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The first ancient Olympic Games is said to have been held in 776 BC, although there is some debate about the exact date. The games were held in Olympia, in the western Peloponnese region of Greece, and were dedicated to the gods Zeus and Hera.

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Great Britain is the birthplace of cricket game. The earliest reference to cricket game is in South East England in the mid-16th century. It spread globally with the expansion of the British Empire, with the first international matches in the second half of the 19th century.

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Chattisgarh houses the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium. The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium or Naya Raipur International Cricket Stadium is a cricket field in the city of Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is the third-largest cricket stadium in India and fourth-largest cricket stadium in the world. The stadium has a seating capacity of 65,000 approx.

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Great Britain won the Gold medal in the cricket game at the 1900 Paris Olympics, which was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics. Cricket was included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal. This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.

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Round Robin Tournament, in the context of a cricket game, is in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.

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Field Hockey competition is known as the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

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International Paralympic Committee is the highest governing body of the “Sledge Hockey”. Sledge hockey, also known as Para ice hockey, or sledge hockey, is an adaptation of ice hockey designed for players who have a physical disability. Invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilitation centre in Stockholm, Sweden, and played under similar rules to standard ice hockey, players are seated on sledges and use special hockey sticks with metal “teeth” on the tips of their handles to navigate the ice.

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Five team members are there in each team of a Roller Hockey game. Roller hockey, rink hockey or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. Two five-man teams (four skaters and one goalkeeper) try to drive the ball with their sticks into the opponents’ goal.

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In 1900 Olympic Games, men’s association football was introduced for the first time.

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England’s national football team is nicknamed “The Three Lions”.