India In India, sports days are held for 2–3 days. These include games like
football,
cricket,
throw ball,
dodge ball,
volleyball,
track and field,
basketball etc. These sports days are held between the various houses in a particular school. In India, many
traditional games such as
kho-kho,
kabaddi and march-past are played.
Japan ,
Kanagawa Prefecture, 2005 Sports day, called
undōkai (運動会) in Japanese, is usually held on a Saturday or Sunday in
Japanese schools. During weeks preceding the sports day, students practice their events which they would like to show their parents and friends, within their class of physical education, which often includes
tamaire, performances by the school band and presentations by various school clubs as well as individual and group competitive events. These practices, and the sports days themselves, normally take place on the schools' fields, which provide little relief from the heat and sun. Some schools have responded by scheduling their sports days during cooler months and by encouraging their students to drink water regularly. Currently, the event occurs most often in the autumn (September/October), or in the spring (May/June). In
elementary schools in
Hokkaidō, the event is usually held between the later part of May and the earlier part of June.
Pakistan Sport is a significant part of
Pakistani culture.
Cricket is the most popular sport, while
field hockey,
polo, and
squash are also popular. Many well funded private and government schools hold a Sports Day, when track and field events like running, relay races, high jump, long jump, discus and shot-put are held. These sports are generally played in front of an audience of parents who witness the Sports day events. If the children are divided by house in the school's system, then the various houses also compete against each other for enough points and medals to win that Sports day's events.
Traditional sports like
kabaddi and other well-known games are also played. The
Pakistan Sports Board was created in 1962 by the
Ministry of Education as a corporate body for the purposes of promoting and developing uniform standards of competition in sports in Pakistan comparable to the standards prevailing internationally, and regulating and controlling sports in Pakistan on a national basis. The
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, now has control over the
Pakistan Sports Board. The PSB controls all 39 sporting federations. The Pakistan Sports Board is supported by the Pakistan Sports Trust, which assists hard up players and associations so they can continue participating in sports. Over recent years there has been an increase in sporting activity in Pakistan, with Pakistani sportsmen and women participating at many national and international events. Also, more international tournaments now take place in Pakistan. The size of the teams Pakistan sends, and the number of events they participate in, such as the
Olympic Games,
Asian Games,
World Games, and
Commonwealth Games has increased since the turn of the century.
Russia Sports Day in
Russia is held on the second Saturday in August.
Qatar Sports day is a national holiday, held every second-Tuesday of February every year. The
Olympic Committee is tasked with organizing the large-scale nationwide activities that are held all over Qatar, and include a wide variety of sports such as; football, basketball, tennis, marathons, open walks, as well as regional sports such as camel riding. Other venues of sports day include
Aspire Zone, Katara,
The Pearl, among others. Sports day's popularity extends to the point that
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Qatar's Emir is casually seen participating in events. ==In offices==