India, March 17 -- Appreciating sports and sporting events is a vast, ever-evolving art form shaped by decades of culture and shifting public interest. As new trends emerged and a digital lens was pointed toward every activity, countries cultivated distinct sporting identities - producing both global sensations, like surfing's Olympic debut, and introducing the world to deeply rooted traditions, such as Uzbekistan's Buzkashi, where riders compete over a headless goat.

While major cities' sporting scenes organically continue to draw crowds year after year with popular tournaments, 2024's big-ticket lineup of the Euros, Men's T20 World Cup, Wimbledon, and the Paris Olympics became reason enough for people to step out of their home base an...