1.3 Billion People = 2 Medals Sports infrastructure in India is not up to the mark. Poor nations like Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya and Jamaica are delivering amazing performance. We are a country of 1.3 billion people, we still are getting only 2 medals in the Olympics. In ancient time games such as Playing Cards, Polo, Snakes and Ladders, Chess, the martial arts of Judo and Karate were developed in India and these games were transferred to foreign countries from here, where they were further developed. The famous Hindu epic Mahabharata describes an incident where a game called Chaturanga was played between Pandavas and Kauravas. Mahabharata was written by a saint named Vyas around 800 BC to 1000 BC. In some form or the other, the game continued till it evolved into chess. The question of the hour is, how such a country with a rich sports culture score so poorly now? Lack of proper sports infrastructure : In India, we only know Cricket honestly. Cricket development is above excellent which is great, but the problem is Government never works wholeheartedly towards sports infrastructure development. It is not that they are not working to fix the issue, they are indeed. They spent a heavy sum of 46 crores, but according to data, only 6 crores reached. Corruption: India is diseased with corruption. Sadly, in many sports organizations, politicians are working as the head. Their partisanship and bigotry cannot be explained in words. Our star batsman Virat Kohli
The Mesoamerican ball game was said to be invented around the Pre-classical Period by the Olmecs and was a well adopted sport by many different civilizations by the time of the Classical Period. In Mesoamerican mythology the ball game is a significant factor in the story of the Mayan gods Hun Hunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu. Both of these gods had annoyed the gods of the underworld with their noisy playing and the two brothers were tricked into going into the underworld where they were challenged to a ball game (Cartwright). The two brothers eventually lost the game and Hun Hunahpu had his head cut off. This would be a common practice in the
Most nations are incapable and unqualified to host such a spectacle as the Olympic games. Every country and their presidents strive to mask their weaknesses and show their strength as an international power. The reasons why these peevish nations are bidding to host the Olympics are expressed through their belief and want to announce their arrival to the world stage. What they do not realize is the time and effort required into hosting such a demanding event. For example, in Rio Olympics Cause ‘Real Problems’ In Brazil, Mario Tama writes, “the popular leftist government that presided over its boom years, began to unravel, as if on cue for the big events”(Fortune International). Obviously, Brazil did not have the economic and political strength to survive hosting both the World Cup and Olympic games within two years of each other. It is imperative for the Olympic Games Board of Directors to perform better when deliberating between their choices of hosts. Most countries end of biting more than they can chew regardless of their economic
Various forms of games resembling golf were played as early as the fourteenth century by sportsmen in Holland,
Over nemouse years the world has evolved and many changes have taken place. Regardless of your age, gender, religion or race its seem that sports has been one of the things that brings everybody together in the end. Whether it be sharing an interest for the same sport in general or the same sports team. With this being said corruption has entered the sports community, it is not about bringing your team together for the sake of enjoyment. Being victorious is now what is expected among your team, coaches, fans and yourself. Now Athletes and coaches are doing whatever it takes to win. Whether it be breaking the law by placing bids or accepting bids, committing fraud and willingly taking illegal performance-enhanching
How sport is presented and supported today can mean total success or deep failure tomorrow. Every year the government of Canada provides money for athletics through three programs all of which add up to around $256 million, but that is only going towards the athletes, not even the facilities. The average cost to build a new professional facility is $6 billion, and to build a simple recreational center it costs $5.7 million. Contractors and businessmen set budgets before building anything new but the budgets always rise; regions get no economic boost from spending money on tickets and building projects and spectators are becoming uninterested in watching live games. The government should not use taxpayer dollars to support athletes and build
It is evident that hosting the Olympics games is no walk in the park. The countries trusted with this task have to spend billions to make the games a reality. Some people believe that the countries, even after spending billions of dollars benefit from the games, while others believe that the money can be spent elsewhere more efficiently. To reach a conclusion, one must study all of the different impacts in all of the different sectors the games have.
Sports are not everything, they get too much focus in high school. This is because the athletes get special treatment in high school and college. They get paid more than most other jobs. Also athletes are idolized. Parents put money in their kids sports than their school.
Oddly, one of the newest of professional sports, bowling is one of the most ancient. In one form or another bowling has been around for more than 7,000 and years. First traces of the sport were discovered in Egyptian tombs, but historians feel that cavemen may well have had been the originator. Having the first form of
Cricket was a very fair and fun sport until a little rivalry came along to create problems. This rivalry was created when the Quadrangular tournament began and after India was split into two subcontinents, India and Pakistan. “Even the sacred field of sport they would not leave unmolested. That is why things have become what they are on the cricket field today. That is why Quadrangular cricket has degenerated into religious rivalry” (Doc 7).
This theme is recurring, English Cricketer and historian Cecil Headlam agreed with this sentiment, writing, “Cricket unites the rulers and the ruled” (Doc. 3). The document, written by a white, English, cricket player, is obviously likely to favor the means of
Sports were already an ingrained part of human culture with the solidification of Mesopotamian culture. With a civilization emphasizing masculine qualities as powerful and intent on pleasing the deities of war, the onset of battle simulations are predictable. Through the multitude of dried clay tablets left behind in
Sport is an ever growing aspect of our cultures, and as the access to different avenues of sport begin to present themselves we question the ability of sport organizations to expand globally. This review of literature will examine different avenues of sport and the research that has been done in regards to their effort to expand on a global scale.
Sports have always been one of the major factors of the society and economy. Back in Ancient Greece, the homeland of the Olympic games, the Greeks believed that a healthy body was very important and sports played an important part of the society. Nowadays, the sport industry has grown to a direct and indirect economic impact of the countries, with organizations and sport events that have fans and supporters from all over the planet that are willing to spend a great amount of money in order to show their support for their favorite team, player or club. That happens because sports entertain people by watching their favorite sport teams play in some of the sports mega-events.
The West Indies Cricket Board has made many mistakes in their time, but this is not one. This is one to produce for West Indies cricket. This is one to ensure that what is happening now never happens again. This is one for West Indies cricket.
The Mahabharata is a famous Indian epic consist of more than 100,000 verses and 18 parvas (books) written by Ved Vyasa and is the longest Sanskrit epic ever written. Mahabharata, older of the two, is conveyed from composition of the Rig Veda, ancient Indian compilation of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. You also see Mahabharata mention few names of monarchs, mentors and priests that occurs in the late Vedic period sources. However, with passing centuries its historical root cannot now be established because new characters and incidents have developed and