Sports General Knowledge

In a standard inning of baseball, there are two halves: the top and the bottom. Each team is retired after 3 outs. Therefore, 3 outs + 3 outs equals 6 total outs per inning.

Tejo is Colombia's national sport, a traditional game that involves throwing metal discs at gunpowder targets. Pato is Argentine, Arnis is Filipino, and Lacrosse is North American.

Saqlain Mushtaq from Pakistan is credited with inventing the doosra, a delivery that spins away from right-handed batsmen despite an off-break grip. He developed it in the late 1990s, though Muralitharan later became its most famous practitioner. Harbhajan Singh also used it effectively, but Saqlain was the inventor.

Dhanraj Pillay is a legendary Indian field hockey player who captained the Indian national team and is considered one of the greatest hockey players in Indian history. He was known for his dribbling skills and played as a forward.

Baseball is played on a field shaped like a diamond (a 90-degree square with bases at the corners). The infield is called the 'diamond' in baseball terminology. American football uses a rectangular field, ice hockey uses a rink, and basketball uses a rectangular court.

Arjun Atwal is a professional golfer who became the first Indian golfer to win on the European Tour and later the PGA Tour. He won the 2010 Wyndham Championship, a historic achievement for Indian golf.

Kabaddi was indeed included as a demonstration sport at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The host nation India had been pushing for the inclusion of indigenous sports, and Kabaddi - extremely popular in South Asia - was featured to showcase traditional regional sports on an international platform.

The vuvuzela is the plastic horn that became infamous during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa for its loud, droning sound. While Freddie Maake claims to have invented it in the 1960s, this origin is disputed. The instrument was indeed mass-produced by Masincedane Sport and became a cultural symbol. Mbira, ngoma, and djembe are traditional African instruments but not vuvuzelas.

A stick is the primary equipment used to play hockey. A shuttle (or shuttlecock) is the primary object hit in the sport of badminton. Racket is a distractor as it is the tool, not the sport.

Caddies are to golf what ballboys are to tennis - both are support personnel who assist players during matches. In golf, caddies carry clubs, offer advice, and help players navigate the course. Similarly, ballboys in tennis retrieve balls and ensure smooth play. Rowing, bridge, and wrestling do not have equivalent support roles.

In a standard inning of baseball, both the home team and the away team take a turn to bat. Each team gets 3 outs per half-inning, totaling 6 outs for the full inning.

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in 1904 and celebrated its centenary (100 years) in 2004. It is the international governing body for football (soccer).

Sachin Tendulkar has frequently mentioned in interviews that tennis is his favorite sport outside cricket. He is an avid tennis fan who has attended Wimbledon and other major tournaments, often speaking about his admiration for players like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.