On December 30, 2025, at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Deepti Sharma quietly rewrote the history books. By dismissing Sri Lanka’s Nilakshika Silva during the fifth T20I, the Indian all-rounder became the highest wicket-taker in the history of Women’s T20 Internationals, moving past Australia’s Megan Schutt. The milestone, achieved during a 5–0 series sweep,…
Roundglass Hockey Academy underlined its status as the benchmark for junior hockey development in the country by successfully defending its title at the 3rd Hockey India Junior Men Academy Championship. Playing the final in Surat on December 30, 2025, the academy produced a controlled and clinical performance to defeat SGPC Hockey Academy 4–0, completing a…
As the Men’s Hero Hockey India League (HIL) gears up for the 2025–26 season, last year’s finalists defending champions Shrachi Bengal Tigers and runners-up Hyderabad Toofans enter the new campaign with renewed ambition and carefully assembled squads. With a blend of international pedigree, domestic experience and emerging talent, both teams are positioning themselves to hit…
The Indian Women’s Hockey Team signed off 2025 with a season that reflected both progress and perspective. A silver medal finish at the Women’s Asia Cup reaffirmed India’s standing among the continent’s elite, even as a challenging global campaign highlighted the narrowing margins at the top level of international hockey. Taken together, the year offered…
Asian Championship gold medallist Neeru Dhanda underlined her consistency on the domestic circuit with a composed gold medal performance in the women’s trap event at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Monday. Competing in a strong final that featured experienced internationals and emerging…
Indian tennis professional Prajwal Dev has been awarded a wild card for the main draw of the Bengaluru Open 2026, adding a strong homegrown presence to the prestigious ATP Challenger 125 event. Scheduled to be held from January 5 to 11, 2026, the tournament marks its 10th edition this year and continues to play a…
The Pro Wrestling League (PWL) is officially set to begin its journey back into India’s sporting mainstream, with the organisers confirming January 3, 2026 as the date for the player auction ahead of the fifth season of the league. Alongside the auction announcement, PWL has also revealed the six franchises that will compete in the…
With the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League fast approaching, Delhi Capitals have wasted little time in shifting into preparation mode. The JSW and GMR co-owned franchise has begun its pre-season build-up with an intensive training camp in Goa, setting the tone for another campaign in which expectations remain high after three consecutive appearances…
The Indian Women’s League (IWL) has undergone one of the most significant structural evolutions in Indian sport over the past decade. Launched in 2016 as a modest, centrally run pilot competition, the league has steadily transformed into a multi-tiered, performance-driven ecosystem that now forms the backbone of women’s club football in the country. As the…
There have been successful years in Indian shooting before, years stacked with medals and moments of individual brilliance. But 2025 felt different. It was not just about standing on podiums it was about control. About Indian shooters walking into finals knowing they belonged there, and more importantly, knowing how to finish. Across continents, formats and…
The 2025 chess season will be remembered as a defining chapter in Arjun Erigaisi’s career. It was a year of sustained excellence, historic milestones, and agonizing near-misses that underlined both how close he is to the absolute summit of world chess and how unforgiving the elite ecosystem can be. While the season ended in Doha…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s preparations for the WPL 2026, Women’s Premier League have taken a decisive turn with the signing of Mumbai all-rounder Sayali Satghare as a replacement for Ellyse Perry. On paper, it is an impossible swap one of the most influential players in WPL history replaced by a domestic all-rounder signed at base price….
Indian table tennis is no longer operating on the fringes of global relevance. By the end of 2025, the sport had crossed a threshold that few could have imagined a decade ago nine Indian players inside the ITTF world top 100, multiple youth players ranked among the world’s best in their age categories, and a…
The 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championships in Doha concluded with familiar names reclaiming their places at the summit, but not without drama, controversy, and a reminder of how unforgiving elite chess has become at its sharpest edge. Magnus Carlsen captured his ninth World Blitz title in the Open section, while Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva sealed her…
The 2025 season in Indian wrestling unfolded as a year of sharp contrasts. At the senior international level, medals were scarce and margins unforgiving. Yet beneath those results lay a deeper story of structural change, technical evolution, and unprecedented success in age-group wrestling. Together, these strands reveal a sport in transition moving away from dependence…
Delhi Capitals have moved swiftly to address a key personnel change ahead of the Women’s Premier League 2026, announcing the signing of Australian leg-spinner Alana King as a replacement for all-rounder Annabel Sutherland, who has withdrawn from the tournament due to personal reasons. The JSW and GMR co-owned franchise confirmed the development on Monday, underlining…
The year 2025 will be remembered as a defining chapter in the recent resurgence of Indian men’s hockey. Anchored by a triumphant Hero Asia Cup campaign and capped by the retention of Asia’s No.1 status, the Indian Men’s Hockey Team delivered a season that blended results, depth-building, and long-term vision. For head coach Craig Fulton…
The year 2025 will be remembered as one of the most consequential seasons in the history of Indian boxing. It was a year marked by governance turmoil, a fundamental shift in the global boxing order, and sharply contrasting fortunes for India’s men’s and women’s teams. As the sport transitioned from the discredited International Boxing Association…
Indian football enters 2026 facing one of the most serious institutional crises in its modern history. What began as a commercial deadlock has now escalated into a governance emergency that threatens not only the 2025–26 Indian Super League (ISL) season, but also India’s presence in Asian club competitions. At the heart of the turmoil lies…
Indian squash has enjoyed moments of individual brilliance before, but 2025 will be remembered as the year the sport finally acquired collective authority on the global stage. It was not just about medals or rankings; it was about India proving, consistently and convincingly, that it belongs in the same competitive breath as the traditional powerhouses…
The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), in association with Serving Aces, hosted a heartfelt felicitation ceremony on Saturday at the KSLTA Lawns in Bengaluru to honour Rohan Bopanna a player whose career has not only produced historic milestones, but has fundamentally reshaped India’s place in world tennis. The evening was less about numbers and…
India’s Arjun Erigaisi produced a statement performance on the opening day of the 2025 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship, finishing joint leader alongside Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana after 13 intense rounds in the Open section. The trio sits atop the standings with 10 points each, setting up a fascinating second day in Doha. Day…
College sports across the world are undergoing a fundamental transformation, and nowhere is this shift more visible than in the United States. What was once an amateur, education-first ecosystem has rapidly evolved into a capital-intensive, professionally managed industry. The Big 12 Conference’s proposed $500 million strategic partnership with private equity players RedBird Capital Partners and…
The global sports economy has quietly transformed from a supporting entertainment sector into a primary economic engine. Once driven largely by tradition and fandom, sport today sits at the intersection of infrastructure, technology, media, health, and geopolitics. Nowhere is this shift more visible than in Saudi Arabia and India, two nations pursuing ambitious but fundamentally…
Women’s international cricket has entered a phase where long-standing statistical ceilings are being broken with remarkable regularity. What once seemed extraordinary is now becoming a feature of the modern game, driven by packed international calendars, improved fitness standards, and a generation of batters comfortable across formats. Nowhere is this transformation clearer than in the list…
Smriti Mandhana’s march to 10,000 international runs has not only rewritten Indian women’s cricket history but has also redefined the pace at which modern batters are accumulating runs at the highest level. When Mandhana reached the landmark in just 281 innings, she became the fastest woman to do so, surpassing a list that includes some…
The final months of 2025 marked a defining phase in Shafali Verma’s young but already eventful international career. Once seen purely as a high-risk, high-reward prodigy, Verma closed the year as one of the most reliable and destructive openers in world cricket, playing a central role in India’s maiden ICC Women’s ODI World Cup triumph…
Backed by vocal home support and buoyed by growing maturity on court, Surya Charishma Tamiri capped a memorable week by clinching the women’s singles title at the Senior Badminton Nationals Championships, while Rithvik Sanjeevi S showcased nerves of steel to lift the men’s singles crown, bringing the curtain down on a gripping championship in Vijayawada…
The Indian Junior Men’s Hockey Team brought the curtain down on 2025 with a season that combined tangible success with long-term promise, finishing the year with two major international medals and a clearly defined pathway for the future. Silver at the 2025 Sultan of Johor Cup and bronze at the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World…
Defending champions East Bengal FC continued their steady start to the Indian Women’s League 2025–26 with a hard-earned 2–1 victory over newly-promoted Garhwal United FC at the Kalyani Stadium on Saturday. On a day that also saw Nita Football Academy surge to the top of the table with a dominant win and Gokulam Kerala FC…
The 2025 ITF Men’s World Tennis Tour season closes with a compelling final at M15 Monastir 47, where two players separated by just a single ATP ranking spot but five years of age will contest the title. On the outdoor hard courts of Monastir, 17-year-old Manas Dhamne of India faces 22-year-old Pyotr Nesterov of Bulgaria…
The Women’s Rapid event at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships is shaping up to be one of the most competitive editions in recent memory. After eight rounds of play, Zhu Jiner of China and Humpy Koneru of India sit joint leaders on 6.5/8, setting the stage for a tense final day with…
Indian taekwondo has quietly produced one of the most compelling sporting turnarounds of the year. Long trapped in a cycle of administrative paralysis and missed opportunities, the sport has finally begun to translate raw talent into tangible international success. The results of 2025 mark not just an improvement, but a genuine inflection point one that…
Indian women’s cricket crossed a decisive threshold in December 2025. What unfolded so far during the home T20I series against Sri Lanka was not merely a routine bilateral sweep, but the clearest statistical and stylistic evidence yet of a full-fledged batting revolution. For probably the first time in history, India’s top four all-time run-getters in…
For decades, tennis occupied the unquestioned centre of the racket sports universe. It commanded the biggest sponsorships, the most television time, and the clearest professional pathways. Yet beneath this glossy surface, a parallel ecosystem has been quietly expanding. Badminton, table tennis, squash, and newer disruptors like padel and pickleball often labelled “shadow” racket sports are…
Indian tennis enjoyed a memorable week at the ITF W35 Solapur as Ankita Raina and Vaishnavi Adkar combined superbly to clinch the women’s doubles title on home soil. The triumph capped a week of calm execution, strong teamwork, and resilience under pressure, as the Indian pair negotiated a competitive field to emerge champions in front…
Seventeen-year-old Manas Dhamne continued his rapid rise on the ITF World Tennis Tour with a composed and high-quality performance at the M15 Monastir event in Tunisia, reaching the final after a straight-sets victory over France’s Moise Kouame. The Indian fourth seed prevailed 7–5, 6–4 in the semifinals, showcasing maturity beyond his years and reinforcing his…
Indian sport is no longer driven solely by individual brilliance or once-in-a-generation talent. Over the past decade, a quieter but far more consequential shift has taken place one rooted in structure, science, and sustained institutional support. Few athletes embody this transformation better than Jyothi Yarraji, whose rise to becoming Asia’s premier women’s hurdler mirrors the…
At a time when Indian football is grappling with administrative uncertainty, inconsistent senior results, and shrinking professional opportunities, the AIFF Elite Youth League has quietly emerged as the most stable and meaningful pillar of the domestic ecosystem. Often described by coaches and academy heads as “the only thing working properly,” the 2025–26 edition of the…
The Women’s Hero Hockey India League (WHHIL) is set to return for its second season with growing confidence and heightened expectations, as Ranchi prepares to host 13 days of elite women’s hockey from December 28, 2025, to January 10, 2026. Following a successful inaugural edition that drew strong crowds and delivered competitive, high-quality hockey, the…
Sujeet Kalkal’s emergence in the Year of 2025 represents more than an individual breakthrough. It marks a turning point in Indian freestyle wrestling one shaped by institutional reform, technical evolution, and the gradual restoration of meritocracy after years of administrative instability. Kalkal’s rise in the 65kg category has coincided with a critical reset within the…
The commissioning of the Spituk Open Stadium near Leh marks one of the most significant infrastructure milestones in Indian sport outside the traditional metropolitan centres. Built under the Khelo India programme at an altitude of around 11,000 feet above mean sea level, the facility is now India’s highest football stadium and one of the highest…
After a difficult inaugural campaign in the Women’s Hero Hockey India League, SG Pipers head into the 2025–26 season with clear intent to reset and rebuild. Finishing at the bottom of the table last season with just two wins one coming via a shootout and scoring only four goals across six league matches, the Pipers…
As Indian men’s hockey prepares for one of its most demanding international cycles in recent years, Harmanpreet Singh and Hardik Singh see the Men’s Hero Hockey India League, HIL 2026 as far more than a domestic competition. For the two pillars of the national side, the upcoming HIL season represents a decisive phase in shaping…
Borja Herrera’s departure from FC Goa on December 26, 2025, is not an isolated personnel change but a telling reflection of the institutional paralysis gripping Indian professional football. The Spanish midfielder, a key figure in FC Goa’s recent domestic success and the only player to win three consecutive Super Cups, terminated his contract citing an…
The Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada produced one of its most dramatic days on Friday as the women’s singles draw was thrown wide open following the exits of the top two seeds. Local favourite Surya Charishma Tamiri and seasoned campaigner Shruti Mundada delivered composed, straight-game victories to book their places in the semifinals, underlining…
Indian football stands at a critical juncture where long-term sustainability, investor confidence, and competitive integrity must coexist. The All India Football Federation’s proposed financial and participation framework for its top-tier league presents a detailed attempt to address these challenges through a structured revenue-sharing model, defined operational budgets, and investment protection mechanisms. At its core, the…
The 2025 BWF season’s prize money rankings offer a revealing snapshot of world badminton not just of who is winning the biggest titles, but also of who is consistently going deep into tournaments across the calendar. While China, Korea, Japan and Europe dominate the top end of the list, Indian Badminton presence across both men’s…
India’s next generation of badminton talent continued to make a strong impression at the Senior Nationals Badminton Championships in Vijayawada on Thursday, as Tanvi Sharma, Rounak Chauhan, and Tanvi Patri produced composed performances to advance to the quarterfinal stage. Competing against more experienced opposition, the trio underlined why they are regarded among the most promising…
India’s growing presence on the professional tennis circuit received a timely boost as Dhakshineswar Suresh was awarded a wild card entry into the singles main draw of the Bengaluru Open 2026, marking a significant milestone in the career of one of the country’s most promising emerging players. The landmark 10th edition of the Bengaluru Open,…
