Sports in Ahmednagar

Sports obviously is one of the most popular recreational activities in Ahmednagar city. Just like in innumerable cities, towns and villages of India, even people of Ahmednagar flock to their nearest grounds to indulge in their favorite sporting activities. And here too the most popular sport is obviously cricket. However, in Ahmednagar popularity of cricket hasn’t completely hampered the popularity of traditional Indian sports like kabaddi and kho kho. Although they are mostly played during inter school and inter college competition.Nonetheless, people of Ahmednagar even today love to watch and play these traditional sports.

As for modern sports, apart from cricket, football and to certain extent badminton enjoys considerable popularity in Ahmednagar. Other modern sports like Tennis, Table Tennis and Hockey are literally nonexistent in this part of the world.

And as for sports clubs and coaching centers, Ahmednagar is very far behind on this front. As of today there is only one renowned sports club and very few coaching classes - mainly focused on cricket – in entire Ahmednagar. Addresses and contact information’s of the only sports club of Ahmednagar city has been given below.  


Overall, the sports culture in Ahmednagar is pretty vibrant, however a lot more on the front of infrastructure in form of sports academies and stadiums is still desired to be done. Nonetheless, Ahmednagar people’s raw passion for cricket and traditional Indian sports will forever keep the sports scene buzzing in the city.