Indian Sports Highlights, January 10: Aman becomes the Champion in 57 KG category at Zagreb Open Ranking series

Zagreb Open Ranking series: Aman Sehrawat is the Champion in 57 KG category

Aman Sehrawat registered his fourth consecutive victory on technical superiority to clinch the gold medal at the Zagreb Open Wrestling Ranking Series.

He takes a 10-0 victory over the world no.1 Wanhao Zou of China. This was the second meeting between the two and both the times Aman came out as a winner.

Kalinga Super Cup: Jamshedpur FC starts the campaign with a 2-1 win over Northeast

Jamshedpur FC came from behind to take a 2-1 win over Northeast United FC in the group B clash at the Kalinga Super Cup. 

Second half goals from Daniel Chukwu and Steve Ambri pulls out all 3 points from the Northeast hand after trailing 0-1 at half-time.

Zagreb Open Ranking series: Aman Sehrawat into the Gold Medal match

Aman Sehrawat into the Gold medal match against China's Wanhao Zou in the men's 57 KG category at the Zagreb Open Ranking Series.

He won his semi-final bout with technical superiority (11-0) against Roberti Dingashvili of Georgia. The final will take place at 11:00 PM IST later today.

IWL: Pyari Xaxa's goal gave Odisha FC their fourth straight-win in the Season

Odisha FC registered a slender 1-0 victory over the HOPS FC to Kickstart the matchweek-5 at the Bhuvneshwar Football Academy, Odisha.

This is their fourth Consecutive win with fourth back-to back clean sheet. Pyari Xaxa scored the only goal of the match.

Kalinga Super Cup: Kerala Blasters FC takes a 3-1 victory over Shillong Lajong

The Group B starts with a high scoring match where Kerala blasters takes a 3-1 victory over the I-League side Shillong Lajong.

Kwame Peprah of Ghana scores a brace while the youngster Mohammed Aimen scores the final goal to confirm the three points for the team.

26-member Indian men's hockey team announced for four nations tournament

India has picked a big squad for the men's Four-Nation hockey tour of South Africa this month to check out as many players as possible in the crucial Olympic year.

The tournament will be played in Cape Town, South Africa starting 22nd January 2024 and it will feature France, Netherlands, India, and hosts South Africa.

The Indian Team will be led by Harmanpreet Singh and FIH Player of the Year winner Hardik Singh will shoulder the responsibilities of Vice Captain. Youngsters Araijeet Singh Hundal and Boby Singh Dhami have been included in the squad following an impressive outing with the Junior Indian side.

It will also mark the return of the former captain Manpreet Singh after a break.

REPORT

Zagreb Open Ranking Series: Aman into quarters of 57 KG with a 15-4 win

Aman Sehrawat takes a win on technical superiority (15-4) in the round of 16 match against Muhammet Karavus of Türkiye in the men's freestyle 57 Kg category at the Zagreb Open Wrestling Ranking Series.

Asian Shooting C'ships: Gold for Nancy and Elavanil takes silver in 10m air rifle

Gold-Silver double for Indian shooters at the Asian Shooting Championships at Jakarta, Indonesia. Nancy Takes gold with 252.8 beating home-compatriot Elavanil by the minimum possible margin of 0.1.

Mehuli Ghosh just missed out on a bronze medal and finished fourth with 210.

Malaysia Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag through to the second round with a straight-game win

Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty wins (21-18, 21-19) the first round clash against Bagas Maulana & Muhammad Fikri of Indonesia.

Australian Open 2024: Ankita Raina loses out in the second round of qualifiers

India no.1, Ankita Raina loses her second round clash with much higher-ranked 17-year old Sara Bejlek of Czech Republic in a straight-set encounter (1-6, 5-7) at the Australian open. 

Ankita makes a great comeback in the second-set after losing the first-set unanimously and broke Sara's service twice to take a lead of 4-0 but then she gave break on her service thrice and dropped the set 5-7.