Indian Sports Highlights, December 5: India beat Korea at FIH Men's Junior World Cup

Men's Volleyball Club World Championships makes historic debut in Bengaluru

The IT city of Bengaluru is all-set to host the Men's Volleyball Club World Championships 2023. This is the first time in the history of Indian volleyball, that an event of this repute featuring some of the global stars of the game is being held in the country. Ahead of the five-day volleyball extravaganza that begins tomorrow at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium, representatives of all six teams and key organizers addressed a press conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Bengaluru

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Women's Junior Hockey World Cup: India win against New Zealand in penality shootout

India women's hockey team win against New Zealand in penality shootout after 3-3 draw in full time in 9-16 place playoff match in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup Chile 2023.

Ashwini Ponappa/Tanisha Crasto enter world top 30 in BWF Rankings

After a runner-up finish at the Syed Modi India International Super 300 tournament, the Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto jumped four places to reach world number 28 in the latest BWF rankings on Tuesday

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Dipa Karmakar eyes Paris Olympic berth after exclusion from Asian Games contingent

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar wants to put the disappointment of missing the Asian Games behind her and shift focus to preparation and earning a quota place for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dipa, who famously finished fourth in the 2016 Rio Olympics, was controversially excluded from the Indian contingent despite topping the selection trials held in Bhubaneswar in July.

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Men's Junior Hockey World Cup: India beat South Korea by 4-2

Indian men's junior hockey team started their campaign at Junior Hockey World cup 2023 with a solid 4-2 win over South Korea in the first match of the group stage.

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Junior World Boxing C’ships: India end impressive campaign with 17 medals

Young boxers Payal, Nisha and Akansha put up dominating performances to emerge champions at the 2023 IBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia as India concluded the impressive campaign with 17 medals.

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Volleyball Men's Club World C'ship 2023: Preview, Schedule and streaming info

Bengaluru will be the first Indian city to host the Men’s Club World Championship and the first in Asia to do it since 2012. Ahmedabad Defenders will represent the host nation after winning the domestic league season this year.

Ahmedabad Defenders are placed in Group A along with defending champion Italian club, Sir Safety Susa Perugia and a Brazilian club named as Minas Tenis Clube.

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WPL 2024: Smriti Mandhana bats for multi-city format

RCB women’s team captain and Indian women's cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana shared her perspectives on the potential impact of a multi-city format for the Women's Premier League (WPL) while speaking at the RCB Innovation Lab’s Leaders Meet India in Bengaluru last week.

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New Zealand Open: Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar win Round 1

Indian squash players Abhay Singh beat America's Andrew Douglas by 3-2 and Velavan Senthilkumar beat Malaysia's Shahjahan Khan by 3-2 in first round of New Zealand Open, a PSA World Tour Silver event.

Meet Samarjeet Singh Malhi, the coach who has ignited javelin throw’s silent revolution

Coach Samarjeet Singh Malhi, the coach of Kishore Kumar Jena and Shivpal Singh, attributed the noticeable shift in javelin throw in India to various aspects.

He emphasised that India’s rise in the sport is due to a substantial increase in the availability of javelins in the country, and the focus on providing scientific training to athletes which turned out to be a boon.

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