The History of Sports

BADMINTON

Badminton game took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of Duke of Beaufort . The Badminton developed from a similar game. Battledore or shuttle cock was played in China an Siam for centuries before modern era . The game was further developed in India and was called Poona , name after the city of Pune , where it was played by army officials . Badminton Association of England was formed in 1883 and framed some sets of rules for the game. Gloucestershire is now the base of International Badminton Federation (IBF). The IBF was founded in 1934. The world championship has been held every two years since 1977 . The first major IBF tournament Thomas Cup (World men’s team championship) was held in 1948 . Badminton was included in the Olympic games in 1922 at Barcelona Olympics. The Badminton Association of India was formed in 1935 . The first Badminton tournament in India was held in 1929 in Punjab. It was known as the Punjab State Championship. The first National Competition was held in 1936 at Bombay. India became the member of IBF in 1938 . Badminton was included in the Asian games in 1962 .

BASKETBALL

The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 at the international YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts USA (known as Springfield College). Dr. Luther Gulick , the director of physical education department assigned Naismith the task of devising a competitive game like Football or Lacrosse that could be played indoors during winter months. In response to this , Naismith came up with a game called basketball featuring nine players per team as he had only 18 students in his school. In a few years , the number had been changed to five per side , a metal ring with a net , replaced the original peach baskets that players shot at , and the five basic rules were modified eliminating running with the ball . The YMCA Training School graduates took basketball to every part of the five continents. In 1924 , it had been placed as an exhibition game at the Olympic games in Paris and became part of the Olympics in 1936 in Berlin , where Naismith himself was present to address the competing teams .