Question

With which game is 'Durand Cup' associated ?
1. Hockey
2. Football
3. Golf
4. Cricket

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Football

The correct answer is Football.

• Durand cup started in 1888, is the oldest football tournament in Asia.
• Durand cup the third oldest football tournament in the World. Oldest was the FA cup (1871) of England.
• The first tournament was organized at Shimla.
• The current champion is the Gokulam Kerala.
• The most successful teams are East Bengal and Mohun Bagan with 16 titles each.
• Mohammedan Sporting Club won the tournament as the first-ever Indian civilian team.
• So far there have been 129 seasons of the tournament.

SPORTS	CUPS and TROPHY
Cricket	Ashes, Reliance Cup, Rothman’s Trophy, C.K. Naidu Trophy
Basketball	William’s Cup, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup
Badminton	Thomas Cup, Agarwal Cup, Chadha Cup, Divan Cup
Football	Colombo Cup, Merdeka Cup, Durand Cup
Volleyball	Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup
Golf	Ryder Cup (men), Solheim Cup (women), Walker Cup
Archery	Archery World Cup
Lawn Tennis	French open cup, US open cup, Australian open cup, David open cup(men), Fed Cup (women), Wightman Cup (women)
Table Tennis	Travancore cup (women), Swaythling Cup (men), Bama Belleek cup