Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/29 02:30 | - | Chinese Taipei vs Korea Republic | 44-27 |
| 06/29 01:30 | - | Japan vs Hong Kong | 118-18 |
| 06/28 07:30 | - | Korea Republic vs Japan | 33-34 |
| 06/28 06:30 | - | Chinese Taipei vs Hong Kong | 97-25 |
| 06/28 02:30 | - | Hong Kong vs Korea Republic | 8-62 |
| 06/28 01:30 | - | Chinese Taipei vs Japan | 26-47 |
| 03/23 15:30 | 1 | England vs India | 41-44 |
| 03/23 13:45 | 1 | India Women vs England Women | 57-34 |
| 03/23 12:00 | 50 | RK Brezice vs Wales | 67-56 |
| 03/22 14:30 | 2 | Wales vs India | 37-93 |
| 03/22 13:15 | 2 | England vs Scotland | 84-36 |
| 03/22 12:00 | 50 | Hong Kong Women vs Wales Women | 75-14 |
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Wikipedia - Kabaddi
Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In the game, a raider enters the opposing half of the court to tag the defenders and attempt to return within 30 seconds without being tackled. Points are awarded for successful tags, while defenders earn a point for tackling the raider. Tagged or tackled players are temporarily out but can re-enter when their team scores. Raids alternate between teams throughout the game.
It is popular in South Asia and nearby Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi are found in ancient India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the third most popular and viewed sport in India after cricket and football. It is the state game of the Indian states of Punjab, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
There are two major forms: "Punjabi kabaddi", also called "circle style", consists of the traditional forms of the sport that are played outdoors on a circular field, and the "standard/rectangular style", which is played indoors on a rectangular court, and is played in major professional leagues and international competitions such as the Asian Games.
History
Ancient era
Ronojoy Sen speculates in his book Nation At Play that kabaddi originated during the Vedic period (between 1500 BC and 500 BC). There are accounts of both Siddhartha Gautama and Lord Krishna having played an ancient form of the sport.
According to the sport's origins, kabaddi is a sport developed centered on Jallikattu. A player going to the opposition is treated like a bull. It is like taming a bull without touching it, as it is mentioned in Sangam Literature that the game called Sadugudu was practised since ages.
There are also accounts of kabaddi having been played in Iran 2,000 years ago.
Modern era
Modern kabaddi is a synthesis of the game played in various forms under different names in the Indian subcontinent. India has been first credited with having helped to popularise kabaddi as a competitive sport, with the first organised competitions occurring in the 1920s, their introduction to the programme of the National Games of India in 1938, the establishment of the All-India Kabaddi Federation in 1950, and it being played as a demonstration sport at the inaugural 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi. These developments helped to formalise the sport, which had traditionally been played on muddy surfaces in villages, for legitimate international competition.
The first framework of rules for the sport was prepared in Maharashtra in the 1920s, with English sports serving as a model for this formalisation. One of the earliest modern tournaments of the sport, the All India Kabaddi Tournament in 1923, was played according to these amended rules. After being demonstrated again at the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi, kabaddi was added to the Asian Games programme beginning in 1990.
The advent of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) in 2014 revolutionised the standard style of the sport, with various rule changes being made; for example, whereas previously raids had no time limit other than the breathing capacity of the raider, the PKL rules introduced the concept of a standard 30-second time limit for every raid.