Sports in Mangalore
Popular sports in Mangalore include cricket, football, badminton, basketball and surfing.
Cricket[edit]
Cricket is popular in Mangalore.[1] Local cricket stadia include Mangala Stadium and B.R. Ambedkar Cricket Stadium (near NMPT).[2][3] The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has a sports training centre at the stadium.[4] Mangalore United is a Karnataka Premier League (KPL) franchise owned by Fiza Developers.[5]
Mangalore Premier League (MPL) is a cricket tournament organized by Karnataka Regional Cricket Academy.[6] The Nehru Maidan venue is an important local venue that hosts domestic, inter-school and intercollegiate tournaments.[7] Mangalore Sports Club (MSC) has been elected as the institutional member for the Mangalore Zone of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).[8][9] Lokesh Rahul, commonly known as KL Rahul and Budhi Kunderan, a former Indian wicket keeper are from Mangalore.[10] Ravi Shastri, who represented India for several years in international cricket as an all-rounder and captained the team, is of Mangalorean descent.[11]
Football[edit]
Football is popular in the city and is usually played in the maidans (grounds); the Nehru Maidan is the most popular venue for domestic tournaments.[12] Dakshina Kannada District Football Association (DKDFA) annually organizes the Independence Day Cup, which is played on Independence Day at district football grounds adjacent to Nehru Maidan.[13] Schools and colleges from across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts participate and the matches are conducted under seven categories for children and young adults in education.[14]
Golf[edit]
Pilikula Nisargadhama, an integrated theme park, has an 18-hole golf course[15] at Vamanjoor.[16][17]
Surfing[edit]
Mangalore's Sasihithlu beach hosted the first edition of the Indian Open of Surfing in 2016.[18] Mantra Surf Club located at nearby Mulki has trained surfers to represent India at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World SUP and Paddleboard Championship held in Fiji.[19] The second edition of the Indian Open of Surfing was also held in Mangalore.[20]
Traditional sports[edit]
Traditional sports like Kambala—buffalo races contested in flooded paddy fields—[21] and Korikatta (cockfighting) are very popular in the city.[22] The Kambala of Kadri is a traditional sports event organized within the city limits.[23] A Mangalore suburb is named Kadri Kambla after the cockfighting tradition.[24] Plikula Kambala is another Kambala event that is organised within the city.[25]
Chess[edit]
Chess is a popular indoor pastime in the city.[26] Mangalore is the headquarters of South Kanara District Chess Association (SKDCA), which has hosted two All India Open Chess tournaments.[27][28][29]
Badminton and Basketball[edit]
U S Mallya Indoor Stadium offers sporting facilities for badminton and basketball players.[30]
Kite festivals[edit]
International kite festivals are held at Panambur Beach and attract kite enthusiasts from Europe and Australia.[31] The city has a group of kite enthusiasts named Team Mangalore that participates in the festivals.[32]
Other sports[edit]
Other sports such as tennis, squash, billiards, badminton and table tennis are played in clubs and gymkhanas in Mangalore.[33] MCC has renovated the Mangala Swimming Pool, that includes an ozonation plant.[34] This swimming pool's size is 50m x 15m, having a capacity of 25 lakh litres of water.[34] While it starts at a depth of 4 ft on the shallow side, the diving end is of a depth of 16 ft.[34]
Stadiums[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Karbonn KPL 2016: Know your team – Mangalore United". Sportskeeda. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ "Minister keen on improving sports infrastructure". The Hindu. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
- ↑ "Mangaluru: MPL Cricket scheduled in Dec 2016 with added attractions". www.bellevision.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ↑ "Approval granted for sports training centre at Mangala Stadium". The Hindu. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ↑ "Mangalore United team owner confident of successful KPL 4.0". The Times of India. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ Correspondent, Special (10 August 2016). "Mangalore Premier League in December". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ↑ "Central Maidan (Mangalore, India)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ↑ Vasu, Anand (9 September 2007). "Wadiyar defeats Viswanath in Karnataka elections". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ↑ "Mixed verdict in KSCA polls". Deccan Herald. 10 September 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Budhi Kunderan (India)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ↑ Vasu, Anand (11 March 2007). "Repaying the faith". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ↑ "Mangalore premier league 3.0 trophy launch today". The Times of India. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ "Mangaluru: Independence Cup football tourney kicks off, Nehru Maidan to be sports ground". Daijiworld. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ Network, CD (15 August 2014). "Independence Day Cup football tourney concludes on a high note". Coastaldigest.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mangalore to get beachside golf course". The Times of India. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ↑ "Details of Pilikula Nisarga Dhama (Pilikula)". Pilikula Nisargadhama. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Pilikula — Perched for higher growth". Mangalorean.com. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Inaugural Indian Open surfing kicks off in Mangalore on Friday". Business Standard. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ↑ "Surfing Federation of India announces Team India for Fiji ISA World SUP, Paddleboard Championship". The Times of India. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Mangaluru to host second Indian Open of Surfing in May". The Times of India. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ↑ "Karnataka's Buffalo Racer Compared To Usain Bolt. What He Said". NDTV. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ↑ "Colours of the season". The Hindu. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Traditional sports add colour to Kadri kambla". The Hindu. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ "Shri Krishna Janmasthami, Mosaru Kudike in Mangalore". Deccan Herald. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ "Field day for Kambala lovers as season begins". The Indian Express. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ↑ "Mangalore children excel in chess tournament". The Hindu. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ "Recent Tournaments". United Karnataka Chess Association. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ↑ "Mangalore: All India Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament takes off". Mangalorean.com. 3 July 2006. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "All India chess tourney in Mangalore from July 19". Mangalorean.com. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Proposed indoor stadium for badminton only: Jain". The Hindu. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ↑ Kamila, Raviprasad (15 January 2016). "Kite festival at Panambur beach from today". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Panambur beach all set for Rotary International Kite Festival 2016 – Times of India". The Times of India. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Proposed indoor stadium for badminton only: Jain". The Hindu. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "MCC to open swimming pool on Saturday". The Times of India. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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