Indian Sports Highlights, December 2: First-ever Silver at ITTF World Youth C'ships for Jennifer/ Divyanshi
I-League 2023-24: Real Kashmir and Aizawl FC plays a goalless draw
Real Kashmir played a goalless draw with Aizawl FC at their home game and maintained their top three position in the league table.
Pro Kabaddi League: Know the Coaches and Captains of all 12 teams
With the Pro Kabaddi League set to kick off the 10th season of the tournament, Captains and Coaches have played a pivotal role in the success of teams in the past nine seasons.
Be it Sanjeev Baliyan's tactical masterclass at Jaipur Pink Panthers last season or Pawan Sehrawat's humongous effort to propel Bengaluru Bulls to the title in the sixth season, coaches and captains have been part of the PKL folklore.
Indian junior men’s team leaves for the FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2023
The Indian junior men's hockey team left for the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2023, which will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 5th December to 16th December.
The team left for the tournament from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru.
India, placed in Pool C alongside Spain, Korea, and Canada, will begin the campaign against Korea on December 5. They will next face Spain on December 7 and their last Pool stage match will be against Canada on December 9.
IBA Junior World Boxing Championships: 12 boxers into the Final
Indian Boxers continued their dominance at IBA Junior World Boxing Championships on Friday.
12 out of 17 Indian boxers wins their semi-final clash to confirm their title clash on 3-4 November, 8 female boxers and 4 male boxers has reached the final.
Bronze medal winners:
Neha Lunthi - Women's 46 KG
Pari - Women's 50 KG
Nidhi Dhull - Women's 66 KG
Kritika Wasan - Women's 75 KG
Sikander - Men's 48 KG
Vaishali becomes third women grandmaster of India
R Vaishali crossed the 2500 rating point to become the third Indian women's Grandmaster and 84th overall Indian Grandmaster at El Llobregat Open in Spain on Friday.
Vaishali, who attained her third Grandmaster norm at the Qatar Masters 2023, won two games back-to-back at the tournament to become India's latest GM.
After Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali is the third-ever women Grandmaster of India. She ended a long wait of 12 years after Harika became GM in 2011.
What to follow on December 2?
Priyanshu Rajawat faces Chi Yu Jen in the men's singles semifinal of the Syed Modi India International in Lucknow. In the women's doubles semifinal, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa will take on Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant will play Odisha FC in ISL. This will be MBSG's first match in the league in more than a month.
Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Advance will be in action in the quarterfinals of the National Ranking Table Tennis C'ships.
In hockey, India will take on Belgium at the FIH Women's Junior World Cup at 6;30 PM IST. India will have to win to quality for the quarterfinals.
What happened on December 1?
Here are the top developments that happened on November 28. Find the full details here
Highlights
Priyanshu Rajawat in men's singles, and Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa in women's doubles reached the semifinals of Syed Modi India International on Friday. REPORT
The Pro Kabaddi League kicked off Season 10 in grand style on the Akshar River Cruise in Ahmedabad on Friday. REPORT
ITTF World Youth C'ships 2023: Jennifer & Divyansi reach final in girls doubles
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