India won Kabaddi World Cup in 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011, 20:46 [IST]

Newsletter

Its Free!

News in your inbox

« Previous

India defeated Canada by 59-25 in the final to lift the 2011 Kabaddi World cup at Guru Nanak Stadium in Punjab on Nov 21, 2011.

[Read: The complete details on Kabaddi]

« Previous

Topics: kabaddi, punjab

Other articles published on December 29, 2011

National shame: 9 more Kabbadi players fail dope test

Friday, October 14, 2011,17:42 [IST]

Mumbai, Oct 14: Over nineteen positive tests were recorded after nine more Kabbadi players have been tested positive during trials for the coming World Cup, said India's National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

NADA collected 51 samples during the tournament in Ludhiana, in which 19 positive tests were recorded.

Steroids stanozolol, trenbolone, stimulant phentermine, nandrolone, methendinone and drostanolone are the prohibited substances which were found in the nine new cases. Doping cases are increasing and is becoming a major problem in Indian sport......

Huge prize money awaits World Cup Kabaddi winners

Monday, July 18, 2011,0:00 [IST]

Chandigarh, Jul 18: The prize money for the winning team at the Second World Cup Kabaddi tournament to be held in various centres of Punjab would be doubled to a whopping Rs 2 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal announced.

Badal said that the prize money for the title winners has been doubled to Rs 2 crore whereas team securing second and third positions would get Rs 1 crore and Rs 51 lakh respectively in the tournament to be held.....

Limitless Updates

Features News

News Archives

Spirits high in Indian hockey camp

Wednesday, August 30, 2000,18:23 [IST]

Melbourne: As the D-day draws closer for the Sydney Olympics, the managers of the Indian hockey training-cum-practice camp at Murwillambah, New South Wales, are busy keeping the spirits of the Indian players high.

They are also putting their heads down and concentrating on making their game plans and "secret" tactics pay when it matters the most - in the fortnight of the men's hockey tournament at Sydney Olympics, which is starting from September 15.

And certainly, high morale and.....

Now, India want kabaddi in Olympics

Wednesday, August 30, 2000,18:23 [IST]

New Delhi: Supporters of kabaddi -- an ancient rural Indian sport -- are trying to spread the game through Asia and hope it will eventually become an Olympic event.

Jandardhan Singh Gehlot, president of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), told Reuters, "Until it spreads in Asia, it cannot go beyond. Our heart is there (Olympics)."

Gehlot, speaking by telephone from the northwestern city of Jaipur, added, "China and Japan have started playing and we hope for Korea, too.".....