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The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh means A.P. Olympic Association and also Visakhapatnam District Olympic Association, the apex body which has 51 affiliated State associations to govern various sports disciplines, will have to be split into two catering to Andhra and Telangana regions. Interestingly, there are already separate Telangana associations for quite a long time in disciplines such as ball badminton, kho kho, kabaddi, carrom and even hockey.The most popular sport of all - cricket - too has two separate associations - Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) and Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) catering to the needs of their respective regions. "Once the bifurcation is complete, it is inevitable that APOA splits into two and all the other State associations follow suit," feels K. Jagdishwar Yadav, APOA secretary and also secretary-general of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India.