History of Sports:
Main aspects of history of sports are as-(a) in the history of sports the Olympic game started first in 776 B.C in ancient Greece is mention worthy. Now various games like cricket, football, baseball, rugby, hockey, polo etc. are parts of today's culture. It is essential to know the influence of these games on our life. (b) the ame of cricket started in England The cricket club was 'Calcutta Cricket Club (1792) and Oriental Cricket Club of the Persians (1848) in Bombay that had visited England first in 1886. It is also known as the game of 22 yards because the length of the pitch between the two wickets is 22 yards (The game of cricket was first played at Dartford in Surrey in 1709 (c) However, rules of the game were laid down in 1744 From 1814 the Lords ground in England became the Mecca of international cricket. Professional cricket came into existence in 1962.
International Cricket Conference' or ICC was formed In 1965, which was later renamed as International
Cricket Council (ICC) In 1989. (d) The first women's
cricket club was established in England in 1887. Women's Cricket Association (WCA) was formed in 1926 and the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) in 1958. The first International Women's Test Match was played in 1973. According to historian Dr. Ramchandra Guha "It views sport as a rational idiom, a share of activity that expresses, in concentrated for the values, Prejudices, divisions and unifying symbols of a society." (e) The rugby ball is like an oval shaped football. England started playing rugby in 1823, 'Rugby Football Union' (RFU) was formed in 1871. Till 1995 rugby was considered to be an amateur game, (f) Separate rules for rugby and football became into being after the 'Football Association (FA) was established in London in 1863. The landmark event in the history of football in Bengal was the formation of the Mohan Bagan Atheletic Club in the July of 1889, 'East Bengal Club' (1920) and Hockey Club
(1885-1886) in Kolkata teOn 29th July 1911, the Mohan Bagan under the captainship of Shibdas Bhader, won the IFA shield having defeated the European East Yorkshire Civil and Military Teams The Indian football team came fourth at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 (h) Eight times the Indian Hockey team had won the Olympic gold medal. The first gold in hockey was won by India in 1928 at Amsterdam Olympics. In 1932, India set a world record having defeated USA 24-1 at Los Angeles. In 1936, India won the gold medal in hockey at Berlin Olympics and the captain of the team, Dhyanchand, received the prize from none other than Hitler himself The last time India won the gold medal in hockey was in 1980 at Moscow Olympics. (1) In 1996, Kabaddi has replaced hockey as the National Game of India
Importance The study of sports history started in Europe in 1970 and "British Society
of Sports History was founded in 1982, We know the history of sports from the books 'Corner of Foreign Field of Ram Chandr
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