Kolkata is the perfect place for the sports-lovers. Most of the Kolkatans are passionate about sports. The sports activities that are mainly popular among the residents of Calcutta are football, cricket, tennis (mainly popular among the elite section of Kolkata), golf, rowing and swimming. This metropolitan city of Kolkata houses a number of stadiums and sports clubs. They are mentioned below:
- Yuba Bharati Krirangan
- Eden Gardens
- Rabindra Sarovar Stadium
- Netaji Indoor Stadium
Apart from this, Gorky Sadan (golf) and Calcutta South Club (tennis) are also located in this "City of Joy."
Sport is indeed an integral part of the culture of Calcutta. It is said that the sports club is the perfect place to relax
and refresh the body. Some of the renowned Kolkata Sports club includes
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Tollygunge Club, Calcutta Rowing Club and Lake Club, Royal Calcutta Golf Club, South Club for grasscourt tennis, Polo Club within the Race Course, Calcutta Cricket and Football Club, Royal Calcutta Turf Club.
Other notable Kolkata Sports clubs comprise APJ Club, Bengal Club, Bodyline Sports, Bengal Hockey Association, Calcutta Rowing Club, Calcutta Club, Calcutta Ladies Golf Club, Calcutta Polo Club, Calcutta Swimming Club, Castlewood India and Cossipore Saraswati Club.
Some of the renowned sports personalities of Kolkata are Saurav Ganguly, Baichung Bhutia, Chuni Goswami, Dibyendu Barua, Sailen Manna and Pankaj Ray.
If you are planning to buy sports shoes and other sports staffs in Kolkata, Bata, Woodland, Adidas, Khadim's, Westside, Bodyline Sports, Asian Sports, Maya Sports Industry, B. Dasgupta & Co., and Calcutta Sports & Balloon Centre are the perfect places to go for.
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