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Here at the ESPN daily blog, we bring you all the news from the dynamic world of Indian sports: a one-stop shop for everything to do with the wide variety of Olympic sports and franchise leagues.
February has plenty of prominent events taking place – which you can find listed out in ESPN India’s sporting calendar.
India lose to Australia 3-0
The Indian women’s hockey team lost their third straight match, this time going down to Australia 3-0 in their FIH Pro League. Weeks after failing to qualify for the Paris Olympics, there was more disappointment in store for Janneke Schopman and team as their poor run of form continues.
Bengaluru FC climb to 6th spot with win against Chennaiyin FC
Bengaluru FC sealed a 1-0 victory over Chennaiyin FC at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. A second-half strike by Ryan Williams was enough for Gerard Zaragoza as he scored the lone goal for the winning side in the 62nd minute of the match.. The win helped them climb to the 6th spot from 11.
Amit Panghal and Akash move into quarters at 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament
Amit Panghal, Akash and Abhimanyu moved into the quarter-final of the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The quarter-final action will start on Thursday. Nikhat Zareen (50kg) will be up against Lkhadiri Wassila of France, Sakshi (57kg) will face Mamajonova Khumorabonu of Uzbekistan and Arundhati Choudhary (66kg) will square off against Matovic Milena of Serbia. Jugnoo (86kg) and Sagar (+92kg) will take on Uzbekistan’s Djalolov Samandar and Zokirov Jakhongir respectively. Naveen (92kg) will also have his quarter-finals bout tomorrow depending on his round of 16 match result tonight.
The Strandja Memorial Tournament is one of Europe’s oldest international sports competition
What’s in store today?
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Hockey: Indian women’s team play Australia in FIH Pro League.
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Football: In the ISL, Bengaluru FC face Chennaiyin FC
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Kabaddi: The Delhi leg of PKL 10 continues at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex.
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Shooting: The ISSF World Cup Shotgun is underway in Rabat, Morocco.
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Boxing: Indian boxers will be in action at the Strandja Memorial Tournament.
What happened yesterday?
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India hockey player Varun Kumar accused of rape, booked under POCSO act
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PKL: Tamil Thalaivas beat UP Yoddhas
You can check all the details of yesterday’s news events here
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