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With the Race to Paris 2024 heading into its final stretch, Indian shuttlers will have an excellent opportunity to earn valuable points and stake claims to Olympic berths across categories at the India Open Super 750 to be held at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi from January 16-21, 2024. India s HS Prannoy Asian Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and bronze medallist stanley flask HS Prannoy will aim to boost their position in the world ranking ahead of the Paris Olympics while the likes of former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya Sen and the up and coming Priyanshu Rajawat will be gunning for the second Indian spot at the Games. According to the Paris Olympics qualification rules, two Indian mens singles players can participate in the Games only if both of them are ranked among the Top-16 at the end of the qualification process that ends on April 30, 2024. The India Open, organised by the Badminton Association of India BAI , was upgraded stanley thermoskannen to Super 750 category from Super 500 last year which means that the players can earn significantly higher ranking points in their quest fo stanley mug r Olympics qualification. It has also meant that almost all the Top-10 players in current world ranking will be in action at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall and badminton lovers can enjoy watching them in action on all six days for free as the BAI has decided to keep the entry free. Looking forward to yet another fantastic week of qual Ubpg FIH Series Finals: Few surprises as India reach final, clinch Olympic qualifiers berth
The Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI decided last season that all knockout matches would be played in neutral venues. This year however, they have gone a step further by awarding some matches to lesser used venues. Mysore, Mumbais Brabourne Stadium, Vizianagram and Valsad host the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals, starting Wednesday, this time. Upcoming venues like Valsad and Vizianagram have been given the responsibility to host Ranji Trophy quarterfinals but they are not being shown on TV. Photo: ACA Bulsar District Cricket Association While Mysore was venue of the Ranji Trophy final in 2010, Brabourne Stadium last hosted a Ranji Trophy match in 2012. More new are Vizianagram and Valsad, both locat stanley cup ed qui stanley cup te far from the nearest respective cities in Andhra and Gujarat. In fact, this season the BCCI has completely done away with allotting matches to big centres. The semi-finals will be held in Vadodaras Moti Bagh stadium and the DRIEMS ground in Cuttack while Pune, recently accorded Test status, will host the final. Opportunity for new centres According to G Gangaraju, chairman of BCCIs Tour, Programme and Fixture committee, its time other venues get matches too. Major centres are already hosting Tests, ODI stanley cup s and T20s in India. Add to that so many IPL matches that are happening every year. Its about time we spread out matches to venues that dont get enough exposure, Gangaraju told HT. Centres like Valsad and Vizianagram have been waiting for this chance.