Indian Sports Highlights, January 17: Chirag-Satwik advance to second round at India Open
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Satwik Reddy and Chirag Shetty in action against Fang Chih Lee and Fang Jen Lee of Chinese Taipei during India Open (Source: BAI)
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The ad hoc panel appointed by IOA to run the suspended Wrestling Federation of India asserted that the national championships conducted by them would be considered genuine. This announcement came in response to Sanjay Singh and the WFI body who asserted that the national federation has the mandate to organise the National Championships.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had on Tuesday announced that it will go ahead with the Nationals in Pune from January 29 after its first Executive Committee meeting post the elections.
Indian women's hockey team will have to produce their best game against higher-ranked Germany in the semi-finals of the Olympic qualifiers on Tuesday to secure a berth at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Coming back spectacularly from the disappointment of the first loss at the USA, the Indian team defeated New Zealand and Italy to make their way to the semi-finals.
A win will secure the Paris berth for India and a loss will mean that India will battle it out in the third-place playoff match against Japan or the USA.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Chinese Taipe's Fang Chih Lee and Fang Jen Lee in tough 3 games 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in first round of India Open Super 750 event.
The White Wolves. There will be an odd similarity in the nicknames for both sides when the Blue Tigers take on the White Wolves on Thursday, and this one is about to get lively.
Both Uzbekistan and India come into their second Group B game in need of a result to go through. But that's just one of the few similarities among a plethora of differences between the sides.
Kidambi Srikanth after a good fight in the first game sort of lost mentally in the second game leading to a straight games loss by 22-24,13-21 against Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong.
With the Paris Olympics looming on the horizon, the spotlight is extensively focused on the sports sector ahead of the Union Budget 2024. In 2023, the industry received an allocation of Rs 3397.32 Cr, marking its highest-ever budget allocation in history with a jump of over Rs 300 Crores.
Given the significance of last year’s budget, the nation’s sports industry stakeholders are united in their vision for the upcoming Union Budget as a critical player in shaping India's future on the global stage, not just in Paris but also for India's future Olympics bid.
Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto suffers first round loss against Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand with score 5-21, 21-18, 11-21 at the India open Super 750 tournament.
Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa overtook legendary Vishwanathan Anand to become India's no. 1 chess player after the Chennai boy beat reigning world champion Ding Liren of China at the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on Tuesday.
With the 2024 Paris Olympics in sight, legendary player turned coach Pullela Gopichand has asked the Indian shuttlers to focus on the process rather than obsessing over the Olympics qualification.
Paris berths will be sealed on April 28 when the Olympic qualification rankings are out with singles players inside the top 16 securing the berth.
"I think the Olympics is still a long way. There are still about eight tournaments to play. I don't think it's right to go after that as a player. I think it's too much pressure unnecessarily to start thinking about the race to Paris as a primary role.," Gopichand told reporters at the India Open Super 750.
The suspended officials of the Wrestling Federation of India on Tuesday are keen to have a dialogue with the sports ministry instead of exercising any legal action for the suspension imposed on them following the December 21 elections last year.
The Sanjay Singh-led body wants to avoid any clash with the government and will seek legal help only if the talks fail. The recently elected body had earlier said that it would drag the sports ministry to the court but it decided to change its mind.