Population
(world rank)
*
1,189,172,906 (2nd)
0-14 years: 29.7%
15-64 years: 64.9%
65 years and over: 5.5%
Population growth rate: +1.3%
* 2011 estimates
Media
■ Ten Sports
■ Ten Cricket
■ Set Max
■ Star Sports Cricket
■ Star Sports India
Athletes
■ Arjun Atwal (golf)
■ Jeev Milkha Singh (golf)
■ Somdev Devvarman (tennis)
■ Sachin Tendulkar (cricket)
■ PT Usha (track and field)
Recent Sports Headlines
■ India wins 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
■ Adidas stores in India to carry NBA jerseys for the first time
■ NBA, U.S. State Department plan joint trip to India in '11
■ NBA signs two multiyear TV deals to broadcast games in India
■ India asking state firms to help fund Commonwealth Games
Upcoming Sporting Events
2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (concluded this month)
2011 ATP Aircel Chennai Open
2011 Formula One Grand Prix of India
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Arjun Atwal
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Formula One race cars will roll into India this year.
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Suresh Kalmadi
Key Sports Executives
■ Shri Ajay Maken, union minister of state for youth affairs and sports
■ Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association, president of the Asian Athletics Association
■ Sundar Raman, CEO of the Indian Premier League
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Indian Premier League
Leagues and Governing Bodies
■ Soccer
Governing body: All India Football Federation
President: Shri Praful Patel
National league: I-League (14 teams)
■ Cricket
Governing body: Board of Control for Cricket in India
President: Shashank Manohar
National league: DLF Indian Premier League (10 teams)
■ Field hockey
Governing body: Hockey India
Interim president: Mariamma Koshy
