Sports

SPORTS IN MIZORAM

Sports comprises an integral part of our lives. Team spirit is something which one learns from sports itself and hence it is important for all. The people of Mizoram are active people who take to sports from a very young age. Football is the most popular game in Mizoram. A lot of emerging footballers from India are from Mizoram.

Mizoram Premier League

Such is the craze of football in the state that there is even a Mizoram Premier league held in the state founded in the year 2012. Conducted by the Mizoram Football Association, this league is a state level event which is witnessed by the people here with great enthusiasm and zeal. On a national scale level, this league can be considered the 3rd tier of Indian football. The main venue of the matches are Lammual and  Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Mualpui .

Traditional Sports in Mizoram

Inbun

Inbun is one kind of a combat-wrestling game. It is played in a circle of around 16 feet diameter on carpet grass. Both the participants need to lift the opponent using strength, skill and rapid movement of arms and legs to off the opponent in the ground. The participant who succeeds in lifting off, he wins the game.

Kicking, stepping outside the ring and bending knees is prohibited in the game. This game consists of three rounds, each of 30 to 60 seconds duration. It also played till one of the players lifted off the ground. 

Insuknawr

Insuknwar is a game of test strength and stamina played in Mizoram. It is declared as Mizo National Game by Mizoram State Sports Council. Only men participate in the game.

Insuknawr is played within a circle with a diameter of 16 to 18 feet and a rounded bamboo rod of 8 feet long and 3-4 inch in diameter used in the game. The participants need to push the opponent out of the circle or lift the opponent within three to five rounds.