Games & Sports

OLYMPIC GAMES

Olympics Symbol

In comprises of five rings or circles, linked together to represent the sporting friendship of all people. The rings also symblise the continents-Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Each ring is of a different colour, i.e., blue, yellow, black, green and red.

Summer Olympics

Year Venue Name of Mascot Mascot Type

1972

1976

1980

1984

1988

1992

1996

2000

2004 Munich

Montreal

Moscow

Los Angeles

Seoul

Barcelona

Atlanta

Sydney

Syd

Athens and Athena Waldi

Amik

Misha

Sam

Hodori

Cobi

Izzy fantasy figure

Ollie,

Phevos Dashshund

Beaver

Russian Bear

Eagle

Tiger

Dog

Abstract

Kookaburra

Platypus and echinda and Millie respectively

Dolls

Winter Olypics

1976

1980

1984

1988

1992

1994

1998

2002 Innsbruck, Austria

Lake Placid, New York

Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Calgary, Alberta

Albertville, France

Lillehammer, Norway

Nagano, Japan

Salt Lake City, USA Schneemann

Roni

Vucko

Hidy and Howdy

Magique

Haakon and Kristin

Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki

Powder, Coal and Copper Snowman

Raccoon

Wolf

Polar bears

Snow imp

Norwegian children

Snow owls

Snowshoe hare, coyote and black bear respectively

Venues of Olympic Games Summer Olympics

1. 1896 Athens

2. 1900 Paris

3. 1904 St. Louis

4. 1908 London

5. 1912 Stockholm

6. 1920 Antwerp

7. 1924 Paris

8. 1928 Amsterdam

9. 1932 Los Angeles

10. 1936 Berlin

11. 1948 London

12. 1952 Helsinki

13. 1956 Melbourne

14. 1960 Rome

15. 1964 Tokyo

16. 1968 Mexico City

17. 1972 Munich

18. 1976 Montreal

19. 1980 Moscow

20. 1984 Los Angeles

21. 1988 Seoul

22. 1992 Barcelona

23. 1996 Atlanta

24. 2000 Sydney

25. 2004 Athens

26. 2008 Beijing (Scheduled)

27. 2012 London (Scheduled)

Games were not held in 1916, 1940 and 1944.

Winter Olympics

1. 1924 Chamonix, France

2. 1928 St. Mortiz, Switzerland

3. 1932 Lake Placid, New York

4. 1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen

5. 1948 St. Mortiz, Switerzland

6. 1952 Oslo, Norway

7. 1956 Cortina d’ Ampezzo, Italy

8. 1960 Squaw Valley, Califonia

9. 1964 Innsbruck, Austria

10. 1968 Grenoble, France

11. 1972 Sapporo, Japan

12. 1976 Innsbruck, Austrai

13. 1980 Lake Placid, New York

14. 1984 Sarajevo, Japan

15. 1988 Calgary, Alberta

16. 1992 Albertville, France

17. 1994 Lillehammer, Norway

18. 1998 Nagano, Japan

19. 2002 Salt Lake City, USa

20. 2006 Torino, Italy (Scheduled)

21. 2010 Vancouver, Canada (Scheduled)

Games and Sports

NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE

The number of players on each side (each team) in various sports and games are:

1. Basketball 5

2. Baseball 9

3. Badminton 1 or 2

4. Billiards (Snooker) 1

5. Boxing 1

6. Bridge 2

7. Chess 1

8. Cricket 11

9. Croquest 13 or 15

10. Football (Soccer) 11

11. Golf Many individuals compete simultaneously

12. Gymnastics Many individuals compete simultaneously

13. Hockey 11

14. Lacrosse 12

15. Net Ball 7

16. Polo 4

17. Lawn Tennis Court 1 or 2

18. Table Tennis 1 or 2

19. Rugby Football 15

20. Volley ball 6

21. Water Polo 7

SPORTS TERMS

Basketball: Ball, Basket, Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple Throws, Pivot.

Badminton: Angled Drive Serve, Backhand Low Serve, Bird, Deuce, Double Drop, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Love All, Smash.

Boxing: Auxiliary Point System, Babit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying On, Knock, Seconds Out, Slam, Upper, Cut, Weight In, Win by Knock-Out.

Baseball: Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Infield, Outfield, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Strike.

Billiards: Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off, Jigger, Long Jenney, Pot, Scratch, Screw Back, Short Jenney, Spot Stroke.

Bridge: Auction, Chicane, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little Slam, Notrumps, Over-trick, Revoke, Rubber, Ruff, Suit, Vulnerable.

Cricket: Banana, Ashes, Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Duck, Follow on, Gardening, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit Wicket, 1.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Maiden Over, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Over Mandatory Over, Pitch, Popping Crease, Rubber, Run Down, Run Out, Sixer, Silly Point, Square Leg, Stone Walling, Straight drive, Stumped, Yorker, Wicket.

Chess: Bishop, Capture, Castling, Check Mate, En Passant, Gambit, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate.

Croquet: Hoops, Mallet, Peg Out.

Draughts: Huff.

Football: Advantage Clause, Blind Side, Corner Kick, Direct Free Kick, Dribble, Goal Kick, Hattrick, Marking, Off Side, Penalty Kick, Red Card, Throw in, Tripping.

Golf: Bogey, Best-ball, Foursome, Bunker, Caddie, Dormy, Fairway, Fourball, Foursome, Greed Holes, Links, Niblic, Par, Put, Rough, Stymied, Tee, Threesome.

Gymnastics: A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Inlocate, Kip, Planche, Tariff, Tumble, Virtuousity, Wrap.

Horse Racing: Jocky, Punter, Steeplechase.

Hockey: Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Carry, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal Line, Halfway Line, Hattrick, Off-side, Red Card, Roll-in, Scoop, Short Corner, Square Pass, Stick, Striking Circle, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Zonal Marketing.

Judo: Ashi-waza, Chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Makikomi, Nage-waza, Ogoshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchikomi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko, Shido, Mate.

Karate: Age Zuki, Ai-uchi, Chakugan, Dachi, Encho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Hajime, Ibuki, Jion, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, shro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza-ari, Yoko-geri, Zen-no.

Polo: Bunker, Chukker, Mallet.

Rowing: Bucket, Bow, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Regatta.

Rugby Football: A Trackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try.

Shooting: Bag, Bull’s Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle Plug.

Skiing: Tobogganing.

Swimming: Breast Stroke, Crawl.

Table Tennis: Anti Loop, Backspin, Chop, Loop, Penhold Grip, Twiddle.

Tennis: Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Deep Volley, Double Fault, Fault, Ground Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Volley.

Volleyball: Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set, Lob Pass, Love All, Point, Quick Smash, Spike, Service, Volley.

Wrestling: Half Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Hold, Rebouts, Scissor.

TROPHIES AND CUPS

Air Racing: Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King’s Cup, Schneider Cup

Archery: Federation Cup.

Athletics: Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup, World Cup.

Badminton: Amrit Diwan Cup, Agarwal Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chadha Cup. European Cup. Harilela Cup, Konica Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatollah Challenge Cup, Narang Cup, Sophia Kitiakara Cup, Konica Cup, S.R. Ruia Cup, Thomas Cup, Tunku Abdul Rahman Cup, Uber Cup, World Cup, Yonex Cup.

Boxing: Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federation Cup.

Basketball: Basalat Jha Trophy, B.C. Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna Raja Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, William Jones Cup.

Billiards: Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup.

Boat Rowing: American Cup (Yacht racing), Wellington Trophy (India).

Bridge: Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy.

Cricket: Ashes, Anthony D’Mellow Trophy, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup, Bose Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challenge Cup, C.K. Nayudu Trophy, Cooch-Bihar Trophy, Copa America, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar-Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmad Trophy, Hakumat Rai Trophy; Interface Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawaharlal Nehru Cup,

Lombard World Challenge Cup, McDowells Challenge Cup, Merchant Trophy, Moin-ud-Dowla Cup, Natwest Trophy, Prudential Cup, (World Cup), Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Baria Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal Trophy. Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Texaco Cup, Titan Cup,Vijay Hazara Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup.

Football: Airlines Cup, African Nations Cup, America Cup, Asia Cup, Asian Women’s Cup, Bandodkar Trophy B.C. Roy Trophy, Begum Hazrat Mahal Cup, Bicentennial Gold Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Colombo Cup, Confederations Cup, DCM Cup, Winner’s Cup, Durand Cup, European Cup, FA Cup, Federation Cup, G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy, Gold Cup, Governor’s Cup, Greek Cup, Great Wall Cup, IFA Shield, Independence Day Cup, Indira Gandhi Trophy, Inter-Continental Cup, Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Kings Cup, Kirin Cup, Lal Bahadur Shastri Trophy, McDowell Cup, Merdeka Cup, Nagjee, Trophy, Naidunia Trophy, Nations Cup, NFL Trophy, Nehru Gold Cup, Nizam Gold Cup, Raghbir Singh Memorial Cup, Rajiv Gandhi Trophy, Rovers Cup, Sanjay Gold Cup, Santosh Trophy, Scissors Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Stafford Cup, Subroto Cup, Super Cup Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, UEFA Cup, Us Cup, Vittal Trophy, World Cup.

Golf: Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Inter Continental Cup, Maekyung LG Fashion Open Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, Paralamdi Trophy, Prince of Wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, Waterford Crystal Trophy, World Cup.

Horse Racing: Beresford Cup, Blue Riband, Derby, Grand National Cup.

Hockey: Allwyn Asia Cup, Agha Khan Cup, Azlan Shah Cup, Beighton Cup, Bhim Sain Trophy, BMW Trophy, Bombay Gold Cup, Champions Trophy, Clarke Trophy, Dhyan Chand Trophy, Esanda Champions Cup, European Nations Cup, Gurmeet Trophy, Guru Nanak Cup, Gyanvati Devi Trophy, Indira Gandhi Gold Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Cup, Kuppuswamy Naidu Cup, Lady Rattan Tata Cup (women), Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Modi Gold Cup, Murrugappa Gold Cup, Nehru Trophy, Obuidullah Gold Cup, Prime Minister Gold Cup, Rangaswami Cup, Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Rene Frank Trophy, Sanjay Gandhi Trophy, Scindia Gold Cup, Shriram Trophy,Tunku Abdul Razak Cup, Wellington Cup, World Cup, Yadavindra Cup.

Kabaddi: Federation Cup.

Kho-Kho: Federation Cup.

Net ball: Anantrao Pawar Trophy.

Polo: Ezar Cup, King’s Cup, President Cup, Prithi Singh Cup, Radha Mohan Cup, Winchester Cup.

Rugby: Webb Ellis Trophy.

Shooting: North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Prix.

Snooker: Team Tournament Asean Cup.

Table Tennis: Asian Cup, Barna Bellack Cup, Corbillion Cup (women), Electra Gold Cup, Gasper- Giest Prize, Grand Prix, Jayalaxmi Cup (women), Kamala Ramanujan Cup, Pithapuram Cup (men), Swaythling Cup (men), Travancore Cup (women), U Thant Cup, World Cup.

Tennis: Ambre Solaire Cup, AT&T Cup, Champions Cup, ATP President’s Cup, Davis Cup, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Cup, Edgbaston Cup, Evert Cup, Federation Cup, Ghafar Cup, Grand Prix, Grand Slam Cup, Hamlet Cup, Lipton Trophy, Mercedes Cup, Nations’ Cup, Watson’s Water Trophy, Weightman Cup, Wimbledon Trophy, World Cup, World Team Cup.

Volleyball: Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, World Cup, World League Cup.

Wrestling: Burdwan Shield, Bharat Kesari, World Cup.

Weightlifting: World Cup.

Yacht Racing: America Cup.