Indian Sports Highlights, January 25: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden into the final of Australian Open 2024
Catch the live updates of Indian athletes' performances in various events happening across the world on January 25.
File Photo: Rohan Bopanna in action at Australian Open 2024
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Odisha FC takes a narrow 1-0 win over Mumbai City FC in the second semi-final of the Kalinga Super Cup at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar. Diego Mauricio scores the only goal of the match through the penalty in 44th minute.
The final will be between Odisha FC and the East Bengal on 28th of January at the same venue on 7:30 PM IST.
Indian youngster Kiran George continued his good run in the Indonesia Masters after defeating world number 18 Lu Guang Zu of China to enter the quarter-finals on Thursday.
Kiran defeated Lu Guang Zu in three games 21-11, 13-21, 21-18 in a match that went on for 64 minutes. Kiran started the match with a comfortable win in the first game.
Indian women's team takes the 7-2 victory over Namibia in the final group game of Hockey 5s world cup in Oman. with this, India books their spot in the quarterfinals after topping the group with 3/3 wins.
Indian team will play New Zealand in the quarter-final match on the 26th January at 1:00 PM IST.
Archana Girish Kamath takes straight-set (7-11, 11-13, 10-12) win in the round of 64 of Women Singles category beating much higher ranked Mario Xiao of Spain at the WTT Star Contender in Goa, India.
In men singles, Snehit Suravajjula also through to round of 32 with a 3-1 (11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8) win over home-compatriot Payas Jain in the first round.
Lakshya Sen lost in straight game-affair (19-21, 18-21) to Anders Antonsen of Denmark in the round of 16 clash at the Indonesia Masters super 500 tournament.
Priyanshu Rajawat could not carry forward the momentum and losses out (18-21, 14-21) in a straight-game affair of the round of 16-clash against Brian Yang of Canada at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament.
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The All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee met virtually on Thursday, January 25, 2023, to recommend the names of the coaching staff of the Indian Senior Women's Team.
The meeting was chaired by former India captain Mr. IM Vijayan and attended by AIFF Acting Secretary General Mr. M Satyanarayan, members Ms. Pinky Bompal Magar, Mr. Harjinder Singh, Mr. Arun Malhotra, Mr. Climax Lawrence, Mr. Eugeneson Lyngdoh and AIFF Technical Director Mr. Syed Sabir Pasha.
East Bengal FC stormed into their second final of the season as they eased past Jamshedpur FC 2-0 in the semi-finals of the Kalinga Super Cup at the Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, January 24, 2024.
This achievement comes after their earlier success in the season, when they reached the Durand Cup final. Hijazi Maher and Javier Siverio were the scorers for the Red and Gold Brigade on the night. East Bengal will now await the result of the other semi-final between Odisha FC and Mumbai City FC to find their opponents for the final.
Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden are into the Australian Open 2024 Final. The Indo-Australian duo reach their 2nd consecutive Grand Slam final after beating Machac/Zhang 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-7) in the semis.
This is Rohan's First-ever Australian Open final in Men's doubles category. He will be aiming for his first-ever grand-slam title in the men's doubles with a win in the final.
In the Super Cup Semi-Final, Mumbai City takes on Odisha FC at 7:30 PM IST.
The WTT Star Contender main draw matches continue in Goa.
Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat, Kiran George will play Round of 16 matches at Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament.