Global Sports descriptions

1st held – 1896 in Athens, Greece.
Last held – 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Next was to be in 2020 but due to Pandemic it has been postponed to 23rd July to 8th August of 2021 which is to be held in Tokyo, Japan
It is also called the Summer Olympics or Games of Olympiad. It is an international multi sports event.
It is held every 4 years on the leap years.
It was initially only hosted by European countries.
The 1st non-European city to host was Tokyo, Japan.
The colors of the five rings on the Olympic symbol are Red, blue, green, yellow, and black. They represent the five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and America (The North and South America are treated as one continent).

It is an international multi sports event which is held after every 4 years.
Around 1930 to 1950 it was known as British Empire Games, around 1954 to 1966 it was known as Commonwealth Games, around 1970 to 1974 it was called British Commonwealth Games.
This is supervised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

It is also known as Asiad.
Multisports event held after every 4 years for Asian Country athletes only.
It is regulated by Asian Games Federation.
It is also said to be the 2nd largest multisports event after that of the Olympics.

1st held – 1924 in Chamonix, France
Last held – 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea
Next – 2022 in Beijing, China
Multisports event which is held after every 4 years cycle (but different from the summer olympics) for sports practiced on ice or snow.
Originally there were 5 winter sports – Bobsleigh, Ice Hockey, Curling, Nordic Skiing and Skating.
Only country that has won a Gold Medal at every Winter Olympics is the United States.

1st held – 1995 in Rome, Italy
Last held – 2019 in Wuhan, China
Next – 2023 in Bogota, Columbia
Multisports event for only Military Sportsperson.
Organized by International Military Sports Council (IMSC or CISM).
It also has a winter edition which was 1st organized in 2010 by Italian region of Aosta Valley. It is to be held in 2021 in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

WINTER

SUMMER

1st held – 2010 in Singapore
Last held – 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Next – 2022 in Dakar, Senegal
It is an International multi sports event for Athletes between 14-18 years old.
It is organized by the International Olympic Committee.
It generally follows the year pattern of Olympics that is after every 4 years respective to the summer and winter olympics.

1st held – 1975 in England
Last held – 2019 in England
Next – 2023 in India
It is officially known as ICC (International Cricket Council) Men’s Cricket World Cup which occurs every 4 years.
It is an International Championship which follows One Day International (ODI) format.
It is one of the most viewed sports events in the world.
India is one of the first 8 countries who participated in 1975 and now there are 20 countries.

It is officially known as ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup which occurs every 4 years since 2005.
It is an International Championship which follows One Day International (ODI) format.
India first participated in 1978 that is in the 2nd series of the match.
There are a total of 11 teams who play the tournaments.
Since 2005 it has been organized by ICC earlier it was done by 2 organizations.
It is Sport’s oldest World Cup Championship.

1st held – 1930 in Uruguay
Last held – 2018 in Russia
Next – 2022 in Qatar
Popularly known as FIFA World Cup.
It is an International football competition for the senior men of the members under FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) governing body.
It has been occurring every 4 years since the beginning. Except 1942 and 1946 when the matches were not played due to World War II.
Number of teams which participate are 32.
2026 will be hosted by Canada, United States and Mexico, making Mexico to be the only one to host the FIFA world cup for three times.

1st held – 1991 in China
Last held – 2019 in France
Next – 2013 in Australia and New Zealand
Popularly known as FIFA Women’s World Cup.
It is an International football competition for the senior women of the members under FIFA governing body.
It has been held at an interval of 4 years since beginning.
Number of teams to participate from 2023 will be 32.

MEN

WOMEN

Tournament is organized by the International Hockey Federation at the interval of 4 years.
India has been playing Men’s and Women’s Hockey World Cup since the start of the two tournaments respectively in 1971 and 1974.
There are a total of 16 teams in both the category of men and women.
Hockey world cup was the idea of Pakistan’s Air Marshal Nur Khan. So, it was to be held in Pakistan in the year 1971. But Pakistan was then engaged in the Bangladesh Liberation war so it was held in Barcelona, Spain.

International Hockey Federation

1st held – 1960 in France
Last held – 2016 in France
Next – was to be held in 2020 but postponed to 11 June to 11 July, 2021 in 13 European Cities.

It is commonly known as UEFA European Championship or informally as Euros.
It is held at an interval of 4 years.
Association under which it works is UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)
Championships are generally named in the format of “UEFA Euro [year]“ or informally as “Euro [year]”. For example – UEFA Euro 2020 / Euro 2020.
55 teams can enter for the qualifications and after qualification only 24 teams play in the finals.

Formally it was known as South Asia Federation Games.
South Asian Games is one of the 5 subregional games under the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Other 4 are – Central Asian Games, East Asia Youth Games, South East Asian Games and West Asian Games.

International multi sports game held every 4 years by International Masters Games Association (IMGA).
Minimum age ranges between 25 to 35 years depending on the game and category.

It is an ODI tournament held every 4 years.
It is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Last edition i.e. of 2017 there were 8 teams and as of now total no. of teams that have participated are 13.

Sources :-
1. www.leadthecompetition.in
2.www.topendsports.com
3. wikipedia
4. britanica.com
5. images from differnt sources

-Nabanita B

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