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The purpose of the study was to compare the core strength among college level Football, Hockey and Kabaddi players. Forty men Football, Hockey and Kabaddi players each and totally one hundred and twenty players were selected from the affiliated colleges of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India for the study. All the players selected were participants in inter-collegiate competition. The age of the subject ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were randomly selected from Christ college, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Sit-ups were used to collect relevant data of core strength. To find out the significant difference between Football, Hockey and Kabaddi players on the selected variables, Analysis of variance was used. Scheffe’s Post – hoc test was used to find out the paired mean difference among the groups. It was concluded that there was a significant difference on core strength among college level Football, Hockey and Kabaddi players Further it was concluded that Hockey players had better core strength followed by Kabaddi and Football players.