Talk:Timeline of sport on Channel 4

Late 1980s broadcast of Dhopkel(?)
I recall when I was very young in the late 80s, it will have been between 1987 and 1990, Channel 4 adverstised a forthcoming sports show of what I think is Dhopkel, the Indian sport. I remember the commercial showed Indian men playing a very rough looking contact sport on a very dusty playing field, struggling around like a rubgy scrum, it looked so chaotic I couldn't see a ball or tell what they were trying to do. The voiceover described the sport as rough and chaotic, saying something like "In this sport, there are no (something, no red/yellow cards maybe), no whistle, no referee, no half measures! THIS is Dhopkel!" I forgot what the name was for a long time, but think it began with a D and dhopkel looks and seems like what it was. I could see it was a team sport but wondered if it was actually a martial art, as the whole commercial seemed to be selling it on being fun to watch guys being semi-violent with each other. This is all I remember, but I see no details here and can find nothing online about British broadcasters buying dhopkel (or any similar thing) to show in the UK. I was in London at the time, where there is a large Indian and Pakistani demographic so there would be an at least niche market for it. Anyway, if anyone here knows more about this, please mention it here or on article. BakedEel (talk) 20:03, 8 May 2023 (UTC)


 * It's "kappadi". Was surprised to find no mention of this, or sumo, or Tour de France, which are the sports I remember from Channel 4 in the late eighties and early nineties. Tefltasticalex (talk) 12:04, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The Tour de France is mentioned on the timeline. Rillington (talk) 15:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, missed that, perhaps because it only mentions the beginning when it talks about the ending. Tefltasticalex (talk) 23:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC)