Motor Sports Club are involved in promoting motor sports and car rallies in Kolkata and West Bengal. The Beighton Cup, an event organised by the Bengal Hockey Association and first played in 1895, is India's oldest field hockey tournament; it is usually held on the Mohun Bagan Ground of the Maidan. Athletes from Kolkata include Sourav Ganguly, Pankaj Roy and Jhulan Goswami, who are former captains of the Indian national cricket team; Olympic tennis bronze medalist Leander Paes, golfer Arjun Atwal, and former footballers Sailen Manna, Chuni Goswami, P. K. Banerjee and Subrata Bhattacharya. Notable people Sister cities Dhaka, Bangladesh Kunming, China (October 2013) Thessaloniki, Greece (January 2005) Naples, Italy Karachi, Pakistan Incheon, South Korea Odessa, Ukraine Jersey City, New Jersey, United States Long Beach, California, United States Dallas, Texas, United States See also List of children's museums in India List of people from Kolkata List of tallest buildings in Kolkata West Bengal References Further reading External links Kolkata Municipal Corporation Kolkata – Incredible India City Mayors: Richest cities in the world in 2020 by GDP Cities and towns in Kolkata district Indian capital cities Metropolitan cities in India Port cities in India Capitals of former nations Former national capitals Former capital cities in India Populated places established in 1690 1690 establishments in Asia 1690 establishments in the British Empire 1690s establishments in India Capitals of Bengal Subdivisions of West Bengal Subdivisions in Kolkata district Cities in West Bengal