Kabaddi Fan Club in India /Pro Kabaddi League

mation of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, the first men's nationals were held in Madras (renamed Chennai), while the women's were in Calcutta (renamed Kolkata) in 1955.The AKFI has given new shape to the rules and has the right to modify them. The Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF) was founded under the chairmanship of Mr. Janardan Singh Gehlot.Kabaddi was introduced and popularised in Japan in 1979. The Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation sent Professor Sundar Ram of India to tour Japan for two months to introduce the game.In 1979, a return test between Bangladesh and India was held at different places of India including Mumbai,Bihar, Hyderabad, and Punjab. The Asian Kabaddi Championship was arranged in 1980 and India emerged as champion and Bangladesh runner-up. Bangladesh became runner-up again in 1985 in the Asian Kabaddi Championship held in Jaipur, India. The game was included for the first time in the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990. India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh took part. India won the gold medal and has also won gold at the following six Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994, Bangkok in 1998, Busan in 2002, Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in 2010. An attempt to popularise kabaddi in Great Britain was carried out by Channel 4, who commissioned a programme dedicated to the sport. The programme, Kabaddi in the early 1990s, however, failed to capture viewer attention despite fixtures such as West Bengal Police versus the Punjab. Kabaddi was axed in 1992, but not before its presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy suffered a collapsed lung while participating in the sport.[better source needed] Alt-rock band The Cooper Temple Clause formed a kabbadi team in 2001 and were, at one stage, ranked seventh in the British domestic standings.
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Kabaddi World Cup:

The second Kabaddi World Cup tournament was held in 2007 with India winning over Iran in the final round.[citation needed] The Punjab government organised a Circle Style 2010 Kabaddi World Cup from 3 to 12 April 2010. On 12 April 2010 Indian team emerged as the winner after beating Pakistan in the finals. The opening match of the tournament was held in Patiala while the closing ceremony took place in Ludhiana. India won the first edition of the Circle Style Kabaddi World Cup, Beating rival Pakistan in a 58–24 victory. The final of this 10-day tournament was played at Guru Nanak Stadium.
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Pro kabaddi league:

Pro kabaddi league was introduced in 2014 in India based on Indian premier league.The first edition of the tournament had begun at 26 July 2014 with eight franchises based at eight different cities in India consisting of players from all over the world.The team Jaipur pink panthers based at Jaipur is owned by Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan who said he wants to promote kabaddi. The other teams are namely U mumba based at Mumbai,bengaluru bulls based at Bengaluru,delhi dabbangs based at Delhi,puneri paltans based at Pune,Telugu titans based at Vizag,Bengal warriors based at Kolkata and patna pirates based at Patna.The opening match was held at mumbai where Amitabh Bachchan was found cheering for his son's team.Aishwarya rai was also present with Abhishek Bachchan.Together with them Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan,Aamir khan,Sunil Shetty ,Sonali Bendre,Farah Khan,Boman Irani and producer Ronnie Screwvala cheering for his team Jaipur Pink Panthers were present at the stadium.Indian star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was present with his wife and daughter who said he enjoyed the speed,agility and strength of the players of the sport very much.Rakesh Kumar (kabaddi) the captain of the Indian kabaddi team who has received an Arjuna award and also the captain of patna pirates was also present at the inaugural matches who said it is a pleasure to see kabaddi getting recognition through the tournament. Rakesh Kumar (kabaddi) was the highest bought player in the auction by patna pirates for 12.80 lakhs held before the tournament. The broadcast rights were bagged by the star sports network .The matches start at 7:45 pm through the month of august on star sports 2 and star gold channel.
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TECHNICAL OFFICIALS
It is mandatory for all the technical officials of IKF to possess and carry the following items whenever assigned with technical duties,
• Electronic Stop Watch
• Official uniform
• Clothing
• Whistle
• Warning cards
• Pen
• Latest Pro Kabaddi Rules Book
1 - The officials shall be One Referee, Two Umpires, One Scorer, Two Assistant Scorers and any other technical official deputed by Organizing Committee.
2 - The decision of the umpires on the field shall be final generally but in special circumstances, the referee may give the decision in the best interest of the game and also if there is a disagreement between two umpires.
3 - Gross violations & Foul
The referee and the umpires shall have the power to warn, declare point against, temporarily suspend or to disqualify any player or team from the match who is committing any of the following violations or Foul:
a - Persistently addressing the officials in regard to the decision. b - Make derogatory remarks about the officials & action leading to influencing their decision. c - Point out finger by the raider or anti for demanding decision of the umpire. d - Stifle a raider by shutting his mouth or throat by any way. e - Violent tackling leading to injuries to the body. f - Taking more than 5 seconds to start the raid unless specified in the rules. g - Hold the raider with the help of scissors operated by legs. h - Coaching from outside by the coaches and the players. i - Preventing the raider to take his turn of raid.
4 - The referee and the umpire can use the following cards to warn, temporarily suspend, suspend from the match or debar from the tournament, a player coach/manager/ team. Green Card: An initial warning for any violation of rules
Yellow Card: 2 minute suspension from the game + 1 extra technical point to the opponents
Red: 1 extra technical point to the opposition and suspension for the rest of that entire game. In this case, the team that loses a player has to continue the match with the remaining number of players (will not be allowed to have 7 players on the playing field for the rest of the match)
Note:
• The two minutes suspension of players shall commence from the time the player is on court only.
• If the out player is suspended for two minutes then the suspension will begin after revival.
• Teams will not be allowed to revive the next out player in place of the suspended player.
5 - Duties of the Referee:
The Referee shall:
a- Take the toss. b- Announce the score of each side before the last 5 minutes is declared. c - Supervise in general, the conduct of the whole match. d - Record the time, start and end the game. e - Announce the substitution & replacement of players. f - Announce the time of each minute of the last 5 minutes of the Second half.
6 - Duties of the Umpire:
The umpires shall conduct the match and give decisions according to the rules of play and matches till the game is ended.
7 - Duties of the Scorer:
a - Fill in the score sheet & announce the score with the permission of the referee at the end of each half and the result at the end of the match. b - Make a note of the team winning the toss at the start of the game. c - All the points scored by all the players of the team will be recorded in running score on their respective side on the score sheet diagonally ( / ). d - Points scored for LONA should be scratched horizontally ( — ). e - Bonus point shall be shown in the score sheet by triangle (Δ). f - The team scoring the first leading point shall be shown in the running score by square. g - Technical point awarded by the referee or umpire should be encircled (O) in the running score. h - Time out by the teams be indicated by (“T”) against the team concerned. i - Keep a note of the timing in the score sheet at the beginning& at the end of each half, time out taken by the teams & officials and record the substitutions made. j - Complete the score sheet in all respects and get it duly signed by the umpires and referee. k- Super Catch Point shall be shown in the score sheet by Cross mark ( X ).
8 - Duties of the Assistant Scorers
a - The Assistant Scorer will maintain the record of the players who are out, in the order of their being put out & revived, of the team to which he is assigned. b - He will also ensure that the players who are put out are seated in the order of their being put out in the sitting block. c - The assistant scorer will point out to the Refereeor the Umpires, if any player goes out of bounds.
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World Kabaddi League:

World Kabaddi League has been introduced in 2014. The league shall follow the rules & guidelines as defined by the circle style Kabaddi federations in Punjab.Yo Yo Honey Singh bought a team and named in Yo Yo Tigers.Bollywood Stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha also bought a team in WKL