| Sports news is very much popular all over the world. It | | | | 1983, young sports lovers in the country got attracted |
| is due to the young people taking immense interest in | | | | more to cricket. Soon, the game replaced hockey as |
| sports activities. People love to read news about all | | | | the most popular sport of the country. The rest of |
| kinds of sports like football, cricket, tennis, boxing and | | | | sports were not in focus. However, in last 10 years, |
| athletic events. | | | | victories in other sports like tennis, chess, boxing etc |
| Cricket is a highly popular sport in India. Indians follow all | | | | have helped in promoting the games in the country. |
| international cricket events religiously. It is also due to | | | | Though cricket is the most popular sport in India, it is |
| not-so-great performance of the country in other | | | | football which is the most popular sport in most of the |
| sports. Once upon a time hockey used to be India’s | | | | countries of the world. In many countries it is followed |
| most popular sport, helped by great performance of | | | | like religion. In Latin America people are crazy for the |
| the country in the game. Then Indian hokey team used | | | | game. Many players of football there have super star |
| to win most of the tournaments. Several times it won | | | | status and are treated like semi-gods. Pele, Maradona, |
| Olympics gold medals for the country. | | | | Ronaldo, etc are football stars there. Pele is considered |
| After the Indian cricket team won the world cup in | | | | the greatest footballer ever. |