CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in an indoor or outdoor rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent’s net to score goals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hockey is Canada’s national game Since 1910, expert teams started to participate in the Stanley Cup championship. In 1917, the National Hockey League was established and ice hockey was declared official Canada’s national sport.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1994, Bill C-121 made hockey the official Canadian winter sport and lacrosse became Canada’s official summer sport.

Detailed explanation-4: -No official sport has been designated as India’s national sport by the Indian government. Hockey is believed to be the national game of India due to its massive success. However, India does not officially have a national game, and hockey and Kabaddi are often assumed to be the national sports of India.