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General Awareness About Sports...

Sports general knowledge questions are asked in many competitive written exams so general awareness about sports is essential.

Sports Vocabulary
SportsIMPORTANT TERMS
BadmintonDeuce ; Smash ; Drop ; Let ; Game ; Love ; Double Fault
CricketRubber ; Ashes ; Leg Bye ; Follow on ; Googly ; Gulley ; Silly Point ; Drive ; Cover point ; Leg-Break ; Stone-Walling
ChessGambit ; Checkmate ; Stalemate ; Check
FootballDribble ; Offside ; Penalty ; Throw-in ; Hat-Tick; Foul ; Drop Kick ; Stopper
GolfFore some ; Stymie ; Caddy ; Niblick ; Bunker ; The Green
HockeyBully ; Striking ; Post Back ; Circle
Kho-KhoRunner ; Chaser ; Poleby ; Out ; Foul
Lawn TennisAdvantage ; Ace ; Dence ; Foot Fault ; Grand Slam ; Slice
SwimmingBreaststroke ; Twist ; Butterfly ; Crawl ; Springboard
Table TennisEnd line ; Topspin ; Let ; Foil ; Reverse
VolleyballDeuce ; Booster ; Spikers ; Service ; Love
WrestlingHold Sager ; Freestyle ; Rebuts ; Hal ; Nelson

The table below shows the important cups and trophies awarded for different sports:

Cups and trophies
SportsCUPS & TROPHIES
BadmintonAmrit Diwan Cup ; Asia Cup ; Chaddha Cup ; European Cup ; Harilela Cup ; Ibrahim Rahmatullah Challenger Cup ; Kitiyakara Cup ; Konica Cup ; Malaysian Open ; Sophia Cup ; Thomas Cup (Men) ; Uber Cup (Women)
CricketIrani Trophy ; Duleep Trophy ; Deodhar Trophy ; CK Naidu Trophy ; Cooch Behar Trophy ; The Ashes Series ; Gandhi Mandela Series
BoxingAspy Adajania Trophy
FootballBandodkar Trophy ; B. C. Raj Trophy ; Santosh Trophy ; Scissor Cup ; Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy ; Subroto Cup ; Todd Memorial Trophy ; Confederation Cup ; DCM Trophy ; Durand Cup ; Jules Rimet Trophy ; IFA Shield ; Kalinga Cup ; Merdeka Cup ; Rovers Cup
GolfCanada Cup ; Walker Cup ; Ryder Cup ; Muthian Gold Cup
HockeyAgha Khan Cup ; Khan Abdul Ghaffar Club ; Dhyan Chand Trophy ; Nehru Trophy ; Scindia Gold Cup ; Beighton Cup
PoloEzra Cup ; West Chester Cup ; Winchester Cup ; Radha Mohan Cup
Table TennisSwaythling Cup (men) ; Corbillon Cup (women) ; Jayalaxmi Cup (women)
RowingWellington Trophy

The table below shows the important organizations and associations of various sports and their headquarters:

Sports organization
ORGANISATIONHEADQUARTER
International Hockey Federation
International Boxing Association
International Olympic Organisation
International Table Tennis Federation
World Archery Federation		Lausanne, Switzerland
Fédération Internationale de Football AssociationZurich, Switzerland
International Cricket CouncilDubai, UAE
World Chess FederationAthens, Greece
International Weightlifting FederationIstvánmezei út, Hungary
Badminton World FederationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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