Welcome to ESPN India’s daily blog, where we aim to bring you all the news from the dynamic world of Indian sports: from the wide variety of Olympic sports to franchise leagues.
July has plenty of sporting action taking place (including the biggest event of them all, the Paris Olympics) – which you can find listed out in ESPN India’s sporting calendar.
What’s on today?
Other than the chess, there’s not a whole lot going on today as India’s athletes continue to fine-tune their preparations for the Paris Olympics. Here’s what India’s top 10 medal hopes are up to and here’s our feature on Aman Sehrawat, the only Indian male wrestler to qualify for the Paris Games – Path to Paris: After takedown of his idol, Aman Sehrawat wants his Olympic medal
What happened yesterday?
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Chess: The Indian duo of Gukesh and Vidit got off to a poor start at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz in Croatia as they were placed at the bottom of the table at the end of round 1.
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Football: Mumbai City FC roped in Greek striker Nikolaos Karelis for the upcoming ISL season.
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Athletics: The Mission Olympic Cell cleared multiple proposals of athletes bound for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
You can find all the details of yesterday’s events, here.
