CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

The Paris Olympics 2024 kicked off on Friday with a grand opening ceremony on the banks of the Seine River. The matches will start from today. Indian players will challenge in seven events. 18 players will challenge in badminton, shooting, boxing, rowing, hockey, table tennis and tennis. At the same time, the Indian men's hockey team will also start its campaign against New Zealand in Pool-B.


Balraj Panwar will start the game

Balraj Panwar will start the game for India in the event starting at 12:30 pm. The Indian hockey team will start its campaign in the group-stage against New Zealand in the evening while Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and women's doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto will be in action in badminton. Indian players will try to open their account in shooting. Today, 10 meter air rifle mixed team qualification and medal matches will be played.

India's campaign will start through these games

At the same time, India will also start its campaign in tennis. Veteran player Rohan Bopanna will start his campaign with Sriram Balaji. The Indian pair will face Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabian Rebul of France in the opening round of men's doubles. Harmeet Desai will play in men's singles table tennis. In shooting, the qualification round for men's and women's 10 meter air pistol events will begin today. India's schedule on Saturday at Paris Olympics
Rowing: Men's single sculls heats - Panwar Balraj
Shooting: 10m air rifle mixed team qualification - Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal
Shooting medal match: 10m air rifle mixed team bronze and gold medal match
Shooting: 10m air pistol men qualification - Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh
Tennis: Men's doubles first round match - Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Rebul (France)
Shooting: 10m air pistol women qualification - Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan
Table tennis: Men's singles preliminary round - Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan)
Badminton group stage
Men's singles group match: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala)
Men's doubles group match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvi and Ronan Labar
Women's Doubles Group Match: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong

Hockey - India vs New Zealand Group Stage Match
Boxing: Women's 54kg Opening Round Bout - Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim En Wo