Residents of Mumbai are quite popular for their fun-loving nature. Whenever, they get leisure time, they spend it by taking active part in sporting activities. Some of the sports activities in which Mumbai people show excessive interest are cricket, football, sailing, rowing, water-skiing, wind-surfing and jet-skiing. Mumbai is said to be the capital of cricket. During the holidays on most of the streets of Mumbai children are seen to play cricket. Mumbai houses BCCI, the Board of Control of Cricket in India.
The reputed private sports clubs that contribute a lot in the field of Mumbai Sports are Bombay Gymkhana, Breach Candy Club, Willingdon, Khar Gymkhana, Otters Club and several others. People who are extremely fond of fishing can join the Maharashtra State Angling association of Mumbai. On the other hand, people fond of playing football can join the Western
India Football Association.
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Apart from this, Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association is also quite popular for lawn tennis sport activities. Royal Bombay Yatch Club and Amateur Riders Club are also there to conduct Mumbai sport activities. Swimming, rugby and squash playing are also quite common sport activities of Mumbai people.
Besides all these, Golf is practiced by the members of Bombay Presidency Golf Club. While talking about Mumbai sports, Wankhede Stadium deserves a mention. It is the considered to be the 2nd biggest cricket stadium in Mumbai.
Some of the Mumbai shops from where sports goods can be bought are Royal Sports, Metro Shoes Pvt. Ltd, Myco Exports P Ltd and Alpa Overseas. Some of the famous sports personalities from Mumbai are Sachin Tndulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri.
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