The International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Monday named Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek as men’s and women’s singles World Champions of 2024 respectively in recognition of their performances at the Grand Slams and other top events last season.
“An excellent meeting with our Champions! Hosted the World Cup winning team at 7, LKM and had a memorable conversation on their experiences through the tournament,” PM Modi posted on his social media handle.
According to a source, the aircraft ferrying the Indian players, support staff, some players’ families, a few board officials along with members of the travelling media contingent, took off around 4.50am local time and will land in New Delhi on Thursday at around 6.20am IST.
India Open, the second tournament of the 2024 badminton season, offered qualifying ranking points to shuttlers for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The qualification window for badminton started on May 1 last year and will end on April 28 this year.
Men's cricket has World Champions in all three formats, a T20 World Cup and World Test Championships joining the ODI World Cup which started first way back in 1975.
World champions Iran completed their flawless run in the 2023 World Paravolley (WPV) Sitting Volleyball World Cup by defeating hosts Egypt 3-0, clinching the men's title.
After reaching SAI Centre, Bengaluru on 29th April, Fulton took stock of the team's fitness which has been a primary focus in their ascension in world ranking and Olympic success.
