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ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Networks) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share).

Kabaddi is a contact team sport that originated in Indian subcontinent in Tamil Nadu.

It is popular in South Asia and is the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab.

It is also the national sport of Bangladesh.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch with a wicket (a set of three wooden stumps) at each end.

One team bats, attempting to score as many runs as possible, whilst their opponents field.

Each phase of play is called an innings.

After either ten batsmen have been dismissed or a fixed number of overs have been completed, the innings ends and the two teams then swap roles.

The winning team is the one that scores the most runs, including any extras gained, during their innings.

Rugby is a type of football developed at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, one of many versions of football played at English public schools in the 19th century.

The two main types of rugby are rugby league and rugby union.

Although rugby league initially used rugby union rules, they are now wholly separate sports.