The Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2026 is set for a significant upgrade in 2026, with India’s premier international badminton tournament moving to the iconic Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. Scheduled from January 13 to 18, the Super 750 event will now be staged at a venue that not only carries historical weight in Indian…
For years, the Indian women’s cricket team was the side that came agonisingly close but never quite crossed the line. They reached the World Cup final in 2005 and lost. In 2017, they were leading comfortably, only to collapse and lose by just nine runs. There were also several heartbreaking semi-final exits. They were labelled…
The Asian men’s 4x100m relay landscape shifted decisively in 2025. What once constituted medal-winning territory in the low 39-second range is no longer sufficient. Across major championships and regional meets, the standard has moved sharply into the mid-38s, creating what can best be described as the “sub-38.50 imperative” for any team with podium ambitions at…
The race to secure the final berths at the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 has officially taken shape, with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirming that Chile, Egypt and India will host the decisive World Cup Qualifiers next year. These tournaments, which represent the last phase of qualification, will be staged in Santiago (Chile), Ismailia…
Manprit Sarkaria’s career arc is a study in rise, reinvention, and sudden uncertainty. Born in Vienna on 26 August 1996, the Austrian international is one of the most recognisable Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) in European football, with roots tracing back to Amritsar, Punjab. Over the past decade, Sarkaria carved out a reputation as a…
The Tennis Premier League (TPL), powered by Clear Premium Water, is all set to return with its seventh consecutive season from December 9 to 14 at the Gujarat University Tennis Stadium in Ahmedabad. With seven editions completed, TPL now stands as only the fourth sports league in India to achieve this milestone, underlining its growing…
Indian taekwondo witnessed a landmark moment as Ankit Mer capped a sensational campaign with a silver medal in the men’s 54 kg category at the U21 World Taekwondo Championships. Entering the tournament as the 16th seed, Ankit produced one upset after another, advancing all the way to the final and recording one of the most…
The Indian Junior Men’s Hockey Team produced a performance of grit and composure to defeat Belgium 2–2 (4–3 SO) in a pulsating quarterfinal at the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 in Chennai on Thursday. In front of a vocal home crowd, India held their nerve in a tense shootout to book…
The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team is set to begin its journey at the FIH Junior Women’s World Cup 2025, with their opening match against Namibia on 1 December at the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped in Estadio Nacional, Chile. The squad, led by captain Jyoti Singh, enters the tournament with a blend of confidence,…
Digvijay Pratap Singh capped off a rewarding two-week stretch on the ITF World Tennis Tour with the biggest title of his career so far, winning the M25 Bhopal crown after a gritty comeback victory over compatriot Nitin Kumar Sinha. For a player returning from injury and fighting to rebuild momentum, this triumph is not just…
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand reaffirmed their status as India’s most consistent women’s doubles pair on the BWF World Tour, successfully defending their Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300 title with a gritty 17–21, 21–13, 21–15 victory over Japan’s Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe in Lucknow. For the second straight year, the Indian duo…
In a performance that showcased composure, grit and world-class shot making, Reigning Cadet Asian Champion Divyanshi Bhowmick marched into the semifinals of the ITTF Youth World Table Tennis Championships 2025 in the U15 Girls’ Singles category, defeating Japan’s Kokomi Ishida 4–2 in a thrilling quarterfinal. The victory not only confirmed her spot among the world’s…
Teenage sensation Tanvi Sharma continued her remarkable run at the Syed Modi International Super 300, storming into the women’s singles semifinals and reinforcing her status as one of India’s most exciting emerging talents. On a day filled with contrasting fortunes for top seeds, Unnati Hooda battled her way through a three-game thriller, while Singapore’s men’s…
From stunning the world with a historic 4x400m relay run to clocking some of India’s fastest 400m times in recent seasons, Rajesh Ramesh has become a household name in Indian athletics. A key member of the team that rewrote the Asian record at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Rajesh has steadily risen from being just…
In what marks one of the most significant developments in Indian basketball history, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and ACG Sports Pvt. Ltd. have officially launched the country’s first dedicated residential Basketball High Performance Centre (HPC) in Bengaluru. The announcement comes as a precursor to the India Basketball League (IBL) India’s first professional basketball…
In the churn of the ATP Challenger Tour, where raw potential meets hardened experience every single week, Aryan Shah’s three-set loss to Marc Polmans in Brisbane will feel like a gut punch. Not because he was outclassed far from it but because he had the match in his hands before it slipped away in a…
India enjoyed a dominant day in the Compound Women individual event at the Asian Archery Championships, with Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prathika Pradeep both advancing to the semifinals after strong and composed performances across their knockout matches. With four Indians in the elimination rounds and two entering the final four, this was one of India’s…
The Asian archery season reaches its peak this week as the 24th Asian Archery Championships 2025 unfolds from 9–14 November in Dhaka, Bangladesh, bringing together a powerful field featuring Olympic medallists, world champions and rising continental stars. With 207 archers from 29 nations competing across 10 events, the continental championships promise a high-intensity showdown between…
When the first Women Cricket World Cup was held in 1973, two years before the men’s edition even began, few could have imagined the global phenomenon the tournament would become. What started as a modest, pioneering competition in England has grown into a celebrated global spectacle a platform that has produced legends, rivalries, and moments…
When the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) released its finalized Olympic bodyweight categories for Los Angeles 2028, the ripple effect was immediate and in India, it hit hardest for one of the sport’s most beloved figures. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, India’s Tokyo 2020 silver medallist and former world champion, now faces perhaps the most formidable challenge of…
Indian volleyball stands at the edge of an institutional collapse. What should have been a year of rebuilding after years of suspension and international exclusion has instead turned into a full-blown governance disaster. The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) responsible for managing the sport at every level is now paralyzed by internal conflict, bureaucratic negligence,…
The 27th Taekwondo World Championships, held in Wuxi, China (October 24–30, 2025), brought together nearly a thousand athletes from 179 nations. For India, the event offered mixed signals flashes of promise in individual performances but also a glaring reminder of the structural chasm separating the national program from the world’s elite. India’s contingent, comprising 16…
At just 14 years old, Shreya Krishna Lakshminarayanan has become one of India’s most exciting youth athletes across any sport not on a track or court, but on the open sea. Her Bronze medal at the Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championship 2025 in Oman, where she also placed ninth overall among 170 sailors, has confirmed…
India Women at the 4th Women’s Baseball Asia Cup bowed out in the group stage after four straight defeats 0–10 vs Chinese Taipei, 3–6 vs Thailand, 1–11 vs Hong Kong, and 5–23 vs hosts China. The results underscored a growing truth about Indian women’s baseball: while the nation dominates the developing tier of Asian competition,…
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India’s women’s singles contingent enjoyed a strong opening at the Hylo Open 2025 in Germany, with Unnati Hooda, Rakshita Santosh Ramraj, and Shriyanshi Valishetty advancing to the Round of 16 after impressive straight-game victories. Their progress highlighted a promising day for Indian badminton, with a mix of youthful aggression and tactical maturity on display. The…
The AIFF Super Cup 2025–26 is fast becoming the proving ground for Indian football’s hierarchy. Bringing together 13 Indian Super League (ISL) teams and three top I-League clubs, the competition offers not just prestige, but a direct AFC Champions League Two playoff berth for the eventual winner. With its unforgiving format only group winners progress…
India’s young shuttlers delivered a historic performance at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Championships 2025, clinching two golds, one silver, and two bronzes the country’s best-ever medal haul at the continental junior event. On a memorable Sunday in Chengdu, Shaina Manimuthu and Diksha Sudhakar produced stunning performances in their respective finals to secure the…
It wasn’t the homecoming Clifford Miranda had envisioned. Returning to Goa as the head coach of an all-Indian Chennaiyin FC, Miranda’s first Super Cup assignment ended in disappointment as Mohun Bagan Super Giant powered by a Jamie Maclaren brace, secured a comfortable 2-0 win at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on a rain-drenched Saturday night….
India’s sprinting future found a new name to celebrate as Bhumika Nehate scripted history by clinching the bronze medal in the women’s 200m at the 2025 Asian Youth Games. Clocking a personal best of 24.43 seconds, the young sprinter became the first Indian ever to win a medal in the 200m event at the continental…
India’s sporting landscape is set for a historic transformation with the Pune Grand Tour (PGT) 2026 earning Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Class 2.2 status, marking the country’s entry into the global professional cycling calendar. Scheduled from January 19 to 23, 2026, the multi-stage road race will span 437 km across four stages, bringing international competition,…
The withdrawal of Pakistan’s men’s junior hockey team from the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup 2025, scheduled to be held in Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10, has ignited a debate that extends far beyond sport. Officially framed as a decision made for “safety reasons” amid a “volatile political climate,” Pakistan’s pullout…
India’s Yuki Bhambri and Sweden’s André Göransson produced a fighting performance to overcome Austrian wildcards Neil Oberleitner and Joel Schwaerzler 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] in a thrilling first-round encounter at the ATP 500 Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Indo-Swedish pair, known for their composure and tactical awareness in tight moments, recovered from a slow start…
Indian table tennis has reached a new frontier of success as Syndrela Das and Divyanshi Bhowmick, Syndrela-Divyanshi ascended to the World No. 1 position in the latest ITTF Under-19 Girls’ Doubles World Rankings released on October 21, 2025. The Indian pair leads the global standings with 3910 points, surpassing Chinese Taipei’s Wu Jia-En/Wu Ying Syuan…
There’s something magical about a small fire. It starts quietly, then spreads sparks flying, warmth growing until it lights up everything around it. That’s exactly what HURIK’26 did this year. What began as a friendly inter-division tournament soon turned into a roaring blaze of spirit, strength, and solidarity that swept across the NMIMS ASMSOC Mumbai…
As Maharashtra prepares for the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA) elections on November 2, a contest that should ideally be about sports governance has evolved into a high-stakes political face-off. The two leading candidates Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister and head of the NCP (Ajit faction), and Murlidhar Mohol, Union Minister of State and BJP MP…
The 2025 Chennai Open WTA 250, scheduled from October 27 to November 2, is more than just another stop on the women’s tennis calendar. For India, it represents both a symbol of revival and a litmus test for its women’s tennis ecosystem. As the nation continues its long quest for a post–Sania Mirza era of…
When the India Women’s Rugby Sevens team finished sixth in their debut at the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series (ARESS) in Hangzhou last month, it wasn’t just a debut it was a declaration. Against the odds, and in a field expanded to 12 of Asia’s best, India proved it could compete in the continent’s top…
The opening day of the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships (NJAC) at the Kalinga Stadium served as a revealing snapshot of the next generation of Indian athletics a day of record-breaking highs and structural reminders of the work that still lies ahead. From Mohit Choudhary’s record 5000m run to Nikita Kumari’s world-qualifying discus throw, India’s…
A new star has emerged on India’s athletics horizon. Asian Under-18 javelin champion Himanshu Jakhar broke Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s 11-year-old meet record in spectacular fashion at the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday, throwing an astounding 79.96 metres in the men’s under-18 qualifying round. The 17-year-old’s performance…
The 11th Asian Aquatics Championships in Ahmedabad continued with another action-packed day of water polo, featuring semifinal clashes and classification encounters across both men’s and women’s categories. While Japan, China, and Iran booked their berths in the finals, Singapore registered a commanding 27–7 win over India in the Women’s 5–8 classification match at the Veer…
In one of the most thrilling matches of the RR Kabel Prime Volleyball League powered by Scapia, Chennai Blitz emerged victorious over Goa Guardians in a pulsating five-set contest at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium. The Blitz triumphed 12-15, 15-11, 11-15, 18-16, 15-13, with Jerome Vinith named the Player of the Match for his all-round brilliance…
The Mumbai Meteors continued their dominant form in the RR Kabel Prime Volleyball League powered by Scapia, defeating the defending champions Calicut Heroes in straight sets 15-9, 15-8, 15-12 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. The win not only maintained Mumbai’s perfect record this season but also sent a strong message to…
The Archery Premier League (APL) has injected new life into Indian archery, and few voices carry more weight in celebrating its impact than that of Abhishek Verma. The Arjuna Awardee and compound ace, representing Prithviraaj Yoddhas, believes the APL has arrived at just the right time bringing structure, visibility, and inspiration to a sport long…
The RR Kabel Prime Volleyball League powered by Scapia delivered another night of electrifying action as the Mumbai Meteors produced a flawless performance to dismantle the Hyderabad Black Hawks in straight sets at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium. With precision serving, airtight blocking, and relentless attacking, Mumbai clinched a commanding 15–9, 15–13, 15–7 victory their first…
Few fixtures in world sport generate the kind of anticipation, emotion, and intensity that accompanies an India vs Pakistan clash. When it happens on the stage of the ICC Women’s World Cup, it transcends the boundary of cricket and becomes a cultural moment. On Sunday, October 5, 2025, the R. Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo…
With the YONEX SUNRISE BWF World Junior Championships 2025 set to kick off in Guwahati, India’s next generation of badminton stars have received an inspiring send-off from some of the country’s biggest names. HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, and Ashwini Ponnappa – all stalwarts of Indian badminton recorded special messages of encouragement for the 25-member Indian…
The Archery Premier League (APL), India’s first franchise-based professional archery competition, launched its inaugural season in spectacular fashion at the Yamuna Sports Complex in New Delhi on Thursday. The opening was not just a sporting milestone but also a cultural event, headlined by the presence of acclaimed actor and global star Ram Charan, whose association…
The much-anticipated Archery Premier League (APL) got off to a glittering start at the Yamuna Sports Complex in the capital on Thursday evening. After a brief scare from rain clouds that threatened to disrupt the opening day, the weather relented, and fans were treated to a dazzling mix of entertainment and elite competition as arrows…
The curtains came down on the swimming and diving events of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on Tuesday, with China once again stamping its dominance over the continental stage. For India, however, it was a historic evening, as the team wrapped up its swimming campaign with four more bronze…
