List of Olympic Games host cities
The Games have primarily been hosted in the continents of Europe (32 editions) and North America (12 editions); seven Games have been hosted in Asia and two have been hosted in Oceania. In 2010, Singapore became Southeast Asia's first Olympic host city for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, while Rio de Janeiro became South America's first Olympic host city with the 2016 Summer Olympics, followed by Buenos Aires with the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. The 2022 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar will become the first - ever Games to be held on the African continent. Other major geographic regions which have never hosted the Olympics include the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Central America and the Caribbean.
India at the Asian Games
New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games.
New Delhi
The city hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games and annually hosts Delhi Half Marathon foot-race. The city has previously hosted the 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games. New Delhi was interested  in bidding for the 2019 Asian Games but was turned down by the government on 2 August 2010 amid allegations of corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games .
Fashion capital
Current (2017) City Previous (2016) Rank New York City Paris Barcelona 7 Milan 6 5 Rome 5 6 London 7 Amsterdam 23 15 8 Berlin 8 9 Las Vegas 26 14 10 Dubai 17 7 11 Singapore 14 12 Hong Kong 12 13 Florence 11 14 Los Angeles 10 15 Madrid 9 6 16 Bali 40 24 17 Seoul 56 39 18 Prague 33 15 19 Rio de Janeiro 18 20 Buenos Aires 29 9 21 Washington, D.C. 54 33 22 Moscow 22 23 Tokyo 10 13 24 Santiago 43 19 25 Vienna 34 9 26 Shanghai 15 11 27 Mumbai 38 11 28 Melbourne 49 21 29 Stockholm 46 23 30 Bangkok 50 20 31 Warsaw 42 11 32 Copenhagen 36 33 San Francisco 37 34 Sydney 13 21 35 São Paulo 16 19 36 Antwerpen 25 11 37 Johannesburg 48 11 38 Dallas 20 18 39 Austin 45 6 40 Abu Dhabi Debut 41 St Petersburg 35 6 42 Cape Town 41 43 Mexico City 53 10 44 Portland, Oregon Debut 45 Frankfurt 51 6 46 Boston 24 18 47 Kuala Lumpur Debut 48 Johannesburg 37 11 49 Monaco 21 28 50 Atlanta 47 51 New Delhi 39 12 52 Vancouver 52 53 Chicago, Illinois 27 26 54 Houston, Texas 30 24 55 Montreal 47 8 56 Dakar Debut 57 Beirut Debut 58 Kraków 44 14 59 Toronto 28 31 60 Lagos Debut 61 Columbus Debut 62 Accra Debut 63 Caracas Hiatus
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under - 17 national teams. Organized by FIFA, the tournament took place in India between 6 and 28 October 2017, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 5 December 2013. The tournament marked the first time India have hosted a FIFA tournament and the first Asian hosted U-17 World Cup since 2013. The attendance for this World Cup was a record 1,347,133 surpassing China's 1985 edition where it was 1,230,976.
Sport in Iran
Many sports in Iran are both traditional and modern. Tehran, for example, was the first city in West Asia to host the Asian Games in 1974, and continues to host and participate in major international sporting events to this day. Freestyle wrestling has been traditionally regarded as Iran's national sport, however today, football is the most popular sport in Iran. Because of economic sanctions, the annual government's budget for sport was about $80 million in 2010 or about $1 per person.
List of cities and towns in India by nicknames
City / town Nickname Chennai (Madras) Detroit of Asia Automobile Capital of India Healthcare Capital of India Coimbatore Manchester of South India Madurai Athens of the East City of Festivals City that never Sleeps Puducherry (Pondicherry) Paris of the East Tirunelveli City of paddy fields Oxford of Southindia Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) Pearl City
India at the 2018 Asian Games
India at the 2018 Asian Games Flag of India IOC code IND NOC Indian Olympic Association Website www.olympic.ind.in in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia Competitors 570 in 36 sports Flag bearer Opening: Neeraj Chopra Closing: Rani Rampal Medals Ranked 8th Gold 15 Silver 24 Bronze 30 Total 69 Officials 183 Asian Games appearances (overview) 1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018
2008 Summer Olympics
Seven years after the 2008 Games, Beijing was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics. It will thus be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
Pansanttom Venkatesh
Venkatesh played for East Bengal F.C. during his professional career. Venkatesh was capped for India for the gold-medal winning 1951 Asian Games India squad. He also went on the play in the 1952 Summer Olympics with India.
2018 Winter Olympics
Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011, during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. This was the first time that South Korea had hosted the Winter Olympics and the second Olympics held in the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games were held in Delhi, India. The Games cost $11 billion and are the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India, also the first time that a Commonwealth Republic hosted the games and the second time they were held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events. The final medal tally was led by Australia. The host nation India achieved its best performance ever in any sporting event, finishing second overall. Rwanda made its Games debut.
China at the Olympics
The People's Republic of China has hosted the Games on one occasion, with a second Games scheduled for 2022. Beijing will be the first city to host both Summer and Winter Olympics.
London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Following three consecutive unsuccessful UK bids to host summer Olympic Games (Birmingham for 1992 and Manchester for 1996 and 2000), the decision was made to bid with London, given the clear indication that it was the only UK city that had a chance of being selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when put up against other world cities in a competitive bidding process. On 6 July 2005 at its 117th Session in Singapore, the IOC awarded London the right to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad. The city beat the favourite Paris 54 to 50 on the fourth and final ballot. London is the first city to host the Games three times.
Gurbaj Singh
He is a gifted midfielder and plays in the right-half position. Gurbaj made his India debut in 2006 at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. He represented India at the 2010 World Cup in New Delhi, 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, and the 2012 London Olympics.
Hyderabad
The most popular sports played in Hyderabad are cricket and association football. At the professional level, the city has hosted national and international sports events such as the 2002 National Games of India, the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, the 2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open women's tennis tournament, the 2007 Military World Games, the 2009 World Badminton Championships and the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship. The city hosts a number of venues suitable for professional competition such as the Swarnandhra Pradesh Sports Complex for field hockey, the G. M. C. Balayogi Stadium in Gachibowli for athletics and football, and for cricket, the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium and Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, home ground of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. Hyderabad has hosted many international cricket matches, including matches in the 1987 and the 1996 ICC Cricket World Cups. The Hyderabad cricket team represents the city in the Ranji Trophy—a first-class cricket tournament among India's states and cities. Hyderabad is also home to the Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. A previous franchise was the Deccan Chargers, which won the 2009 Indian Premier League held in South Africa.
T. C. Yohannan
Thadathuvila Chandapillai Yohannan (born 19 May 1947), better known as T. C. Yohannan, is a former Indian long jumper who held the national record in long jump for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He hails from the state of Kerala. Yohannan will be known for the new dimension he gave to long jump in India in 1974, the occasion was the Tehran Asian Games of 1974. Yohannan cleared a distance of 8.07 metres at the Teheran Asian Games for a new Asian record.
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India and the second time they were held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. It was also the first time a Commonwealth Republic hosted the games, second in a country not presently headed by British monarch since Malaysia in 1998. The official mascot of the Games was Shera and the official song of the Games, ``Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto '', was composed by celebrated Indian musician A.R. Rahman.
India at the Commonwealth Games
India has competed in fourteen of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games; starting at the second Games in 1934. India has also hosted the games one time.
London Olympics
London hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. The 2012 Summer Olympics made London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics; the United States is the only country to have hosted Summer Olympics on more occasions than the UK. Also, London is the only city to have bid more than once and still hold a 100% record.
when did the fashion capital of India first host the Asian Games?
which city is the fashion capital of india
New Delhi
#1 first hosted the Asian Games in what year?
1951