India’s premier combined events athlete Tejaswin Shankar delivered a commanding opening day performance at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026, surging to the top of the heptathlon standings with 3513 points after four events. The highlight of his campaign came in the high jump, where the national record holder cleared 2.23m to finish first in…
Indian weightlifting witnessed a significant milestone as Muthupandi Raja rewrote the national record books in the men’s 65kg category, lifting a combined total of 302kg at the ongoing National Weightlifting Championships. The performance not only secured him top honours but also marked a three-kilogram improvement over his previous national mark. Raja’s record-breaking effort comprised a…
India opened its medal account at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 through a clutch performance in the men’s high jump, as Jothi Shankar Aadarsh Ram secured bronze with a best clearance of 2.19m. In a competition defined by fine margins and tactical attempts, Aadarsh held his nerve to deliver when it mattered most. The…
The opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 was meant to mark a new chapter for Indian sprinting. Instead, it ended in controversy and disappointment for Manikanta Hoblidhar, one of India’s most consistent short sprinters, who was disqualified from the men’s 60m heats following a false start ruling. For Manikanta, this was not…
Indian table tennis witnessed another significant moment on the international stage as teenage wild cards Syndrela Das and Divyanshi Bhowmick stormed into the women’s doubles final at the WTT Feeder Cappadocia. The 15 and 16-year-old pair produced a composed 3–1 semifinal victory over Romania’s Zaharia and Singeorzan to seal a place in the title clash….
Day four of the 2026 L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series delivered a compelling mix of upsets, endurance battles and statement performances at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), underlining why the tournament has quickly established itself as one of the most competitive stops on the women’s circuit in Asia. The standout storyline of…
Indian volleyball crossed a historic frontier this week as national team regular Amit Gulia officially signed with South Korean club KB Insurance Stars, becoming the first-ever Indian player to compete in the Korean V-League. The move marks a watershed moment not just for Gulia’s career, but for Indian volleyball’s long and often underrepresented journey on…
India’s men’s team suffered a narrow 2–3 defeat against Japan in their second Group Stage encounter of the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2026, but the result did little to overshadow the grit and competitiveness displayed by the young Indian side. Despite the loss, India had already secured qualification for the quarterfinals, and the closely contested…
Sajan Prakash has reached a phase of his career where every conversation about training, systems and the future of Indian swimming carries the weight of lived experience. When he speaks, it is not only as a two-time Olympian or a former Asian championships medallist, but as someone who has navigated Indian swimming’s structural gaps first-hand…
East Bengal FC have entered yet another phase of rebuilding as the club reshapes its squad ahead of the upcoming Indian Super League season, signalling a clear intent to reset after a turbulent campaign marked by inconsistency and constant churn. With a substantial list of arrivals and departures, the Kolkata giants appear determined to strike…
Inter Kashi’s entry into the Indian Super League for the 2025–26 season is not being treated as a ceremonial promotion. Instead, the Varanasi-based club has opted for one of the most aggressive squad resets seen in Indian football in recent years, reshaping almost its entire roster to prepare for life at the highest level.The club’s…
Services booked their place in the final of the Santosh Trophy 2025–26 with a clinical 2–0 victory over Railways at the Silapathar Football Stadium in Assam on Thursday, riding once again on the decisive influence of Abhishek Pawar. The forward, who has emerged as one of the standout performers of this year’s national championship, scored…
India’s women’s team endured a testing evening at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2026 in Qingdao, going down 2–3 to Thailand in their final Group Y tie but still progressing to the quarterfinals as group runners-up. In a contest that swung dramatically after a strong Indian start, the tie underlined both the promise and the…
Jamshedpur FC have entered the 2025–26 Indian Super League season in the middle of one of the most sweeping squad overhauls in the club’s history. With as many as 18 departures and 10 new arrivals, the Men of Steel have clearly opted for a reset rather than incremental change, signalling a shift in sporting direction…
India’s second-tier football competition, the I-League, will return in a scaled-down format on February 21 with ten clubs confirming participation for the 2025–26 season. The campaign, delayed by more than two months due to governance uncertainty in Indian football, marks a critical transition phase as the league moves towards a club-owned structure from next season….
India’s men’s badminton team produced a performance of grit, nerve and depth to secure qualification for the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2026, edging past a dangerous Singapore side 3–2 in a tense group-stage encounter that went down to the final match. Against a team widely viewed as one of the tournament’s dark…
February 2026, this is not a routine sporting month. It is the first true convergence of India’s Los Angeles 2028 Olympic cycle, where Asian championships, world ranking events, domestic leagues and international tours are all happening at once. For the first time in years, Indian sport will be active across almost every Olympic discipline, every…
The Indian Super League (ISL) has entered its most turbulent phase since its launch in 2014, with the 2025–26 season witnessing an unprecedented collapse in its commercial valuation. FanCode has secured the league’s broadcast rights for just ₹8.5 crore a staggering fall from the ₹550 crore paid by Viacom18 for the previous two seasons combined…
India’s Under-17 women’s team produced a ruthless, free-flowing display to thrash Bhutan 8–0 in their final round-robin match of the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship 2026 at the Pokhara Rangasala Stadium on Wednesday, sealing a place in Saturday’s final against Bangladesh. In a tournament where India are playing a year above their age group as part…
India’s rising wrestling star Sujeet Kalkal has delivered another statement performance on the international mat, storming into the final of the Zagreb Ranking Series with a ruthless 11–0 technical fall over American Joseph McKenna. The emphatic victory not only underlined Sujeet’s red-hot form but also confirmed that the reigning U23 World Champion is rapidly transitioning…
Indian weightlifting legend Mirabai Chanu once again underlined why she remains the gold standard of the sport in the country, producing one of the finest performances of her career at the 2026 National Weightlifting Championships. Competing in the women’s 48 kg category, the Tokyo Olympic silver medallist lifted a massive total of 205 kg, rewriting…
When Devika Sihag walked onto the court at the Thailand Masters in early 2026, she wasn’t carrying the reputation of a superstar. She was carrying something far more dangerous momentum. Within a week, she would leave Bangkok having dismantled top-20 opponents, forced her way into a Super 300 title, and signalled that Indian women’s singles…
The qualifying rounds of the 2026 L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series produced a gripping day of tennis at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) on Sunday, with tight three-set battles, seeding upsets and emotional swings across Centre Court. While India’s seasoned campaigner Ankita Raina bowed out after a long and exhausting contest, players…
Indian women’s badminton has a new name to celebrate. Devika Sihag, the 20-year-old national champion from Haryana, produced the performance of her young career on Saturday night in Bangkok, defeating Yu-Hsun Huang of Chinese Taipei in straight games to reach the final of the Thailand Masters Super 300 her first ever BWF World Tour final…
In Indian wrestling, there are champions who dominate early and there are champions who never let a match escape them. Sujeet Kalkal belongs firmly to the second category the kind of wrestler who can look beaten for five minutes and still find a way to win in the final thirty seconds. Ask him about this…
Indian squash witnessed another defining moment on the global stage as teenage prodigy Anahat Singh produced a stunning comeback to defeat second seed Sana Ibrahim of Egypt and march into the semifinals of the Squash On Fire Open, a PSA Bronze Tour event being held in Washington DC. In a gripping five-game contest that lasted…
Indian athletics received a massive early-season boost as Tejaswin Shankar delivered a statement performance at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational, soaring to 2.26 metres to win the men’s high jump and break the facility record at the prestigious World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze meet in the United States. It was not just a victory it was…
When Antim Panghal stepped onto the mat to face Yui Susaki in the Pro Wrestling League, she was not just wrestling an Olympic medallist she was confronting a version of herself she is still trying to become. Susaki arrived in India unbeaten, untouchable in the league, and carrying the aura of someone who has already…
Indian squash enjoyed a defining moment on the PSA Challenger circuit as Veer Chotrani produced one of the biggest win of his career, upsetting World No. 19 Baptiste Masotti of France in a gripping five-game battle to reach the quarterfinals of the Squash On Fire Open 2026 in Washington D.C. Ranked 49 in the world,…
The world of international table tennis will once again turn its gaze to India in February as the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 returns with greater ambition, higher stakes and a fresh setting. Scheduled to be held from February 10 to 15 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (TNPESU), the tournament will…
The global sportswear industry entered a new phase in January 2026 when Chinese giant Anta Sports announced it would acquire a 29.06 percent stake in German brand Puma SE for €1.5 billion. The deal, which makes Anta Puma’s largest shareholder, is far more than a financial transaction. It represents a structural shift in how global…
When the puck drops at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan Stadium in Leh on January 29, 2026, it will mark far more than the start of another ice hockey season. The third edition of the Royal Enfield Ice Hockey League (REIHL) represents one of the most ambitious grassroots-to-global sports development models in Indian history transforming Ladakh…
Eighteen-year-old Manas Dhamne’s steady climb on the ATP Challenger Tour took another significant leap forward in Manama this week as the young Indian booked his place in the main draw of the ATP 125 Bahrain Challenger with a hard-fought 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Norway’s Viktor Durasovic. Coming a day after he stunned top seed…
The Tsingtao Badminton Asia Team Championships 2026 will be staged from February 3–8 in Qingdao, China, and for India it arrives with unusually high stakes. The women’s team travel as defending champions, having lifted their maiden continental crown in 2024, while the men’s side still defined by the legacy of their historic Thomas Cup triumph…
The stage is set for one of South Asia’s most fiercely contested youth tournaments as the SAFF U-20 Championship 2026 prepares to kick off in Malé, Maldives, from March 23 to April 3. With the official group stage draw now confirmed, India’s young Blue Colts find themselves in a demanding Group B alongside regional heavyweights…
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has officially released the fixtures for the Indian Super League, ISL 2026 season, setting the stage for another high-intensity campaign that promises drama, rivalries, and packed stadiums across the country. With a marquee opening day on February 14 and the iconic Kolkata Derby scheduled for May 3, the calendar…
The WTT Youth Star Contender Doha 2026 did more than crown champions. It provided a rare, unfiltered look at where the next generation of world table tennis is heading and for Indian fans, it offered one of the most encouraging signals in decades. At the centre of that story stood P.B. Abhinandh, the Chennai-born teenager…
India’s final presence at the Australian Open 2026 came to an end on Sunday when Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Göransson were knocked out in the third round of the men’s doubles by Brazil’s Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos. The 10th-seeded Indo-Swedish pair went down 6–7 (7–9), 3–6 in a tightly contested encounter…
The Indian hockey fraternity marked a moment of deep pride as Hockey India congratulated Savita Punia and Baldev Singh on being conferred with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour. The recognition celebrates not only two distinguished careers, but also two very different yet equally powerful journeys that have shaped Indian hockey across generations one…
When Baldev Singh was conferred the Padma Shri in 2026, Indian sport finally caught up with a truth that women’s hockey has known for decades that one man from a small Haryana town had altered the destiny of the national team more than any federation plan ever did. In Shahabad Markanda, a railway town in…
The All India Football Federation’s decision to appoint Pamela Conti as head coach of the Indian U-17 women’s national team is more than a routine staffing change. It is a deliberate intervention at the most sensitive layer of the national pipeline the age group that now carries India’s best chance of qualifying for a FIFA…
Indian tennis has a new name to underline in red. At just 22, Karan Singh delivered one of the biggest performance of his young professional career by stunning top seed and world No. 250 Max Houkes of the Netherlands in straight sets to lift the ITF M15 Hyderabad singles title. The 6–4, 6–4 victory was…
For decades, Narela existed on Delhi’s mental map as an unfinished promise a planned sub-city that never quite arrived. Vast housing blocks sat empty, infrastructure lagged, and the area remained isolated from the capital’s economic core. That story is now being rewritten. At the centre of Narela’s transformation is one of the most ambitious urban-sport…
Asian club football stands at one of the most consequential crossroads in its modern history. Barely two seasons after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) compressed its premier competition into the newly branded AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE), the governing body is already preparing for another fundamental change an expansion from 24 to 32 clubs. On…
When Tejas Shirse steps onto the blue track of the Atlas Arena in Łódź for the 2026 Orlen Cup, he will not just be racing five hurdles over 60 metres. He will be racing a narrative of recovery from injury, of a ranking system that rewards ambition, and of Indian athletics’ increasingly strategic push into…
When the Indian women’s hockey team walks out for World Cup Qualifiers at the G. M. C. Balayogi Hockey Stadium on March 8, it will be more than just the start of another international tournament. It will mark the opening chapter of a week that could define the next four years of Indian women’s hockey….
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday unveiled India’s women’s squad for the upcoming multi-format Australia Tour, a high-stakes assignment that will run from February 15 to March 9, 2026, and culminate in a one-off Test at the iconic WACA Ground in Perth. \With three T20Is, three ODIs and a four-day…
The Australian Open has a habit of producing matches that test far more than forehands and backhands, and on Friday night in Melbourne, Yuki Bhambri and André Göransson delivered one of the most resilient doubles performances of the 2026 tournament. The Indo-Swedish pair overcame a five-hour heat-related suspension, a one-set deficit, and relentless pressure from…
Indian fencing received a significant boost at the Epee Grand Prix Qatar 2026 as Taniksha Khatri produced one of the standout performances of the tournament, defeating two higher-ranked opponents to secure a place in the Round of 64. Competing in one of the most demanding events on the international fencing calendar, the young Indian epeeist…
The Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026 came to a stirring close on Sunday as the Pune Pride Loop delivered colour, crowds and competitive intensity to a race that has already begun reshaping India’s place on the international cycling calendar. Over four demanding stages and 437 kilometres of racing through the Western Ghats and the heart…
