Welcome to ESPN India’s daily blog, where we bring you all the news from the dynamic world of Indian sports: from the wide variety of Olympic sports to franchise leagues.
July has plenty of sporting action taking place (including the biggest event of them all, the 2024 Paris Olympics) – which you can find listed out in ESPN India’s sporting calendar.
What’s on today?
There’s not a whole lot going on today as India’s athletes continue to fine-tune their preparations for the Paris Olympics 2024. You can catch up on that via our stories:
Here’s the full list of India’s squad and the numbers that define the contingent.
Aside from that, here are India’s top 10 medal hopes and here’s a closer look at where their medals could be won or lost. Also, here’s a cheat sheet to prepare yourself for Olympic-centered conversation – How to sound like an expert when the Olympics is on ft. repechages, bogeys and ippons.
There’s also some background reading for Indian Olympic sports fans – The Indian pioneers whose Olympic glory opened doors for future champions and Every medal India has won at the Olympics.
What happened yesterday?
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Football: India remained in their lowly 124-ranked position in the FIFA Men’s Rankings, with no change in the latest rankings released yesterday.
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Football: Odisha FC were drawn with Jordanian and Singaporean opponents in the preliminary round of the AFC Women’s Champions League.
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Motorsports: Kavin Quintal to be first Indian rider to compete at World Superbike Championships.
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Tennis: Olympic-bound Indians Sumin Nagal and the men’s doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji suffered losses in the lead-up to Paris 2024.
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Golf: Shubhankar Sharma opened his campaign at the 152nd Open with a disastrous five-over 76.
You can find all the details of yesterday’s events here.