{"id":8780,"date":"2012-07-28T04:02:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T04:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8780"},"modified":"2012-07-28T04:02:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T04:02:39","slug":"i-am-happy-that-cricket-is-popular-and-its-time-other-sports-are-also-encouraged-gambhir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8780","title":{"rendered":"I am happy that cricket is popular and it&#8217;s time other sports are also encouraged: Gambhir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Colombo<\/strong>: The biggest sporting event has begun and all eyes will be on London for the next two weeks, even Indian cricketers cannot keep their distance from the mega-event. <\/p>\n<p>Indian opener <a href=\"index.php?option=com_googlesearch_cse&amp;n=30&amp;cx=010230829620037021599%3AWMX1253964426&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=Gautam+Gambhir+&amp;hl=en\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/index.php?option=com_googlesearch_cse&amp;n=30&amp;cx=010230829620037021599%3AWMX1253964426&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=Gautam+Gambhir+&amp;hl=en\">Gautam Gambhir <\/a>ahead of the third one-day match wished the Indian contingent all the luck for the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Gambhir said that to represent the country is the greatest achievement for any sportsperson and every player will try to go give his best shot.<\/p>\n<p>He also praised the Indian media for giving so much importance to Olympics, he said that every sport in the country should flourish.<\/p>\n<p>Gambhir said that he is happy that cricket is so popular in India and said that other sports also should be encouraged. <\/p>\n<p>Gambhir said that it will be difficult for the team to catch the live action of the Olympics as they are in the middle of a series, but said that they will try to keep themselves updated with what happening in sports like shooting, archery, boxing and badminton.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo: The biggest sporting event has begun and all eyes will be on London for the next two weeks, even Indian cricketers cannot keep their distance from the mega-event. 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