Olympics

Olympics games were started in 776 BC on Mount Olympia in the honour of Greek God,
Zeus. The modern Olympic Games were started in Athens, the capital of Greece on 6th
April, 1896 with great efforts made by Frence nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
The Olympic Games were organized after every 4 years.

The Olympic Flag is made up of white silk and contains five interwined rings as the
Olympic Emblem.
The Five interlaced rings are arranged in 3-2 pattern on a white background, with the blue
ring to the extreme left, followed by yellow, black, green and red, in the same order.
Blue for Europe, Black for Africa, Red for Americas (North and south America),
Yellow for Asia and Green for Oceania (Australia and New Zealand).
The official Olympic Motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, a Latin Phrase meaning Swifter,
Higher, Stronger. The Head office of international Olympic Committee (IOC) is at
Lausanne (Switzerland)

Commonwealth Games

The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada where 11
countries sent 400 athletes to take part in 6 sports and 59 events. Six sports made up the
programme of the first Commonwealth Games: Athletics, Aquatics (Swimming &
Diving), Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing and Wrestling
Since 1930, the games have been conducted every 4 years except for 1942 and 1946 due
to World War II.
The Commonwealth Games are also known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to
1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966 and the British
Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974.
The commonwealth Games federation (CGF) is the organization which is responsible
for the direction and control of the commonwealth Games.
There are currently 54 members of the commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams
participated in the games.
The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, are a multi sport event held every 4 years
among athletes from all over Asia.
The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), under the supervision
of the international Olympic Committee (IOC). The first Asian Games were held in 1951
in New Delhi (India). 18th Asian Games of 2018 will be held at Jakarta (Indonesia).
India has participated in fourteen of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games. India
hosted the Games in 2010, at Delhi. It was India's most successful Commonwealth
Games to date with Indian athletes winning 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.
 Cricket World Cup

The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975.

Hockey World Cup

The first Hockey World Cup was organized in Barcelona (Spain) in 1971.
Womens Hockey world cup has been held since 1974.

The 13th Hockey world cup held in the Netherlands (Hague) in 2014.

The 14th Hockey world cup will be held in Bhubaneswar India in 2018.

Football World Cup

The football world cup is organized by FIFA (Federation of International Football

Association).
The world cup is called Jules Rimet Cup named after the name of FIFA President
Jules Rimet.
The first Football World cup was oranised in Uruguay in 1930.
 In 1942 and 1946, the football world cup was not played due to World War II.

The 20th FIFA world cup held in Brazil in which Germany become the champion by
defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final.
Brazil is the only nation to have participated in every World Cup so far.

The 2018 and 2022 Football world cup scheduled to be held at Russia and Qatar
respectively.