Here at the ESPN daily blog, we bring you all the news from the dynamic world of Indian sports, from the wide variety of Olympic sports to franchise leagues.
March has plenty of sporting action taking place - which you can find listed out in ESPN India's sporting calendar.
Here are the key events from Wednesday, March 6:
Paris Olympics hockey schedule revealed
The Paris Olympics hockey schedule is out and Indian men's team start their campaign against New Zealand on July 27.
They will play Argentina on July 29, Ireland on the 30th, Belgium on August 1 and the final pool match is up against Australia on August 2.
The quarterfinals are scheduled on August 4, semifinal on August 6 and the final on August 8.
Indian men qualified to the Paris Games after winning gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games. In their last Olympics, the men's team won the bronze medal after beating Germany. The Indian women's team couldn't make it to the Olympics as they finished fourth in the Qualifiers earlier this year.
Boxing Olympic Qualifiers: India have a win, finally
After three days with zero victories, India finally have a win at the Boxing Olympic Qualifiers in Italy. Nishant Dev [71kg] has won his round of 64 bout against Great Britan's Lewis Richardson to become the first Indian boxer of these qualifiers to get past the first hurdle. So far, all five Indians who have been in action have lost in Round 1.
India already have four boxers who have sealed their Paris Olympics quotas: Nikhat Zareen [won quota by winning bronze at Asian Games], Lovlina Borgohain [silver at Asian Games], Preeti Pawar [bronze at Asian Games] and Parveen Hooda [bronze at Asian Games].
Nishant starts with a win in R6️⃣4️⃣ of the 1️⃣st Olympic qualifiers
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- Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) March 6, 2024
What's on today?
Badminton: The 2024 French Open's first round action continues. The big story is obviously PV Sindhu's return to the BWF World Tour, and she takes on Michelle Li of Canada. Also in the men's singles is Kidambi Srikanth who faces Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, with the Indian trailing 2-6 in their head-to-head. HS Prannoy also faces a player he has never beaten in two attempts, Lu Guang Zu of China. If both Indians do win, they set up an all-Indian clash against each other in the second round. Read more in ESPN's preview here.
ISL: FC Goa take on East Bengal in a clash that is pivotal for both the title race and the playoff spots.
PVL: Bengaluru Torpedoes face Calicut Heroes with both locked on 8 points and looking to go past the other in the standings.
Boxing: Indian boxers are in action at the Olympic qualifiers.
What happened yesterday?
Badminton: Satwik-Chirag, Treesa-Gayatri and Lakshya Sen all won their first round matches of the 2024 French Open, with Priyanshu Rajawat exiting after losing to top-seed Viktor Axelsen.
PVL: Delhi Toofans produced a superb comeback to defeat Kochi Blue Spikers 3-2 and climb to second in the standings.
Boxing: India's poor performance continued in the Olympic qualifiers, with Lakshya Chahar the latest to crash out, following Deepak Bhoria, Narender Berwal and Jaismine Lamboria.
You can find more details of yesterday's events, here.