Another exciting month of sports ahead of us. The Paris Olympics is fast approaching and we are going to see a lot of qualifying events in the months ahead…

Cricket

Men: England will close out their tour of India with the fifth & final test in Dharmshala between 7-11 March. Post that, IPL will start on 22nd March.

Women: The 2024 Women’s IPL will go on till 17th March.

Badminton

The first European leg of BWF World Tour 2024 will take place. Many tournaments scheduled.

German Open (BWF 300): 27 Feb – 3 Mar
French Open (BWF 750): 5-10 Mar
Orleans Masters (BWF 300): 12-17 Mar
All England Open Badminton Championships (BWF 1000): 12-17 Mar
Swiss Open (BWF 300): 19-24 Mar
Madrid Spain Masters (BWF 300): 26-31 Mar

Huge opportunity for Indian players in March to get crucial Olympic ranking points.

Table Tennis

2 big events scheduled on the World Table Tennis tour.

WTT Singapore Smash: 7-17 March
WTT Champions Incheon: 27-31 March

Tennis

Two 1000 Master tournaments are scheduled in March. Players to watch out: Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal

4-11 Mar: Indian Wells Open
18-25 Mar: Miami Open

Athletics

2024 World Indoor Athletics Championships will take place between 1-3 March in Glasgow.

Football

After a disappointing performance at Asia Cup, Indian Men’s football team will resume their FIFA 2026 World Cup qualification campaign.

21 Mar: Afghanistan v India
26 Mar: India v Afghanistan

Artistic Gymnastics

The 3rd World Cup in the 2024 FIG World Cup series will be held in Baku between 7-10 March.

Track Cycling

UCI Track Nations Cup event is scheduled in Hong Kong between 15-17 March.

Boxing

The first World Qualification event is scheduled in Italy between 29 Feb and 12 Mar. Olympic quotas are going to be given at this tournament.

Check out Boxing Qualification system here: https://thesportsgram.in/2022/04/10/road-to-paris-2024-boxing/

Fencing

The Olympic quotas based on ranking will be given basis ranking on 1st April. So March will be the last month to get ranking points for Indian fencers. Lots of tournaments scheduled.

Sabre Greece World Cup: 1-2 March
Epee Hungary Grand Prix: 8-10 March
Sabre Belgium World Cup: 15-16 March
Epee China World Cup: 22-23 March

Golf

Women’s World Golf Championship will take place in Singapore between 29 February – 3 March. Aditi Ashok will be representing India.

On the European DP World Tour, Indian Open is scheduled in Gurugram between 28-31 March.

Taekwondo

2024 Asian qualification tournament for Paris Olympics to be held in China on 15-16 March.

Basketball

FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup will be held in Singapore between 27-31 March. Both Indian Men’s & Women’s team will take part.

Lots of action to look forward to in March.

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