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Names of personalities Sports / Games PV Sindhu golf Geeta Phogat weightlifting Koneru Humpy swimming Karnam Malleshwari badminton Anjali Bhagwat cricket Sania Mirza hockey Dipika Pallikal archery Bula Choudhury athletics P.T. Usha wrestling Saba Anjum Karim chess Akanksha Singh shooting Mithali Raj basketball Sharmila Nicollet squash Deepika Kumari tennis The autobiographies of accomplished sportspersons are replete with the challenges they faced and their single-minded pursuit towards their goal. Such a book is sure to make an interesting as well as an inspirational read. Now, read an excerpt from M.C. Mary Kom’s autobiography ‘Unbreakable’. Soon after the Bangkok championship, I was selected in the 48kg category for the International Boxing Association (originally the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur, or Warm Up  We use various sports equipment to play different indoor and outdoor games. Now, associate the following sports equipment with their corresponding sports or games.  Have you won any medals? What are the levels to be accomplished to become an international sportsperson?  What is your favourite sport? Do you play any sport?  In India, the number of women pursuing careers in sports is considerably less, when compared to men. What do you think are the reasons? Discuss with a partner and share the ideas with the class.  Regardless of the challenges faced, some women have achieved great success in the field of sports. Here is a list of Indian women celebrities who are accomplished in the field of sports and games. Match their names with the sports or games they are associated with, by drawing lines. One has been done for you as an example. The Queen of Boxing Prose Unit M.C. Mary Kom spear, racket, pawns, puck, stump, bow & arrow, club, oar, striker, sabre, dice, baton -A-Prose-THE QUEEN OF - - :