Indian Sports in 2023: Major events to look forward to in March

Hockey and Badminton are some of the top sports that will take place this month.

For Indians, Badminton will be the most active sport in March with five events set to take place (in Europe and Asia). India will be hosting the women’s world boxing championships for the third time. BFI (Boxing Federation of India) appointed a new head coach ahead of the prestigious event. After a disappointing end to the men’s hockey world cup, India will be hosting Australia and Germany for the Pro League matches in Rourkela.

Badminton

After a break of one month, the BWF tour shifts to Europe and resumes with the BWF 300 German Open. This will be the precursor event to the All England Badminton Championships. A total of five events are set to take place. Also, players will look to start their preparations and maintain momentum going into the Olympic Qualifying year starting in April.

07 March-12 March - German Open (BWF300)

14 March -19 March - All England Badminton Championships (BWF1000)

14 March -19 March - China Masters (BWF100)

21 March - 26 March - Swiss Open (BWF300)

28 March - 02 April - Spain Masters (BWF300)

Boxing

India will host the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship for the third time (after 2006 and 2018) in New Delhi. Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen will be back in action along with other experienced boxers. This will be the first event where the digital evaluation and bout review will be introduced.

15 March -31 March - IBA women’s boxing championships, New Delhi

Fencing

Top Indian fencers in the sport - Bhavani Devi, Karan Singh, and Udaivir Singh will be in action in the respective events in March.

03 March - 05 March - Coupe de Monde, Greece (Sabre)

02 March - 04 March - Trophee Luxardo, Italy (Sabre)

10 March - Westend Grand Prix, Hungary (Epee)

Table Tennis

Top Indian paddlers after taking part in the WTT Star Contender Goa will head straight to Singapore to take part in the prestigious Singapore Smash tournament.

07 March- 19 March - Singapore Smash

Men’s Singles

Main Draw - Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sarath Kamal

Qualifying Draw - Manush Utpal Shah, Manav Vikas Thakkar, Snehit Suravajjula, and Harmeet Desai

Women’s Singles

Main Draw - Manika Batra

Qualifying Draw - Sreeja Akula, Archana Girish Kamath, Reeth Tennison, Diya Chitale, and Ayhika Mukherjee

Men’s Doubles

Manav Thakkar/Harmeet Desai

Women’s Doubles

Manika Batra/Archana Girish Kamath

Mixed Doubles

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Manika Batra 

Tennis

27 February - 05 March - ATP 250 Santiago Open

27 February - 05 March - ATP 500 Dubai Open

Judo

11 Indian athletes are set to take part in the Judo Grand Slam to be held in Tashkent. 

Men’s

Vijay Kumar (60kg), Nitin Chauhan (66kg), Mohit Sehrawat (81kg), Avtar Singh (100kg), Yash Ganghas (+100kg)

Women’s

Shraddha Kadhubal (48kg), Suchika Tariyal (57kg), Mourya Yamini (57kg), Himanshi Tokas (63kg), Unnati Sharma (63kg), Inunganbi (70kg)

03 March- 05 March - Tashkent Grand Slam

Hockey

India will be taking on world champions Germany along with Australia in the home leg of the Men’s Hockey Pro League. This will be India’s first international match since the World Cup. India has played four matches and is currently placed in the second spot with eight points.

Men’s Hockey Pro League, Rourkela

10 March - India vs Germany

12 March - India vs Australia 

13 March - India vs Germany

15 March - India vs Australia

Squash

02 March - Squash Platinum event Cairo

Archery

14 March - Asia Cup, Chinese Taipei

Shooting

01 March -10 March - Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup 2023

04 March - 13 March - Shotgun World Cup

25 March - 03 April - Shotgun World Cup

Wrestling

TBC - Asian Women's Wrestling Championships