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- ↑ IOA hopes to have kho kho included in the Asian Games roster https://olympics.com/
- 1 2 A Comparative study of Aerobic and Anaerobic Capacity of intervarsity level Kho-Kho and kabaddi Players https://www.researchgate.net/ Dr. T. Onima Reddy
- ↑ "Indore: Indian teams clinch Asian Kho Kho championship title". Hindustan Times. 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Karmakar, Rahul (2023-03-23). "Indian men, women bag 4th Asian Kho Kho titles". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Indian men, women emerge Asian kho kho champions". The Indian Express. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Karmakar, Rahul (2023-03-23). "Indian men, women bag 4th Asian Kho Kho titles". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2023-10-06.