OLYMPIC GAMES
The first Games was hosted in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens in 1896. These Games brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 events. The Winter Olympics were created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. The olympic games are held once every four years.
Summer Games
1896 Athens, Greece (1st)
1964 Tokyo, JapanThe first Games was hosted in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens in 1896. These Games brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 events. The Winter Olympics were created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. The olympic games are held once every four years.
Summer Games
1896 Athens, Greece (1st)
1988 Seoul, South Korea
2000 Sydney, Australia
2004 Athens, Greece
2008 Beijing, China
2012 London, United Kingdom
2014 Sochi, Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The other countries that have hosted the Summer Games include France, United States, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union and Spain.
Winter Games2012 London, United Kingdom
2014 Sochi, Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The other countries that have hosted the Summer Games include France, United States, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union and Spain.
1924 Chamonix, France
1928 St Moritz, Switzerland
1932, Lake Placid, United States
2006 Turin, Italy
2010 Vancouver, Canada
2014 Sochi, Russia
The other countries that have hosted the Winter Games include Germany, Norway, Austria, Japan, Yugoslavia and Canada.
Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
2010 Singapore
2012 Innsbruck, Austria
2014 Nanjing, China
SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA Games)
The Southeast Asian Games (also known as the SEA Games), is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia.
The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP Games. On 22 May 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian peninsula attending the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a meeting and agreed to establish a sport organization.
Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaya (now Malaysia), Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia (with Singapore included thereafter) were the founding members.
Participating Countries (Year debuted)
1) Cambodia (1959)
2) Laos (1959)
3) Malaysia (1959)
4) Myanmar (1959)
5) Singapore (1959)
6) Thailand (1959)
7) Vietnam (1959)
8) Brunei (1977)
9) Indonesia (1977)
10) Philippines (1977)
11) Timor-Leste (2003)
Years - Host Countries
2012 Innsbruck, Austria
2014 Nanjing, China
SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA Games)
The Southeast Asian Games (also known as the SEA Games), is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia.
The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP Games. On 22 May 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian peninsula attending the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a meeting and agreed to establish a sport organization.
Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaya (now Malaysia), Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia (with Singapore included thereafter) were the founding members.
Participating Countries (Year debuted)
1) Cambodia (1959)
2) Laos (1959)
3) Malaysia (1959)
4) Myanmar (1959)
5) Singapore (1959)
6) Thailand (1959)
7) Vietnam (1959)
8) Brunei (1977)
9) Indonesia (1977)
10) Philippines (1977)
11) Timor-Leste (2003)
Years - Host Countries
1959 - Bangkok (1st)
1973 - Singapore
1983 - Singapore
1993 - Singapore
2011 - Palembang
2013 - Naypyidaw
2015 - Kuala Lumpur
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games.
Year - Host Country
1930 Hamilton, Canada(1st British Empire Games)
1978 Edmonton, Canada (1st Commonwealth Games)
2010 Delhi, India
2014 Glasgow, Scotland
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games.
Year - Host Country
1930 Hamilton, Canada(1st British Empire Games)
1978 Edmonton, Canada (1st Commonwealth Games)
2010 Delhi, India
2014 Glasgow, Scotland
FIFA WORLD CUP
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three titles; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each.
