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Kabaddi World Cup
Venues: Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton Dates: 17-23 March
Coverage: Watch selected matches on the BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app
Scotland's men are targeting a semi-final place at the Kabaddi World Cup, which begins in the West Midlands on Monday and runs for one week.
Head coach Sukhinder Dhillon is preparing his team for round-robin matches against India, Italy, Wales and Hong Kong China as the World Cup is held outside Asia for the first time.
"India are the strongest team in the group," said Glasgow's Dhillon. "They're the reigning world champions and have so many quality players.
"We're ranked 100-1 to win the World Cup. That suits us fine, considering many of the team haven't played in the international arena.
"We'll give it a go. Our guys have the experience of playing in the British League but this, of course, is another level. Italy and USA have brought some superstars."
Many of the Scotland and England players have backgrounds in martial arts and wrestling, or, like Sally Hill, rugby.
"The World Cup will bring a lot of awareness for kabaddi and especially women's kabaddi," said England's Hill.
"It's a platform to demonstrate what a high-speed, passionate and captivating game this is, and hopefully it encourages more people to get involved."
The sport has its origins in South Asia and is estimated to be 4,000 years old.
It was a demonstration sport at the 1936 Olympic Games and is now a staple of the Asian Games.
The teams take turns to raid and to block. Raiders earn points by entering the opposition territory and tagging as many blockers as they can, before returning to their own half without being tackled to the ground.
The British Kabaddi League has run for three years and its success was a factor in bringing the World Cup to the West Midlands.
All matches will be streamed in the UK on the BBC iPlayer, while the tournament will be streamed worldwide by World Cup partners including Olympics.com, which will show the semi-finals and finals.
Men's competition
Group A: Hungary, England, Poland, Germany, USA
Group B: India, Italy, Scotland, Wales, Hong Kong China
The top four in each group after the round-robin stage progress to the quarter-finals.
Women's competition
Group D: India, Wales, Poland
Group E: Hong Kong China, Hungary, England
The top two in each group after the round-robin stage progress to the semi-finals.
Like their male compatriots, India's women are defending their title from Malaysia in 2019.
The competition gets under way at WV Active Aldersley in Wolverhampton on Monday when England take on Hungary after the opening ceremony.
Thereafter the tournament moves to Coventry on 19 March and Birmingham the following day, before the University of Wolverhampton's Walsall campus hosts the start of the knockout rounds on 21 March.
The tournament returns to Wolverhampton for the semi-finals and finals as the World Cup draws to a close on Sunday 23 March.
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