Indian Sports Highlights, January 9: Mohun Bagan SG starts the campaign with a 2-1 win at Kalinga Super cup

Indian team for Badminton Asia Team Championships announced

A 20-member Indian badminton team, led by HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu, for the upcoming Badminton Asia Team Championships, was announced by the Badminton Association of India on Tuesday. The Indian team will be participating in the team championships from February 13 to February 18 in Shah Alam, Malaysia.

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WTT Star Contender: Yashaswini/Sreeja upsets Manika/Archana in women doubles

Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sreeja Akula upsets the experienced and fourth seeded home-compatriot Manika Batra and Archana Kamath at WTT star contender, qatar and qualified to the main draw.

They takes a 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5) victory to confirm their place in the next round.

Malaysia Open 2024: Kidambi Srikanth upsets Jonatan Christie in the first round!

Kidambi Srikanth starts the new year with an upset. He wins (12-21, 21-18, 21-16) against world no.5 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the first round of Malaysia open 2024.

He makes a remarkable comeback after dropping the first set, he wins two back to back set to confirm his second round clash with Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong.

World ILCA6 C'ships : Nethra Kumanan is 6th in race to paris after 7 races

Indian Sailor Nethra Kumanan going strong at the World ILCA6 championships 2024. She is currently sitting on 6th place in race to Paris rankings, top 7 will get a quota from the event.

She can win the quota if maintain the position with final few races left. The final race will take place tomorrow. She has 122 net points after 7 races including a second place finish in the race-5.

Australian Open qualifiers: Ankita Raina wins the first round match

Ankita Raina started her Australian Open qualifying round campaign with an impressive (6-4, 5-7, 7-6) victory over higher seeded Spanish player Bouzas Maneiro in the first round.

Malaysia Open 2024: Aakarshi Kashyap loses out in the first round

Aakarshi Kashyap loses out  ( 15-21, 15-21) in the first round of Malaysia open Super 1000 event against world no.17 Zhang Yi Man of China.

She was India's lone representative in women's Singles category after the absence of PV Sindhu, who withdraws from the tournament due to injury.

Asian Shooting C'Ships: Gold for 10m Rifle Mixed team beating Chinese pair in final

Rudrankksh Patil and Mehuli Ghosh takes gold medal in 10m air rifle Mixed team beating the Chinese team in the gold medal match.

This is the first gold medal from the event in the rifle category for India after 4 golds in Pistol yesterday.

What to follow today?

Kalinga Super Cup will start with group A matches, East Bengal and Hyderabad FC will play at 2 PM IST while Mohun Bagan will go head-on against I-League side Sreenidi Deccan at 7:30 PM IST

In PKL, Bengal Warriors will face bottom-placed Telugu Titans at 8 PM IST. 

Indian rifle and pistol mixed team matches will take place at the Asian Rifle & Pistol championships.

At the WTT Star Contender in Doha, Indian paddlers will be in action. The qualification rounds will continue on Tuesday.

Ashwini-Tanisha and Srikanth Kidambi will start their Malaysia Open Campaign with first round clashes.

What happened on January 8?

Shooter Varun Tomar won gold and secured India's 14th Paris Olympic quota place in shooting, winning the 10m Air Pistol Men at the Asian Olympic Qualification event in Jakarta.

Esha Singh stormed past her Pakistani opponent to bag gold. With this gold, Esha secured a quota spot for India in the Paris Olympics in the women's 10m Air Pistol event.

Clifford Miranda will be in charge of the Mohun Bagan Super Giant at the start of the Kalinga Super Cup in Bhubaneswar. Miranda joined MBSG as an assistant coach in August 2023.

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Mario Barco scored a brace to help Inter Kashi thrash Rajasthan United FC 5-0 and qualify for the Kalinga Super Cup 2024 group stage at the Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 in Bhubaneswar - REPORT