Club Championships 2008

Date Tournament Venue/Country
June 07- 29 2008 Euro Cup Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna

July 17, 2007-May 21, 2008 UEFA Champions League Luzhniki Sadium, Moscow

July 19, 2007-May 14, 2008 UEFA Cup Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Aug 18, 2007-May 17, 2008 The FA Cup Wembley Stadium, London

Baseball

Baseball is very popular in the United States and also in North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Baseball was first contested at the Summer Olympic Games (V Olympiad) in 1912.


Basketball

Basketball as a game began in the year 1891. Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physician of McGill University, founded the game to keep his students occupied during the long New England winters and he wrote the basic rules.

Boxing

The history of boxing has its origin in the form of hand to hand combat practiced in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The first recorded public spectacle began in the 18th century in England.

Field Hockey

Field Hockey, also commonly known as Hockey, is the national game of India and Pakistan. It is not known when and where hockey began but historical records show that a game like hockey was played in various antique civilizations.

Athletics

Athletics was the original event at the first Ancient Olympics in 776 BC. 'Athletics' is taken from a Greek word 'athlos' which means 'contest.' In German and Russian, athletic is referred as 'light athletics' to distinguish them from 'heavy athletics.'

DLF Indian Premier League Series (IPL) 2008

Teams

- Mumbai Indians
- Chennai Super Kings
- Kolkata Knight Riders

- Royal Challengers
- Delhi Daredevils
- Rajasthan Royals

- Deccan Chargers
- King's XI Punjab