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Sports Events in India

India has hosted many important sports events over the years. Many national and international sports events are held in India every year. One of the most important upcoming sports events coming up in India is the Commonwealth Games scheduled to held in New Delhi in 2010. Other sports events in India that are held every year include the Santosh trophy which is an annual football event where all the local teams and clubs take part from each states. The Durand Cup is another football tournament that is held every year in India. It is the oldest football tournament in India. Federation Cup is another popular football tournament held in India every year. IFA shield is also one of the major football tournaments in India.

Other sports events in India include various cricket tournaments. Cricket being the one of the most popular sports in India, the sports is played in both national level and international level. Ranji trophy is an annually held cricket tournament in India that is played between different states and provinces. The Ranji trophy is the first class domestic cricket which also act as doorway for players to get entry in the national team. Other notable cricket championships held in India include Challenger Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Irani trophy and Deodhar Trophy. India also hosted the 1987 cricket world cup along with Pakistan. India again hosted the cricket world cup along with Sri Lanka and Pakistan in 1996.

India also hosts many hockey tournaments throughout the year. Some of these include All India Aagha Khan Hockey Tournament, All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup, All India Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament and All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament.

Among other sports events in India, tennis tournaments that are held in India include Sunfeast Open, Chennai Open and Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open.

Tournaments held in India in shooting include Asian Clay Shooting Championship... 2003, 2nd South Asian Shooting Championship... 1997, VI World Cup... 1997, ISSF World Cup... 2000, 7th South Asian Federation Games... 1995, ISSF World Cup... 2003, 1st Commonwealth Championship... 1995

India has also hosted many world cup events from time to time in different fields of sports like football, cricket, hockey for both men and women. Other sports events in India include the 8th Asian Pacific Age Group Swimming & Diving Championships held in 1994. India also hosted the 7th SAF Games in 1995. In 1999, the 13th Asian Pacific Age Group Swimming & Diving Championships was also hosted by India. Some more sports events in India held in the past include 4th Women's Asia Cup in Hockey, 1999, Women's Hockey Tournament, 1996, 6th Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup, 1997 for Women hockey and so on.

Some more sports events held in India also include various table tennis tournaments like Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, 15th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, 13th Asia Cup Table Tennis Tournament, VII Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship,VIth Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship, 15th Asia Cup Table Tennis Tournament, 14th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament.

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