Paris Olympics: Former coach Rahul Dravid reached the stadium to watch India’s hockey match, photos went viral
Recently, under the coaching of Dravid, Team India won the T20 World Cup. Rahul Dravid (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former Indian cricket team’s legendary player and coach Rahul Dravid has arrived to watch the Indian team’s hockey match at the Paris Olympics. The photo of Dravid watching the match has gone viral on social media in no time. It is worth mentioning that in the Hockey Men’s Tournament, a match was seen between India and Argentina, which is also a pool. Also, let us tell you that there was no result of this match. Both the teams played a draw with 1-1 goals, but when Dravid came to watch the match of the Indian men’s hockey team, he stole the show. If we give you information about the hockey match, then India was trailing in the game till the 58th minute before Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal on a penalty corner. Lucas Martinez scored the first goal for Argentina in the 22nd minute. India remain third in the six-team Pool B with four points from two matches. Belgium and Australia are first and second respectively, while Argentina are fourth. India need to finish in the top 4 in Pool B to enter the quarter-finals. See this viral photo of Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid in house for Hockey Match 🇮🇳♥️ pic.twitter.com/UJ17wPoafB — The Khel India (@TheKhelIndia) July 29, 2024 Team India won the T20 World Cup under the coaching of Dravid It is worth noting that about 1 month ago, the Indian cricket team won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup under the coaching of Rahul Dravid. India won the T20 World Cup final against South Africa by 7 runs. This was the second time that India won the ICC T20 World Cup. And with this victory, Dravid’s coaching tenure with Team India also ended.
Olympic Games Paris 2024: Paris Olympics will start from tomorrow, know when is India’s first cricket match?
Cricket has not been added to the Olympics this time. Cricket lovers will have to wait till the Los Angeles 2028 Games to watch their favorite sport. Team India (Image Credit- Twitter X) Olympic Games Paris 2024: Paris Olympics 2024 is starting from July 26. Indian athletes are once again ready to win medals in the Olympics. 117 Indian athletes are participating in the Paris Olympics. India’s badminton, boxing, table tennis, shooting, sailing, hockey and tennis teams will take the field on July 27. Fans will once again expect medals from talented athletes like Neeraj Chopra. India won a total of 7 medals in the last Tokyo Olympics. This time Indian athletes are eyeing to increase the number of medals. When is the cricket match in Paris Olympics? Sadly, cricket has not been included in the Olympics this time. Cricket lovers will have to wait till the Los Angeles 2028 Games to watch their favourite sport. Why is cricket not part of the Paris 2024 Olympics? In fact, the sports were approved for the Paris 2024 Olympics at the 134th IOC session held in Lausanne, Switzerland in June 2019. In which cricket was not among the proposed sports. It is worth noting that cricket made a comeback in the Olympics after 24 years in the Commonwealth Games 2022. But now cricket will be played in T20 format in LA 2028, which will include both men’s and women’s competitions. Paris 2024 Olympics Schedule: India’s full schedule, dates and times for all sports? dated game Time (according to Indian Standard Time) 25th July Archery (Ranking Round) at 1 p.m. 26th July , , 27th July Badminton (Group Matches) From 12.50 p.m. Rowing From 12.30 p.m. Shooting From 12.30 p.m. Boxing (R32) From 7pm Hockey (India vs New Zealand) at 9 pm Table Tennis From 6.30pm Tennis (R1) From 5.30pm 28th July Archery (Team Medal Match) from 1 p.m. Badminton from 12 noon Boxing (R32) From 2.46 p.m. Rowing From 1.06 p.m. Shooting (medal matches) From 1.06 p.m. For swimming From 2.30 p.m. Table Tennis (R62) From 1.30 p.m. Tennis (R1) From 3.30 p.m. 29 July Archery (Team Medal Match) from 1 p.m. Badminton From 1.40 p.m. Hockey (India vs Argentina) 4.15 pm Rowing From 01.00 p.m. Shooting From 12.45 p.m. Table Tennis (R32) From 1.30 p.m. Tennis (R2) 30th July Swimming (medal matches) At 12:52 p.m. Archery From 03.30 p.m. Badminton From 12:00 noon Boxing From 02.30 p.m. Horse riding From 02.30 p.m. Hockey (India vs Ireland) 4.45 pm Rowing From 01.40 p.m. Shooting (medal matches) From 01.00 p.m. Table Tennis (R32) From 01.00 p.m. Tennis (R2) From 03.30 p.m. 1st August Archery from 1 p.m. Exercise from 11 p.m. Badminton from 12 noon Boxing From 03.30 p.m. Golf From 12.30 p.m. Hockey (India vs Belgium) 03.30 PM Rowing From 01.20 p.m. sail From 03.30 p.m. Shooting (medal matches) from 1 p.m. Table Tennis From 01.30 p.m. Tennis From 03.30 p.m. 2 August Archery from 1 p.m. Exercise from 9.30 p.m. Badminton (Semi-finals) from 12 noon Boxing From 7pm Golf From…
Paris Olympics 2024: Jai Shah’s big announcement, BCCI will give Rs 8.5 crore for Indian athletes
The 2024 Paris Olympics begins on July 26 and will be played till August 11. Jay Shah (Image Credit- Twitter X) Today, on 21st July, Board of Control for Cricket in India Secretary Jay Shah has taken a big step to support the Indian athletes of the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. Let us tell you, the 2024 Paris Olympics is starting from 26th July and it will be played till 11th August. Many Indian athletes will be seen performing brilliantly in many different sports in this great tournament. Jai Shah has announced on his official social media account that the Board of Control for Cricket in India will give Rs 8.5 crore to the IOA to support all the Indian players participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics so that all the athletes do not face any kind of problem. Jai Shah wrote on his official social media account, ‘I am proud to announce that the Board of Control for Cricket in India will support our incredible athletes representing India at the 2024 Paris Olympics. We are donating Rs 8.5 crore to the IOA for the campaign. I appeal to all the athletes to take India to even greater heights.’ Here is the tweet of BCCI secretary Jay Shah: I am proud to announce that the @BCCI will be supporting our incredible athletes representing #India at the 2024 Paris Olympics. We are providing INR 8.5 Crores to the IOA for the campaign. To our entire contingent, we wish you the very best. Make India proud! Jai Hind! … — Jay Shah (@JayShah) July 21, 2024 Let us tell you that this time 117 players from India will participate in Paris Olympics. Apart from this, the Sports Ministry has also approved 140 members of the support staff, which includes sports officials. 72 members of the support staff have been approved at government expense. Paris Olympics will start on 26 July and will continue till 11 August. 119 players from India participated in the Tokyo Olympics, who won 7 medals. This includes Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold medal in javelin throw. Of the players who qualified for the Paris Olympics, only shot put athlete Abha Khatua’s name is not in the list. In the list of players, the maximum number of 29 (11 women and 18 men) players are from athletics. They are followed by shooting (21) and hockey (19). 8 players from India will participate in table tennis, while 7 players including two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will participate in badminton. Wrestling (6), Archery (6) and Boxing (6) will have 6 players each competing in the Olympics. This is followed by Golf (4), Tennis (3), Swimming (2), Sailing (2). One player each will participate in Equestrian, Judo, Rowing and Weightlifting. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of…