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Kabbadi

Malarkey

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RoboRiise Grand Master

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Superb, used to watch it on C4 back in the day. The Wikipedia page above is clear as a bell, me and my mates used to love it because it's serious stuff but the rules probably have more in common with a playground game than what most of us recognise as elite sport.

 

That's not to dismiss it in any way. You can play it anywhere and the only equipment you need are the competitors, important considerations in some of the less economically fortunate areas of the subcontinent.

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Attempts to popularize kabaddi in Great Britain saw British TV network Channel 4 commission a programme dedicated to the sport. The show, Kabaddi, on Channel 4 in the early 1990s, failed to capture viewers 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.

 

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Kabaddi was axed in 1992, but not before its presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy suffered a collapsed lung while participating in the sport.

 

Everyone knows this is the definitive mistake of the amateur. Too many Kabbadis. He should have just retreated before running out of breath. John Snow wouldn't have made that error.

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Guest San Don

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Is fucking shit. Glorified 'tig' contest.

 

Had to laugh when channel 4 (or was it 5)? tried to make it prime time sports programme. It bombed. Wonder why!?

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Indian Red Proficient

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Its brilliant. Played it often growing up. Like someone said, all you need is people, of which there was no dearth growing up. We used to say hu-tu-tu-tu instead of kabbaddi kabbaddi...

 

cricket, bhowra, aaba dhoobi, Kabbaddi, Ispy, dog andthe bone, lagori, dabba express, marbles and then footy when we were a bit older. Fun times

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Its brilliant. Played it often growing up. Like someone said' date=' all you need is people, of which there was no dearth growing up. We used to say hu-tu-tu-tu instead of kabbaddi kabbaddi...

 

cricket, bhowra, aaba dhoobi, Kabbaddi, Ispy, dog andthe bone, lagori, dabba express, marbles and then footy when we were a bit older. Fun times[/quote']

 

They sound like tracks from a Black Lace Album.

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