you can watch every game live on the bbc sport website and iplayer, and our sports correspondent srosh khanke no other. think dodgeball, chuck in a bit of wrestling and british bulldog and you may begin to understand it, so what is kabaddi? it's a game of raiders and defenders. something like 5000 years old. it is embedded in the historical culture of minority so, you raid, you go across, you take something that belongs to your opponent and you bring it back. it allows you to be bruce lee when he goes up and faces eight, nine people from different angles. this is the same. you have to go up against seven opponents, seven against one, and it allows you to build your confidence up, it is team work, it is individuality. why is kabaddi so popular, especially in places like south asia? kabaddi has always been very popular because it was a sport that you didn't need anything for, you just needed a patch of land. you don't need a ball, you don't need a bat.

srosh khan, bbc news.to listen to this week's edition of the sports desk podcast where the discussion centres around betting sponsorship and advertising in football. james grimes is one of the guests, he co—founded the campaign group — the big step — after recovering from a 12—year gambling addiction that took him to some dark places. i had everything at 16, good upbringing, and gambling turned me from that person specifically gambling, football, it turned me from that person into a complete addict that didn't want to be here any more. it took everything from me and, of course, is important, and i lost around £100,000 in 12 years, and that's a lot of money, but i actually look back and i don't regret that at all. what i regret is what it did to my mental health. so the sports desk podcast is available now. you can listen and subscribe via bbc sounds. now, skateboarding is often sold to us in the media as a cool young person's sport, so naturally we were interested in this guy, andy macdonald. a pro skater