Indian Sports Calendar 2024: Events to watch in fourth week of January

Published at :January 22, 2024 at 3:48 AM

Modified at :January 22, 2024 at 3:53 AM

Sailing will have two Olympic qualification events this week.

Indian athletes will be excited to make an impression in this year’s international events ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024. Although a lot of qualifying events for some sports have concluded for the Summer Games, there are still numerous opportunities left for Indian sportspersons in the Indian Sports Calendar to book a berth for the Paris Olympics 2024.

Besides this, the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, and Hockey5s Men’s and Women’s World Cups are among the prominent non-Olympic events, being held in the fourth week of January.

Let’s take a look at the major sporting events to look out for in the Indian Sporting Calendar where Indian athletes will be in action in the coming week (January 22-28).

Major events to watch in fourth week of January in Indian Sports Calendar

Badminton

Post the India Open 2024, the BWF World Tour will move to Indonesia as the Indonesia Masters 2024 is slated from January 23 and will run until January 28 at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta. The Indian athletes who are listed to compete in this event are Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, HS Prannoy, Dhruv Kapila, and MR Arjun.

January 23-28: Indonesia Masters 2024

Cricket

The major cricket tournament being conducted in the fourth week of January is the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024. Since the tournament has begun, the Indian young guns will eye the nation’s sixth title. The Indian team, led by Uday Saharan, has been drawn into Group A, where they will compete against Ireland, Bangladesh, and the United States. After this, a super-six stage will be held, followed by the semifinals, and the final.

Meanwhile, the senior Indian cricket team will play England in a five-match test series, starting on January 25 and set to conclude on March 11. The last time these teams faced each other in a test series on Indian soil, England suffered a humiliating 1-3 loss to the home team.

January 19-11 February: ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024
January 25-29: India vs England (1st test in Hyderabad)

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Football

The Indian football team face Syria in their final group stage match at the AFC Asian Cup 2023. India have lost both of their previous Group B matches against Australia and Uzbekistan and find themselves at the bottom of the group and in a must-win situation.

January 12-10 February: AFC Asian Cup 2023
January 9-28: Kalinga Super Cup 2024

Hockey 5s

Both Indian men’s and women’s teams will feature in the inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey5s World Cup. The Indian men’s team has been drawn in Pool B, alongside Egypt, Switzerland, and Jamaica, while the draw has placed the women’s team in Pool C, with the USA, Poland, and Namibia. The format is such that the first two teams from each group will proceed to the quarterfinals.

January 24-27: Hockey5s Women’s World Cup
January 28-31: Hockey5s Men’s World Cup

Hockey

The Indian men’s hockey team will begin their preparations for the Paris Olympics 2024 with a friendly 4-Nation tournament in Cape town, South Africa. Apart from India and the hosts, France and World No. 1 Netherlands are part of the tournament.

India will begin the friendly tour against France on January 22nd (Monday). The Men in Blue will face France twice and South Africa and the Dutch side once each in the space of a week.

January 22-28: 4-Nation Friendly Tournament

Multi-sport

Among the biggest multi-sport events taking place in the third week of January is the Winter Youth Olympics 2024. The event kicked off on January 19 and is set to conclude on February 1 in Gangwon, South Korea. Alpine skier Sahil Thakur is India’s sole representative in the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics.

Concurrently, the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), the biggest annual national youth games in India, is being held in Chennai, which will feature some of the best young talents from the nation. Since the KIYG has given India some of its biggest superstars like Manu Bhaker, Manush Shah, Anshu Malik, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, and so on, it is certainly an event to watch out for.

January 19-1 February: Winter Youth Olympics 2024
January 19-31: Khelo India Youth Games 2023, Tamil Nadu

Sailing

The upcoming week will see two important sailing events – the ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships in Australia, and iQFOiL World Championships in Spain. Both events are crucial as there will be Paris Olympics 2024 quotas up for grabs in these competitions.

January 24-31: ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships
January 26-03 February: iQFOiL World Championships

Shooting

The Indian shooters will be aiming for a medal rush at the ISSF World Cup 2024 taking place in Cairo, Egypt. It is important to note that this event won’t be providing quota places for the Paris Olympics 2024.

January 24-01 February: ISSF World Cup Cairo 2024

Table Tennis

The WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 will witness some of the biggest table tennis stars from all over the world in action. The Indians who will be participating in the main draw as of now are Manika Batra (Women’s Singles), Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Sharath Kamal (Men’s Doubles), Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee (Women’s Doubles), and Manika and Sathiyan (Mixed Doubles).

January 23-28 WTT Star Contender 2024

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