Sports Terminology

Game Terminology Associated with that

Particular Game
Athletics Relay, Track, Lane, Photofinish,
Hurdles, Shotput, Discuss Throw,
Hammar Throw, High Jump, Triple
Jump, Cross Country

Badminton Shuttle cock,Deuce, Game , Double

Fault, Service court, Fore hand, Back
Hand, Smash, Hit, Drop, Net, Let ,Love

Baseball Pitcher, Diamond, Pinching, Bunting

Home run, Base runner, Throw, Perfect
game, Strike, Put out

Basketball Free throw, Common foul, Under head,

Technical foul, Over head

Boat Race Cox

Billiards Pull,In Off, Jigger, Cue,Scratch , Hit,
and Object ball, Break shot, In Baulk,
Snookers Pot,Scoring,Cannons, Cushion billiards

Boxing Knock out,Jab, Round, Hook, Punch,

Upper- cut, Kidney punch, Timing, Foot
work

Kabaddi cant,raider,raid,struggle,anti
Revoke , Ruff , Dummy , Little Slam ,
 Bridge Grand Slam , Trump , Diamonds , Tricks

Chess Gambit , Checkmate , Stalemate , Check,

E. L. O. rating, Grand
master, international master, Kings
Indian Defence, Rook,
Pawn,Bishop,Knight

Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Trackrace, Point race

FootBall Kick, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Off

side, Hattrick, Foul, Left out,Goal, Right
out, Stopper, Defender,
Move,Pass,Comer bick, Baseline,
Rebound

Golf Hole , Bogey , Put , Stymie , Caddie ,

Tee , Links , Putting the green

Gymnastics Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Push up,

Floor exercise, Uneven bar, Sit up

Hockey Bully, Short corner, Hattrick, Goal,

Penalty Corner, Penalty stroke, Pushin,
Cut, Scoop, Dribble, Centre forward,
Half back, Astroturf, Sudden
death, Left in, Left out, Off-side, Tie
breaker, Carried, Stick, Striking circle,
Under cutting

Horse Punter , Jockey , Place , Win , Protest

 Racing
Kho-kho Runner , Chaser , Poleby , Out , Foul

Lawn Service, Grandslam, Deuce, Advantage,

Tennis Game Point, Break point, Smash, Shot,
Break, Grass Court, , Drop shot,
Netplay, Baseline

Polo Chukker , Bunder , Mallet

Rifle Bull’s eyes

Shooting
Rugby Drop Kick , Screen
Football
Skying Tobogganing

Shooting Rapidfire Pistol, Standard rifle, Free

pistol, Air rifle, Range, Bull’s eye

Swimming Back Stroke Freestyle, Butterfly,Breast

stroke, Lane, Pool

Table Volley, Late service, Drive spin, Half

Tennis volley, Back hand, Chop

Volleyball Deuce Booster , Spikers , Service ,

Love
FIRST IN
SPORTS(INDIA)
The first Indian to win an KD Jadhav
individual medal at the Olympic
Games
The first Indian to win a gold Abhinav
medal at the Olympic Games Bindra
The first Indian woman to win an Karnam
individual medal at the Olympic Malleswari
Games
The first Indian (also the first Ramanathan
Asian) to win the Wimbledon Krishnan (in
junior Singles title 1954)
The first Indian to win a Grand Mahesh
Slam title (French Open mixed Bhupathi
doubles title in 1997)
The first Indian to achieve a career Mahesh
Grand Slam in mixed doubles Bhupathi
(2006)
The first Indian to achieve a career Leander Paes
Grand Slam in doubles (2012)

The first Indian to become a world Wilson Jones

 champion in billiards
India's first Grandmaster and also Vishwanathan
the first Indian to win the FIDE Anand
World Chess Championship
The first Indian to win the under P.
10 World Chess Championship Harikrishna
The first Indian to win the All Prakash
England Badminton Padukone
Championship
The first Indian gymnast to win a Ashish
medal at the Commonwealth Kumar
Games
The first Indian woman to receive Koneru
the Grandmaster's title Humpy
The youngest Indian to win the Parimarjan
Grandmaster title Negi (13
years 3
months and
22 days)
The youngest Indian to captain its Mansoor Ali
test cricket team Khan Pataudi
The first Indian to swim across the Mihir Sen
English Channel (1958)
The first Indian woman (also Aarti Saha
Asian woman) to swim across the (1959)
English Channel

The first woman in the world to Bula

 swim the seven seas Chaudhary
The first Indian woman to win a Kamaljit
gold medal at the Asian Games Sandhu
The first Indian women athlete to Anju Bobby
win a medal at a world event George
(Bronze at World Athletics
Championship, 2003)
The first Indian woman to win a Sania Mirza
Grand Slam title
The first Indian to win the World Saina Nehwal
Junior Badminton Championships
and also to win a Super Series
tournament, (by clinching the
Indonesia Open). First Indian
woman to be ranked World No. 1
1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Viswanathan
Ratna Award Anand
1st woman recipient of Rajiv Karnam
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Malleswari
1st recipient of Dhyanchand Aparna
Lifetime Achievement Award Ghosh
1st cricket player to be awarded Salim Durrani
the Arjuna Award
1st Indian to win Olympic medals Sushil Kumar
at two consecutive Olympic
Games
 FIRST IN SPORTS
(WORLD)
The first team to win the FIFA Uruguay
World Cup (1930)
The first team to win the FIFA USA (1991)
Women's World Cup
The first team to win the Hockey Pakistan
World Cup (1971)
The first team to win the Netherlands
Women's Hockey World Cup (1974)
The first team to win the Cricket West Indies
World Cup (1975)
The first team to win the England
Women's Cricket World Cup (1973)
The first team to win the World India (2007)
T20 Cricket Championship
The first team to win the Davis USA (1900)
Cup
The first team to win the Fed Cup USA (1963)
The first team to win the Hong Kong
Merdeka Cup (1957)
The first team to win the Ryder USA (1927)
Cup
The first team to win the Thomas Malaysia
Cup (1949)
The first team to win the Uber USA (1957)
Cup
The first team to win the Indonesia
Sudirman Cup (1989)

SPORTS ORGANISATION AND HEADQUARTERS

International Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland

Committee
International Hockey Lausanne, Switzerland
Federation (FIH)
International Boxing Lausanne, Switzerland
Association (AIBA)
International Swimming Lausanne, Switzerland
Federation (FINA)
World Archery Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
(FITA)
International Canoe Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
(ICF)
International Equestrian Lausanne, Switzerland
Federation (FEI)
International Golf Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
(IGF)
International Gymnastics Lausanne, Switzerland
Federation (FIG)
International Judo Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
World Rowing Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
(FISA)
International Table Tennis Lausanne, Switzerland
Federation (ITTF)
International Volleyball Lausanne, Switzerland
Federation (FIVB)
International Handball Basel, Switzerland
Federation (IHF)
International Cycling Union Aigle, Switzerland
(UCI)
International Basketball Mies, Switzerland
Federation (FIBA)
Fédération Internationale de Zurich, Switzerland
Football Association (FIFA)
United World Wrestling Corsier-sur-Vevey,
(UWW) Switzerland
International Association of Monaco
Athletics Federations (IAAF)
International Cricket Council Dubai, UAE
(ICC)
Fédération internationale des Athens, Greece
échecs (FIDE) or World Chess
Federation
International Shooting Sports Munich, Germany
Federation (ISSF)
Badminton World Federation Kuala Lumpur,
(BWF) Malaysia
International Modern Monaco, Monaco
Pentathlon Union (UIPM)
International Tennis Federation London, Great Britain
(ITF)
International Weightlifting Istvanmezei , Hungary
Federation (IWF)
World Rugby Dublin, Ireland
World Sailing Hampshire, Great
Britain

NUMBER OF PLAYERS
IN EACH TEAM
Cricket 11
Football 11
Hockey 11
Basketball 05
Baseball 09
Rugby Football 15
Polo 04
Water Polo 07
Volleyball 06
Kabaddi 07
Lacrosse 12
Handball 07
Kho Kho 09
 SPORTS AWARDS IN INDIA

Nameof the Given For First Monetary

Award Given Grant
in
Rajiv Gandhi For the spectacular and most 1991-92 Rs. 7.5
Khel Ratna outstanding performance in the lakhs
Award field of sports by a
sportsperson over a period of
four years immediately
preceding the year during
which award is to be given.
Dronacharya To sports coaches who have 1985 Rs. 5 lakhs
Award successfully trained
sportspersons or teams and
enabled them to achieve
outstanding results in
international competitions.
Dhyanchand To those sportspersons who 2002 Rs. 5 lakhs
Award have contributed to sports by
their performance and continue
to contribute to the promotion
of sports even after their
retirement from active sporting
career.

Tenzing To recognise the achievement

Norgay of persons associated in the 1993 Rs. 5 lakhs
National field of adventure. 3 categories
Adventure for adventure on land, sea and
Award air and 1 award for lifetime
achievement.

Arjuna Award Ordinarily not more than 15 in 1961 Rs. 5 lakhs

 a year in each discipline with
at least one award for sports
for physically challenged. For
good performance over the
previous four years at the
International level and also
should have shown qualities of
leadership, sportsmanship and
a sense of discipline.
Rashtriya 4 categories (a) Identification 2009 No cash
Khel and nurturing of award
Protsahan budding/young talent
Puraskar (b) Encouragement to sports
through Corporate Social
Responsibility
(c) Employment of sports
persons and sports welfare
measures
(d) Sports for Development
1. Rs. 10
Maulana Abul Overall top performing lakhs
Kalam Azad university in the 1956-57 2.Rs. 5
Trophy Inter-University tournaments. lakhs &
(The top 3 universities are 3. 3 lakhs
given cash awards)
MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS
First held (Year & Last held Next at
Games
Host) (Year & Host) (Year &Host)
Olympic Games 1896 2016 2020
Athens Rio de Tokyo
Greece Janeiro Japan
Brazil
Commonwealth 1930 2018 2022
Games Hamilton Queensland Birmingham
Canada Australia United
Kingdom
Asian Games 1951 2018 2022
New Delhi Jakarta Hangzhou
India Indonesia China
Winter Olympics 1924 2018 2022
Chamonix Pyeongchang Beijing
France South Korea China
World Military Games 1995 2015 2019
Rome Mungyeong Wuhan
Italy South Korea China
Youth Olympic Games 2010 2018 2022
(Summer) Singapore Buenos Aires Dakar
Singapore Argentina Senegal
Youth Olympic Games 2012 2016 2020
(Winter) Innsbruck Lillehammer Lausanne
Austria Norway Switzerland
Football World Cup 1930 2018 2022
(Men's) Uruguay Russia Qatar
Men’s Cricket World 1975 2019 2023
Cup England England India
ICC T-20 Cricket 2007 2016 2020
World Cup South Africa India Australia
 SPORTS AND TROPHIES
S.No TROPHY/CUP SPORT PARTICIPANTS

1 Agha Khan Cup Hockey India

2 American Cup Yatch Racing USA

3 Amrit Diwan Cup Badmiton India

4 Ashes Cup Cricket Australia England

5 Asia Cup Cricket, Badmition Asia

6 Augusta Masters Golf International

7 Australian Open Lawn Tennis International

8 Azlan Cup Hockey International

9 Bama Belleck Cup Table Tennis India

10 Bandodkar Trophy Football India

11 BCS Trophy Football America

12 B.C. Raj Trophy Football India

13 Beighton Cup Hockey India

14 Benson and Hedges Cricket England and Wales

15 Bledisloe Cup Rugby Newzealand & Australia

16 Bombay Gold Cup Hockey India

17 Borg-Warner Trophy Motorsports Indianapolis America

18 British Open Golf International

19 Burdwan Trophy Weight Lifting India

20 Calcutta Cup Rugby England and Scotland

21 Chaddha Cup Badmition (Women) India

22 Champions trophy Hockey International

23 C.K. Naidu Trophy Cricket India

24 Colombo Cup Football International

25 Commissioner’s Trophy Baseball America

26 Davis Cup Tennis International

27 Confederation Cup Football International

28 DCM Trophy Football India

29 Deodar Trophy Cricket India

30 Derby Horse Racing International

31 Dhyanchand Trophy Hockey India

32 Dr. BC Roy Trophy Football India

33 Duleep Trophy Cricket India

34 Durand Cup Football India

35 European Cup Badmition Europe

36 European Champion Clubs’ Cup Football International

37 Ezra Cup Polo India

38 FIFA World Cup Trophy Football International

39 French Open Lawn Tennis International

40 Gavaskar Border Trophy Cricket India and Australia

41 Grey Cup Football US & Canada

42 Gillette Cup Cricket India

43 Harilela Cup Badmition Inida

44 Heineken Cup Lawn Tennis International

45 Heisman Trophy Football America

46 Hopman Cup Lawn Tennis International

Ibrahim Rahimatollah Challenger

47 Badmition India
Cup

48 IFA Shield Football India

49 Irani Trophy Cricket India

50 Jawharlal Nehru Cup Cricket International

51 Jules Rimet Trophy Football International

52 Kalinga Cup Football India

53 Kings Cup Air Races England

54 Kitiakara Cup Badmition India

55 Konica Cup Badmition India

56 Lady Ratan Tata Trophy Hockey India

Larry O’Brien Championship

57 Basketball America
Trophy

58 League Championship Trophy Football International

59 Liners Open Golf International

60 Malaysian Open Badminton International

61 Mann Cup Lacrosse America

62 Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup Hockey India

63 McClelland Trophy Football Australia

64 Meredka Cup Football Asia

65 MLS Cup Soccer America

66 Moinuddaula Gold Cup Cricket India

67 Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey India

68 Nehru Trophy Hockey India

69 Old Oaken Bucket Football Intercollege America

70 Premier League Trophy Football International

71 Prince of Wales Cup Golf England

72 Radha Mohan Cup Polo India

73 Ranaji Trophy Cricket India

74 Rani Jhansi Trophy Cricket India

75 Rangeshwari Cup Hockey India

76 Rovers Cup Football India

77 Rohinton Cricket India

78 Rothmans Cup Cricket International

79 Santosh Trophy Football India

80 Sahara Cup Cricket Pakistan and India

81 Sharjah Cup Cricket International

82 Scissor Cup Football India

83 Scindia Gold Cup Hockey India

84 Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy Football India

85 Singer Cup Cricket India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

86 Stanley Cup Hockey America

87 Subrato Mukherjee Cup Football India

88 Swaythling Cup Table Tennis World

89 Tata Open Lawn Tennis International

90 The Scottish Cup Football International

91 Thomas Cup Badminton World

 South Africa, Australia and
92 Titan Cup Cricket
India.

93 Todd Memorial Trophy Football India

94 Travancore Cup Table Tennis (Women) India

95 U. Thant Cup Tennis International

96 Uber Cup Badminton (Women) World

97 UEFA Champions League Football International

98 US Maters Golf International

99 US Open Lawn Tennis International

100 Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket India

101 Vijay Merchant Trophy Cricket India

102 Vince Lombardi Trophy Super Bowl America

103 Vittal Trophy Football India

104 Walker Cup Golf England

105 Webb Ellis Cup Rugby World

106 Wellington trophy Rowing India

107 Wellington Cup Horse Racing Newzealand

108 West Chester Cup Polo England

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and

109 Wills Trophy Cricket
Zimbabwe

110 Wimbledon Tennis International

111 Wisden Trophy Cricket England and West Indies