Mountain Biking

There are various sports which are emerging in India and attracting huge number of sport enthusiasts. These are such as Mountain Biking which is becoming popular and getting momentum day by day. The government of Sikkim with its department of tourism introduced the MTB race with South East Asia’s biggest prize money. In the event 48 professional participated from across the globe. Major brands like Merida, Kona, Giant, Cannodale and trek are available in India.

Tennis, Golf and Basket Ball

In urban areas Tennis is popular among Indians. The popular Tennis players from India are Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Sania Mirza, Yuki Bhambri, and Somdev Devvarman. Yuki has recently won Australian Open junior singles championship.   Golf is another emerging sport in India. Jeev Milkha Singh is the successful golfer from the India. His current ranking is 36. Other popular players of Golf from India are Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal and Lakshman Singh. Basketball is one of the very popular sports in India. It is almost played in every school and college. In basketball the rank of India is 46th in the world.

Badminton

All over India Badminton is a popular recreational sport. The great achievement of Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand, who won the All-England in 1980 and 2001 respectively, brought glory to the nation. Sania Nehwal is one of the most promising player of badminton and possess career-high ranking of 9th in the world.

Equestrian Sports and Formula one racing

India is also very good in various equestrian sports like endurance and tentpegging, dressage, eventing and showjumping. Wing Commander I.J.Lamba and Imtiaz Anees represented India twice at the Olympics in the arena of equestrian sports. In India Formula One motor racing team was formed in October 2007, the team was lead by Vijay Mallya and Michiel Mol who brought the Spyker F1 team. Narayan Karthekyan is the most successful player of India in Formula one racing. Seo India