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General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Asian Games)

History :

The idea of the Asian Games was first conceived by Prof. G.D. Sondhi. The suggestion for holding the Asian Games was first made in a conference of Asian countries held in New Delhi in 1947 anwd Jawaharlal Nehru suggested that it be called ‘Asian Games’. The first Asian Games were held at New Delhi in March 1951. Since then Asian Games are held after every four years.

World Cup Football

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founed in Paris by representatives of seven countries—Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland on May 21, 1904. On 28th May 1928, the FIFA decided to stage a world championship of football and Uruguay was finally chosen as the host country in 1929. The original world cup trophy bore Frenchman Jules Rimet’s name since. it was he who had proposed the tournament. The trophy was awarded to Brazil permanently in 1970, when it became the first country to win the world cup thrice. A new trophy called the ‘FIFA World Cup’ was put up for competition. Since 1930, only seven teams have been able to win the trophy. At the time of release of this look, South Africa is hosting the 2010 edition of the FIFA World Cup.