The Kabaddi World Cup is underway in Wolverhampton, marking the first time the tournament has been held outside of Asia. On the opening day, England made an impressive start to the competition, winning 101-25 against Hungary. Team captain Hardeep Singh said his side are aiming for the final against favourites India, and Founder and Acting President of World Kabaddi, Ashok Das, said the tournament has brought the community together. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:47So I wrestled for about 13 years or so
00:50and got into karate about four and a half years ago.
00:53I did well at wrestling, one of my coaches at GNG Wensfield
00:56recommended me for the sport
00:58and after that we never looked back.
01:00Became BKL, British Kabaddi League champions,
01:02European champions for England as well
01:04and now we've got the World Cup.
01:06You can see the British Kabaddi League, there's three seasons so far,
01:09you've had the European Championships, they've been in Glasgow a few years ago,
01:12you've got the World Cup here as well now.
01:14Hopefully, grassroots, it will develop as well
01:16and, yeah, you can carry on growing.
01:18The turnout today, you can see the kids,
01:20you see the community,
01:22and they were chanting, they were laughing,
01:24OK, crowd,
01:26that's amazing, that's what I want.
01:28I want the community together.
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