Sports for Life

HOCKEY- National Game of India Hockey is the national game of India. India has won lots of gold medals in Hockey. Till now India has won Gold Medals in hockey which is 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1980 Olympics.  Hockey is normally played on grass field or an indoor stadium. Hockey is basically a ball and a stick game (stick is made up of wood). Hockey is often played at schools in UK but its origins are unclear. Later we have seen that another hockey category came which is ice hockey which was developed in Canada. It was found that its origin is in Indian Punjabi's game "Khido Khundi". The Sports Ministry confirmed that it had not declared any sports or game as the national game. This is why hockey has so long been known as national game of India.. The Indian Hockey team won Six Olympic Gold Medals from 1928  to 1956 and 11 untill 1980. Hockey was invented in the beginning in Nova Scotia in the early 1800s, now a days hockey began to evolv

FOOTBALL ( A game which you can play anywhere and anytime ) Football: Football is a team Sport which is basically kicking a ball to score a goal. Football is also known as association football or soccer, game in which there are two teams, each team is carrying 11 players. You have to play the game by using any part of your body but except the hands and arms and while playing the game the main aim is to kick the ball in oppositions goal. The famous game right after cricket is football and also loved by most of the youngsters. Actually it has been seen that some of the youngsters don't like cricket and they are die heart fan of football. So basically in this game of football no one is allowed to hold the ball with their hand. Only the goalkeeper is allowed to handle the ball with his hand to stop the ball from opposition but he has to be inside the penalty area, if he comes outside the penalty area and holds the ball then there is a foul. The simple rule of the game is t