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Watch: England football team play 'Kabaddi' to get ready for FIFA World Cup 2018

England team will next play Nigeria at Wembley on Saturday.

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England football team is getting ready for the World Cup 2018 in Russia these days. They are currently training at George's Park. 

England are preparing for friendlies against Nigeria at Wembley on Saturday and Costa Rica at Leeds United's Elland Road ground five days later.

The Three-Lions are doing a lot of exercises and playing some games to keep fit ahead of their game on Saturday.

The England team's youtube channel has been sharing the videos of the camp. They published one such video on Tuesday. 

However, some keen-eyed users spotted one of the games that the England players were playing looked very much like Kabaddi. 


The sports popular in the Indian subcontinent requires a lot of physical and mental strength.

Here's the video of the training session, the Kabaddi starts at the 1:32 mark:

England are Group G with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama. 

Here's England's schedule for FIFA World Cup 2018: 

Monday 18 June: Tunisia v/s England (Group G) - Volgograd 

Sunday 24 June: England vs Panama (Group G) - Nizhny Novgorod

Thursday 28 June: England vs Belgium (Group G) - Kaliningrad 

Here's the England squad for  FIFA World Cup 2018: 

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Jack Butland (Stoke), Nick Pope (Burnley)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Man City), Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose (both Tottenham), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Phil Jones (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea)

Midfielders: Jordan Henderson, (Liverpool), Eric Dier, Dele Alli (both Tottenham), Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young (both Man Utd), Fabian Delph (Man City), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)

Forwards: Raheem Sterling (Man City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)

Standby list: Tom Heaton (Burnley), Lewis Cook (Bournemouth), Jake Livermore (West Brom) and Adam Lallana (Liverpool)

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