Haryana To Commence First-Ever Global Women’s Kabaddi League 

Current Context : The first-ever Global Women’s Kabaddi League will commence in Haryana in September.

• Holistic International Pravasi Sports Association (HIPSA), in collaboration with World Kabaddi, is organising a first-ever Global Women’s Kabaddi League in September.
• Objective of promoting and developing women’s Kabaddi globally.
• Participants : over 15 nations.
• Aim : to promote Kabaddi to the international stage, serving as a major step towards the inclusion of the sport in the Olympic Games and supporting India’s bid to host the landmark event in 2036.

ABOUT KABADDI:

• Kabaddi is the oldest sport and has been in the Indian subcontinent from time immemorial.
• It was included as a full sport in the Asian Games in 1990, with the women’s event introduced in 2010.
• At the Asian Games 2023, India clinched both the men’s and women’s titles in Kabaddi.