Indian Sports Calendar 2024: Events to watch in second week of February

The Indian Table Tennis will play for Paris Olympics qualification.

The second week of February has some interesting lineup of events in the Indian sports calendar. The badminton action will resume this week with the Badminton Asia Team Championships where the Indian men’s team will have expectations to do well due to the tag of the reigning Thomas Cup champions. The Indian Paddlers will look do well in the team event to qualify for the Paris Olympics. The Indian hockey teams will be in action in the FIH Pro League.

The major event this week will be the World Table Tennis Championships which will have Paris 2024 Quota at stake.

Here are the major events to watch in the second week of February in the Indian Sports Calendar (12-18 February).

Major events to watch in second of February in Indian Sports Calendar

Badminton

The Asian Continental team event will be happening in this week of February. The Thomas Cup winners, Indian men’s team, will try to win their first-ever team title at the Asian Championships.

• February 13-18: Badminton Asia Team Championships

Cricket

The Indian men’s cricket team will be continuing their ongoing bilateral series against England. After winning the second Test, India would want to continue the momentum in the third test.

• January 25-11 March: England tour of India (Ongoing)

Football

The Indian Super League 2023-24 returned to action on January 31 for the second half of the season. The league stage matches will continue until April 14, which will be followed by the knockout round.

• September 21-May: Indian Super League (Ongoing)
• October 28-27 March: I-League (Ongoing)
• January 20-April: 2nd Division I-League (Ongoing)
• December 8-24 March: Indian Women’s League (Ongoing)

Golf

The Saudi Arabia Ladies Open will be taking place in the second week of February. Eyes will be on Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar to do well.

• February 15-18: Saudi Arabia Ladies Open

Hockey

The hockey action will continue as India will be in action in the FIH Pro League. Indian women’s hockey team are returning to the FIH Pro League after a year’s gap at the and would like to show to the world what they are capable of after missing the Olympic qualification. The men’s team would like to do well as this will give the coaches a clear picture of where the team stands before the Olympics.

• February 3-17: Women’s FIH Pro League (Ongoing)
• February 10-25: Men’s FIH Pro League (Ongoing)

Shooting

The Indian shooters would like to do well at the ISSF World Cup to get some confidence before the Paris Olympics.

• February 10-18: ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol, Granada

Swimming

The Indian Swimmers will be in action in the Aquatics World Championships. Some big names are missing at the World Championships. However, India has sent 15-member squad for the competition. The swimmers will look to improve their national records.

• February 2-18: World Aquatics Championships (Ongoing)

Table Tennis

This will be the most important event of February. The Team World Championships will offer an Olympic Quota place. The top eight teams who haven’t qualified for the Olympics so far will book the quota place in the Paris Olympics. Both the Indian men and women’s teams would like to do well at the upcoming championships. The Women paddlers have been performing well at the Contenders and should book the spot for the Olympics.

• February 16-25: World Team Table Tennis Championships

Tennis

After the Chennai Open, the Caravan will move to Bengaluru for the second challenger event of this Indian leg.

• February 12-18: Bengaluru Open

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