{"id":169372,"date":"2025-01-27T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=169372"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:07:12","slug":"india-to-host-inaugural-kho-kho-world-cup-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-to-host-inaugural-kho-kho-world-cup-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"India to Host Inaugural Kho Kho World Cup in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India is all set to host the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup from January 13 to 19, 2025, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor (IGI) Stadium in New Delhi. This historic event marks a significant step towards elevating Kho Kho, one of India\u2019s most cherished indigenous games, onto the global stage. With the support of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI), the tournament promises to be a milestone in the promotion of traditional sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0January 13 to 19, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Venue:\u00a0<\/strong>Indira Gandhi Indoor (IGI) Stadium, New Delhi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Significance:\u00a0<\/strong>First-ever Kho Kho World Cup, bringing global attention to the sport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizers and Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Indian Olympic Association (IOA):<\/strong>\u00a0Partnered with the Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) to ensure the success of the event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IOA President PT Usha:<\/strong>\u00a0Emphasized the importance of collaboration to raise the profile of Kho Kho globally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>KKFI President Sudhanshu Mittal:<\/strong>\u00a0Praised IOA\u2019s support, calling it a \u201cgame-changer\u201d for Kho Kho\u2019s international recognition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India is all set to host the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup from January 13 to 19, 2025, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor (IGI) Stadium in New Delhi. This historic event marks a significant step towards elevating Kho Kho, one of India\u2019s most cherished indigenous games, onto the global stage. With the support of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":169379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5355],"tags":[59],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-169372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-november-2024","tag-sports-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169380,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169372\/revisions\/169380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169372"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=169372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}