Sports and recreation in India
This is a selection of resources on sports and recreation in India from the NLB catalogue or the Internet and is not meant to be an exhaustive list.
NLB print and digital resources
Free hit: The story of women’s cricket in India
Free Hit is the untold story of women’s cricket in India, casting light on the gender-based pay gaps, sponsorship challenges, and the sheer indifference of cricketing officials along the way. Take a step into the lives of the spirited female athletes who, just like their male counterparts, brought home laurels worth celebrating.
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Sanjay Manjrekar looks back on his career as a cricketer, taking the reader on a journey from the dusty maidans of Mumbai to the world stage as a combative batsman. He comments on the Indian greats he shared the dressing room with, lessons learnt from his opponents, and his own obsession and quest for cricket perfection.
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Barefoot to boots: The many lives of Indian football
Few football fans today may recall that India was once known as the “Brazil of Asia”. In this book, commentator Novy Kapadia reveals Indian football’s glorious legacy through riveting descriptions and analysis of on-field action, stories of memorable matches and exclusive conversations with legendary players and officials.
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Nation at play: A history of sport in India
This is an informative overview of the history of India’s sports from ancient times to contemporary India. The ebook also analyses the cultural and political development of India’s sports. Read on for interesting and significant historical sporting events such as India’s soccer team Mohun Bagan’s victory in the 1911 IFA Shield and India’s first participation in the Olympic Games in 1924.
Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central. myLibrary ID is required to access this ebook.
The fifth edition of Wisden India Almanack offers essays on Indian cricket from the best writers, and those from other fields who are passionate about cricket, such as the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella. In addition, it lists the records, matches and interesting occurrences in India’s domestic cricket in 2017.
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National Games – Indian Olympic Association
The Olympic movement gathered momentum in India in the 1920s, with the need to identify national talent for the Olympic Games prompting the initiation of the National Games in India. The first edition was launched in an undivided Punjab in 1924 and has continued every few years up to now.