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The Narendra Modi Stadium (formerly: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium situated inside the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. As of 2022, it is the largest stadium in the world, with a seating capacity of 132,000 spectators.

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Glenn McGrath holds the current record for most wickets in all the Cricket World Cup tournaments. He took a total of 71 wickets between the cricket world cups of 1996 and 2007.

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Wisden is known as the “Bible of Cricket”. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, or simply Wisden, colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description “bible of cricket” was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh. In October 2013, an all-time Test World XI was announced to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

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International Hockey Federation is the highest governing body of the “Field Hockey”. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey’s major international tournaments, notably the World Cup.

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Belgium won the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup.

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Field Hockey competition is known as the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

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The FIFA Football World Cup held in 2018 in Russia was 21st FIFA World Cup. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament contested by men’s national teams and took place between 14 June and 15 July 2018 in Russia. It was the 21st FIFA World Cup.

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Sunil Chhetri is known as “Captain Fantastic”. Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains the Indian national team. Popularly known as Captain Fantastic, having scored the second-highest number of goals in international matches among active male players after Cristiano Ronaldo, he is both the most-capped player and all-time top goalscorer for the Indian national team, with 72 goals in 115 appearances. He is the current captain of the national team. Sunil Chhetri was named an ‘Asian Icon’ by AFC.

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Gostha Pal was the first captain of India’s national football team. Gostha Behari Pal was an Indian professional football player. He was the first captain of India national football team, played in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Peter Thangaraj was an Indian Football Player. Havildar Peter Thangaraj was an Indian football player and a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in Indian Army. Thangaraj played for the Indian national side at the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics. He was voted Asia’s best goalkeeper in 1958. Thangaraj was a recipient of Arjuna Award for the year 1967.