Question

With which sport is Lionel Messi associated?
1. Hockey
2. Golf
3. Football
4. Billiards

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Football

The correct answer is Football.

• Lionel Messi is associated with Football.
  • Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer.
  • He plays for Club Barcelona.

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• Football:
  • The first football club in the world ‘Sheffield Football Club’ was founded in the year 1857 in England.
  • The first Football club in India was ‘Dalhousie Club’.
  • The apex institution of football is the ‘Federation of International Football Association’ (FIFA) was formed on May 21, 1904.
  • The headquarters of FIFA is in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Football was included as a competitive game in Olympic Games officially in 1908.
  • India took part in the World Olympic Football Competition in 1948 in London.
  • The first World Cup was organized in Uruguay in 1930.
  • In India, Indian Football Association (IFA) organizes National Football Championship.
  • The trophy awarded in their competition is called Santosh Trophy.

• Indian players associated
  • Hockey: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, and Gurinder Singh.
  • Billiards: Pankaj Advani, Chandra Hirjee, Anuja Chandra-Thakur, and Michael Ferreira.
  • Golf: Anirban Lahiri, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, Jyoti Randhawa, and Shiv Chawrasia.
• Terminologies:
  • Hockey: Bogey, Double Bogey, Ace, and Birdie.
  • Billiards: Bully Sudden death, Short corner, Hat trick, Goal, Penalty Corner, Penalty, pushing, Cut, Dribble, Scoop, Centre forward, Halfback, Astroturf, Left in, Left out.
  • Golf: Pull, Cue, Hit, Object Ball, Break Shot, Scoring, Cushion Billiards, etc.