There hasn't even been a single raid yet, but the hu tu tu has already begun. With both the Pro Kabaddi League (July 26-August 31) as well as the World Kabaddi League (beginning on August 9) claiming either tourney is for the betterment of the game, the International Kabaddi Federation has come out with a sort of a clarification for the 'benefit of the average sports fan'.


IKF CEO Deoraj Chaturvedi 

According to Deoraj Chaturvedi, Chief Executive Officer of the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) and Assistant Secretary of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), the one significant difference between PKL and WKL is that the former is official and the latter unofficial.