Prakash

BWF World Tour
Super 100
Odisha Masters 2024
 
MS: - Rithvik defeated Tarun to win the title
WS: - Tanvi finish Runners Up

On Paper we should top the group and qualify but this year it's been horrible for team India.

ATP Tour
ATP 250
 
Hangzhou: - Jeevan/Vijay won the title
Chengdu: - Yuki/Albano finish Runners Up

AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 qualifiers
 
The India U20 squad:
 
Goalkeepers: Divyaj Dhaval Thakkar, Sahil, Priyansh Dubey.
 
Defenders: Pramveer, L Hemba Meetei, Ngangbam Surajkumar Singh, Malemngamba Singh Thokchom, Dhanajit Ashangbam, Manabir Basumatary, Thomas Cherian, Sonam Tsewang Lhokham.
 
Midfielders: Manjot Singh Dhami, Vanlalpeka Guite, Akash Tirkey, Ebindas Yesudasan, Ishaan Shishodia, Manglenthang Kipgen.
 
Forwards: Kelvin Singh Taorem, Korou Singh Thingujam, Monirul Molla, Thanglalsoun Gangte, Naoba Meitei Pangambam, Gwgwmsar Goyary.
 
Head coach: Ranjan Chaudhuri.
 
India's fixtures at AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers 2025 (all matches in Vientiane, Laos):
 
14:30 IST, September 25: Mongolia vs India
 
14:30 IST, September 27: India vs IR Iran
 
17:30 IST, September 29: India vs Laos

Follows up with a good Rd2 win to make it to the QF of the BWF 1000 event.

India beat China 1-0 in the finals to win Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2024.
 
This is India's 5th title win.

Indian squad for ISSF World Cup final 
 
October 13-18 , 2024 , New Delhi
 
Air Rifle Men: Divyansh Singh Panwar, Arjun Babuta
 
Air Rifle Women: Sonam Uttam Maskar, Tilottama Sen
 
50M Rifle 3P Men: Chain Singh, Akhil Sheoran
 
50M Rifle 3P Women: Ashi Chouksey, Nischal
 
Air Pistol Men: Arjun Singh Cheema, Varun Tomar
 
Air Pistol Women: Rhythm Sangwan, Surbhi Rao
 
25M Rapid Fire Pistol Men: Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu
 
25M Sports Pistol Women: Rhythm Sangwan, Simranpreet Kaur Brar
 
Trap Men: Vivaan Kapoor, Bhowneesh Mendiratta
 
Trap Women: Rajeshwari Kumari, Shreyasi Singh
 
Skeet Men: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmad Khan
 
Skeet Women: Ganemat Sekhon, Maheshwari Chauhan.
 
 
Manu Bhaker is on a 3 month break post Paris Olympics 2024

Good to see Indian women wrestlers like Sonam Malik and Priya Malik are training in Japan 

Indian football  team lost 0-3 to Syria in the Inter Continental football cup

Hi @Prashanth, @Prakash, @Roamingrover86, @Fly_like_a_don, @nitinsanker, @tirtha22, @sounak , @Indian Sports fan I have compiled points table based on Top 8 performance in each event where 1st place gets 10 points, 2nd gets 7 pts, 3rd gets 5, 4th gets 2.5, 5th gets 2,6th gets 1.5, 7th gets 1 and 8th gets 0.5 pts.
There is also number of participants per country in each event listed which is named 'Quota'. Qualified but non-participation is not included in Quota. 'Top 8' is the number of events a country finished in Top 8. Thus Conversion = Top 8 / Quota which implies Contingent quality.
I have also introduced a term called 'Normalized Points' which is Points / (Number of events in that sport). For example, if a country wins just 1 Gold in Archery, they will get 10 points but 10 points/ 5 events = 2 Normalized Points. This metric will be high for countries who earn points in multiple sports.
I have divided Aquatics events as 'Swimming', 'Water Polo' and 'Diving' otherwise 'Sport' can be defined as set of events governed by same federation

Salient Observations for India
1) India is 26th ranked in quotas earned and but 30th in Points and 28th in Normalized Points which means its a par performance by the contingent
2) We are 5th best nation in Shooting
3) In Asia, India is 4th in terms of quotas behind ( , , ) and 6th in terms of points (  ,  , ,  ,  )

Please give your opinions and feedback on this
Olympics_2024.xlsx

Big achievement from Neeraj , getting medals at consecutive Olympics shows how consistent he has been . Unfortunately this silver doesn’t bring happiness to me. As if we have lost! 

I hope we just carry forward this momentum in hockey. 2 medals back to back is a dream considering that I always wondered if I would get to see an Indian hockey olympic medal in my lifetime. I hope in LA we have a good mix of youth and experience to move forward from here.

beat  2-1 in Men's hockey bronze medal match.
 
India wins 🥉 

Antim Panghal deported from France after she smuggled her sister into the Games' village.

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/wrestling-paris-2024-olympics-antim-panghal-sister-games-village-9501463/

Honestly with this level of discipline I do not see our athletes achieving anything. It is as if they are on a vacation. During my college days I was even scared to smuggle my friends into my hostel room overnight and here they are smuggling people into a high security zone like the Games village.

No please! That is scary Did she really say that? Will she be targeting another Olympics? I hope we have better young archers to take her place in LA. 
London, Rio, Tokyo & Paris 4 Olympic & still she feels nervous , it won’t change . 

This is too harsh on our compatriot

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/vinesh-phogat-likely-to-be-disqualified-to-miss-paris-olympic-medal-9499953/
 
Vinesh is going to miss out on the medal! Potentially a gold one

2 big good news from neeraj and vinesh almost at the same time
 
We were waiting for this...hope this gets translated into big medals

Neeraj qualifies for the final in the first shot itself - 89.34m

Bang on...well said
 
May be little harsh on Lakshya considering he is the player who has played most singles matches in this olympics (total 7 matches) that too with tough opponents. Again i would say luck has not favoured him as he was unable to travel to canada due to visa problems resulting i his ranking outside 16 and tough draw.
 
But medal was there for taking to Lakshya...somehow suddenly he completely lost the plot in bronze medal match and also match with Axelsen...initially i thought Axelsen was too good and mentally strong but lakhsya had the meltdown in bronze medal match indicating that its more of Lakshya fault rather than his opponents doing the right things.
 
But no excuses at all for other players more particularly Satwik and chirag... they were fresh and they won 1st set and was leading in 2nd/3rd sets in QF and gave away the match to Malaysians (who won bronze) by doing silly mistakes in service returns.
 
They will realise (both Sat-Chi and Lakshya) how one earth they lost the opportunity to win olympic medal in such a tough sport like Badmintion.
 
Only good thing is age is on their side to correct the things and hopefully they go in the right way. 

Lets hope the medical team is at work and Nisha recovers well. 
 
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has formed a 13-member panel of sports science experts who will travel to Paris to offer health and wellness support to the travelling Indian athletes. Headed by Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), the group consists of two physicians, three injury management professionals, three sports physiotherapists, two sports masseuse, two mental conditioning experts, two nutritionists, and a sleep therapist.

The team will be stationed at the recovery centre in the Games Village, a first-of-its-kind 600 square feet facility that will be equipped with all the necessary recovery equipment.

“This is the first time that such a high-profile team of sports science experts will be accompanying the team at the Olympics. The recovery centre is another first. All top-performing nations such as the US, UK, and Japan have such a facility for their athletes,” a senior IOA official informed.
Nine of the 13 experts, including Dr Pardiwala, will have the accreditation to stay in the Athletes Village while the rest will stay outside. Those staying outside will operate on a day pass that will allow them access to the Village between 10am-5pm.
The recovery room will have two inflatable ice baths, each enough to accommodate six people, Normatec legs and arms (recovery suits), two cooling units, three recliners, six massage guns, compression wraps, among others.

Lakshya Sen adds another 4th place finish for India in this Olympics.
Lost against Zii Jia Lee 

I remember our previous encounter against  very clearly. It was in Olympics 2020 Team Qualification and we lost a close 3-2 to them. But the image of Daniela Dodean dancing over the the table after she Batra somehow remained etched in my mind. Glad we beat them

Skeet Mixed team
 
 qualifies for Bronze Medal match finishing 4th in the qualification.
 
Will fight with  

Skeet Mixed team
 
 qualifies for Bronze Medal match finishing 4th in the qualification.
 
Will fight with