Quote Originally Posted by Frost View Post
are you sh*tting me or are you really that dense about the indian sub continent, India has a much bigger cultural history in sports than most countries every heard of cricket?

Oh and before you say thats not a real sport, they were holding wrestling matches before most countries were formed (america included), it was the national sport in both India and Pakistan for centuries, and although much diminished is still a major part of life in rural India, with thousands attending regional matches
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Correct- there are lots of ahtletes in India in various sports.Wrestling has a continuous and continuing history There is indigenous kalaripayattu in the South Sikh ghatka sword work in the north, knife work among the Gurkhas. Stick(mother of silat in se asia) work and lathi work im some areas. And lots of cricket. soccer and some bpxing in some urban schools.The rich princes used to sponsor top wrestlers but that source has dried up. They lack well paid coaches and covering training expenses and travel expenses..
And there are indigenous competitive sports like "kabbadi". And here and there-Ladakh and Manipur some good archery.
And India is the founder of yoga which provides traing support and stretching for many sports.

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