivery.”
wicket
the three stumps the bowler aims at
“The ball hit the wicket!”
innings
a team’s turn to bat
“India scored 300 runs in the first innings.”
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Traditional Indian Sports

kabaddi
team sport where you tag opponents
“Kabaddi is played in the Pro Kabaddi League.”
kho-kho
Indian chasing game played in teams
“We play kho-kho during PT class.”
gilli-danda
traditional bat-and-stick game
“My grandfather played gilli-danda as a child.”
carrom
indoor board game, flick coins into pockets
“We play carrom on rainy days.”
chess
strategic board game invented in India
“Chess was invented in ancient India!”
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World Sports

football
kick the ball into the opponent’s goal
“Football is the world’s most popular sport.”
badminton
hit a shuttlecock over a net with a racket
“PV Sindhu won a medal in badminton.”
hockey
hit a ball with curved sticks into a goal
“Hockey is India’s national game.”
swimming
moving through water using your body
“Swimming is great exercise.”
athletics
running, jumping, throwing competitions
“Neeraj Chopra won gold in athletics!”
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Sports Words

team
group of players who play together
“Our cricket team won the school tournament.”
opponent
the person or team you play against
“We shook hands with the opponent after the match.”
trophy
a prize given to the winner
“The captain lifted the shining trophy.”
sportsmanship
fair and respectful behaviour in sports
“Good sportsmanship means respecting the opponent.”
tournament
a competition with many matches
“The school cricket tournament starts Monday.”

📢 Read & Say Sports Words

Say each sport and mime the action!

cricket 🏏football ⚽kabaddi 🤸badminton 🏸hockey 🏑chess ♟️swimming 🏊athletics 🏃

✏️ Match the Sport

Choose the right answer!

1. India’s most popular sport is ___

2. A traditional Indian contact sport is ___

3. ___ was invented in ancient India.

4. PV Sindhu plays ___

5. A ___ is a prize for winning.

🎯 Team or Individual Sport?

Click each sport — do you play in a Team or by yourself?

Click any to check!

📝 Sentence Reading Practice

Read sentences about sports!

1

India’s cricket team is one of the best in the world!

2

Kabaddi and kho-kho are traditional Indian sports.

3

Neeraj Chopra won gold in athletics at the Olympics.

4

Hockey used to be India’s national game.

5

Chess was invented in India over 1,500 years ago!

6

Good sportsmanship means respecting your opponent.

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Memory Trick

Remember Indian-origin sports: Kabaddi, Kho-kho, Chess, Carrom, Gilli-danda — KKCG! These 5 sports were all born in India!

🎮 Sports & Games Quiz

Test what you’ve learned!

India’s most popular sport is…

Kabaddi is from which country?

Chess was invented in…

PV Sindhu plays…

How many players in a cricket team?

Which is an indoor game?

“Sportsmanship” means…

Neeraj Chopra won gold in…

🎉 Quiz Complete!

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Fun Facts

Chess was invented in India around 600 AD! It was originally called “Chaturanga” meaning “four divisions” — infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots!

India’s kabaddi team has won every single Kabaddi World Cup since the tournament started! India is the undisputed champion of kabaddi.

🧠 Tips for Parents

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Play Together

Play cricket, carrom, or chess with your child. Sports vocabulary comes alive when you actually play!

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Watch Sports Together

Watch a cricket match or kabaddi league together. Point out terms: “See? That is a WICKET. He is the BOWLER.”

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Sports Diary

Ask your child to write about a sports event they watched or played in. Use at least 5 sports words!

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