Editing Madhya Pradesh (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Performing mallakhamb.jpg|thumb|Performing [[Mallakhamba]]]]
In 2013, state govt declared [[Mallakhamba]] as the state sport.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singhi |first1=Ramendra| title=State sport status to malkhamb |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/State-sport-status-to-malkhamb/articleshow/20006539.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=11 May 2013 |access-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521202109/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/State-sport-status-to-malkhamb/articleshow/20006539.cms |archive-date=21 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Cricket]], [[kabaddi]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[association football|football]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], [[cycle sport|cycling]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[badminton]], and [[table tennis]] are the popular sports in the state. Traditional games like [[kho kho]], [[gilli danda]], [[sitoliya]], [[kanche]], and [[Hopscotch|langdi]] are popular in the rural areas.

[[Snooker]], a cue sport, generally regarded as having been invented in [[Jabalpur]] by [[British Army]] officers, is popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, with top professional players attaining multimillion-pound career earnings from the game.

[[File:Maharani Usha Raje Cricket Stadium Indore - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Holkar Stadium]] in [[Indore]].]]
Cricket is the most popular sport in Madhya Pradesh.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} There are three international [[cricket]] stadiums in the state – [[Nehru Stadium, Indore|Nehru Stadium]] (Indore), [[Roop Singh Stadium]] (Gwalior) and [[Holkar Cricket Stadium]] (Indore). [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team]]'s best performances in [[Ranji Trophy]] was in 1998–99, when the [[Chandrakant Pandit]]-led team ended as the runner-up. Its predecessor, the Indore-based [[Holkar cricket team]], had won the Ranji Trophy four times. In year 2022, [[Chandrakant Pandit]] coached [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team]] defeated 41-time champion Mumbai Cricket Team in [[Ranji Trophy]] 2021–22 season. It is Madhya Pradesh's maiden title at [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Purohit |first1=Abhishek |title=Madhya Pradesh end long wait to win Ranji Trophy; beat Mumbai by 6 wickets |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/madhya-pradesh-ends-long-wait-to-win-ranji-trophy-beat-mumbai-by-6-wickets-7992449/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=27 June 2022 |language=en |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627203357/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/madhya-pradesh-ends-long-wait-to-win-ranji-trophy-beat-mumbai-by-6-wickets-7992449/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Aishbagh Stadium]] in Bhopal is the home ground for [[World Series Hockey]] team [[Bhopal Badshahs]]. The state also has a [[Madhya Pradesh football team|football team]] that participates in the [[Santosh Trophy]].

[[MP United FC (India)|MP United FC]] is an Indian football that played in the [[I-League 2nd Division|2nd Division I-League]].

On 6 December 2017, the Madhya Pradesh [[Chief Minister]] [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] announced that players from the state would be given government jobs on winning medals in international events.

[[Madhu Yadav]], the former Captain of the [[India women's national field hockey team]], a 1982 [[Asian Games]] gold medallist and an Arjuna Award recipient, is from [[Jabalpur]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-former-indian-womens-hockey-team-captain-celebrates-indias-victory-against-australia |title=Madhya Pradesh: Former Indian women's hockey team captain celebrates India's victory against Australia |website=Free Press Journal |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807184708/https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-former-indian-womens-hockey-team-captain-celebrates-indias-victory-against-australia |url-status=live}}</ref>