In the area of sports, India had evolved a number of games. Athletics is one of indian sports event among them. Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping. Indian athletics has always had some specialist events in which the country has managed to build itself a reputation. The whole list of events in athletics now include track and field events, road running races, cross country races, and a few other events. Record after record is created, and the events becoming more and more exciting. A handful of Indians have managed to perform commendably in a few events at the international arena.

Football is one of most popular Indian sports, and is second only behind cricket in popularity. Football sports is played in almost all parts of India. Football is also said to be the top sport in the states of Goa, Kerala and West Bengal. Kolkata is considered to be the home of Indian football sports. The city contains the two most famous Indian teams East Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan AC.This Football sport in India is administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), which is affiliated to the regional Asian Football Confederation, as well as to the worldwide body FIFA.

Mumbai, Dec 14 (ANI): The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) on Monday announced that the second one-day international between India and Sri Lanka would be played in Nagpur instead of Vishakhapatnam due to the Telangana crisis engulfing the State of Andhra Pradesh.

"The second ODI of the five-match series between India and Sri Lanka has been shifted to Nagpur. The match will be a day-night affair, and will be played on the scheduled date of 18 December 2009," said BCCI secretary N Srinivasan in a statement.

The step was taken after Vizag police refused to guarantee security for the match.

Nagpur has been told to make necessary arrangements, sources at the Vidharbha Cricket Association said.

This morning, Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner Sambhasiva Rao said it would be difficult for them to provide required security for the game.

"The prevailing situation is such that all the city police are deployed in the maintenance of regular law and order. And to conduct the match in ordinary circumstances we need to deploy 80 percent of the city force. We have mentioned it to organising locals here that it not possible for us to commit any amount of force for the conduct of the match at this stage," said Rao. (ANI)

India-Lanka ODI moved to Nagpur from Vizag
The Telangana versus united Andhra Pradesh stir has hit cricket, too, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India shifting the second One-Day International match between India and Sri Lanka from Vishakapatanam to Nagpur. Vishakapatanam administration had expressed its inability to provide enough security for the India-Sri Lanka ODI to be played on December 18. There have been violent protests all over Andhra Pradesh following Centre's decision to create Telangana state.

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