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Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025

Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025: A Tournament of High Stakes, Uneven Groups, and Asia’s Expanding Dominance

The Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025 returns in after a long and turbulent 13-year gap, bringing with it a mix of excitement, uncertainty, and structural imbalance. Scheduled from November 15 to 25 at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Dhaka, the tournament marks a critical revival for the sport, which has struggled with administrative inconsistencies…

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Asian Men’s Handball Championship

India’s 2026 Asian Men’s Handball Championship: A Harsh Reality Check and a Roadmap for Reform

As the Indian men’s handball team prepares for the 22nd Asian Men’s Handball Championship (AHC) in Kuwait from January 15–26, 2026, the stakes are high but so are the structural challenges. Historically struggling in Asia’s premier competition, India enters this edition from a position of significant disadvantage. The broader analysis of past performances, group placement,…

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Arjun Erigaisi

Arjun Erigaisi Stuns Levon Aronian to Enter World Cup Quarterfinals in Goa

The FIDE World Cup in Goa witnessed one of its most electrifying moments of the tournament as India’s top-ranked Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured a sensational 1.5–0.5 victory over American legend and two-time World Cup champion Levon Aronian, storming into the quarterfinals for the second consecutive edition. The atmosphere inside the packed playing hall turned electric…

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Gerard Zaragoza

Bengaluru FC Enters a New Era as Gerard Zaragoza Exits Amid Indian Football’s Governance Crisis

Bengaluru FC’s announcement on November 14, 2025, confirming the departure of head coach Gerard Zaragoza, marks one of the most significant turning points in the club’s recent history. While managerial exits are not new in Indian football, this one reflects a deeper structural issue that extends far beyond performance or tactical disagreements. Zaragoza’s departure along…

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ISSF World Cup Final

India’s Most Complete Shooting Squad Yet: A Deep Look at the 14-Member Contingent for the ISSF World Cup Final 2025

The ISSF World Cup Final (WCF) in Doha, scheduled from December 4–9, brings together the finest shooters of the year those who have not only reached world finals but have consistently demonstrated the ability to win at the highest level. For India, the 2025 edition represents one of the strongest, most balanced, and most high-achieving…

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Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025

Lakshya Sen vs Kenta Nishimoto: A Semifinal of Contrasts, Momentum, and High Stakes at the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025

As the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025 enters its decisive weekend, all eyes turn to Saturday’s men’s singles semifinal a matchup that blends contrasting styles, colliding storylines, and the weight of national expectations. India’s Lakshya Sen, riding a wave of late-season resurgence, faces Japan’s experienced workhorse Kenta Nishimoto, the home favourite and sixth seed. Scheduled for…

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Dhiraj Bommadevara

Dhiraj Bommadevara Creates History as India Completes Dream Campaign at Asian Archery Championships

In one of the finest days in India’s recurve archery history, Dhiraj Bommadevara clinched the Men’s Recurve Individual Gold at the Asian Archery Championships 2025 in Dhaka, becoming the first Indian male archer to win an Asian individual recurve title. His 6–2 victory over compatriot Rahul in an all-India final capped India’s best-ever campaign at…

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Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Jyothi Surekha Vennam Clinches Third Asian Title, Leads India’s Dominant Campaign in Dhaka

Jyothi Surekha Vennam reaffirmed her place among the continent’s finest archers by winning the Compound Women’s Individual gold at the Asian Archery Championships 2025 in Dhaka, becoming the first archer in history to secure three individual Asian titles. In an all-Indian final, Jyothi defeated Prithika Pradeep 147–145, closing out another chapter in a career defined…

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Indian Football

Inside the ISL Commercial Rights Collapse: Why No One Bid and What Indian Football Must Fix

The unprecedented failure of the Indian Super League (ISL) commercial rights tender on 7 November 2025 has sent shockwaves through Indian football. For the first time since the league’s inception in 2014, not a single entity including incumbents, domestic platforms, or overseas groups submitted a bid for the 15-year commercial rights package. The tender had…

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FIDE World Cup 2025

FIDE World Cup 2025: Arjun, Praggnanandhaa, Harikrishna move into tiebreaks after hard-fought draws

The fourth round of the FIDE World Cup 2025 produced another day of intense battles as India’s top three grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, and P Harikrishna held their nerve to secure draws and force tiebreaks in Panaji on Wednesday. While Arjun and Praggnanandhaa both played solidly to share points against elite opposition, Harikrishna survived…

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Indoor Season

A Pivotal Indoor Season Awaits Indian Athletics: How India Prepares for a Packed 2026 Athletics Calendar

The year 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most demanding and strategically important seasons in the history of Indian athletics. With two major indoor championships lined up the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships (6–8 February, China) and the World Indoor Athletics Championships (20–22 March, Poland) India steps into a global indoor calendar that…

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Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar Claims World Championships Silver in Cairo After Record-Equalling Qualification

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar produced one of the most compelling performances of his career at the ISSF World Championships 2025 in Cairo, winning the silver medal in the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event. It was a campaign that combined world-class precision, qualification brilliance, and a heartbreaking final-shot twist a sequence that encapsulates the…

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Kumamato Masters 2025

Kumamoto Masters 2025: A Crucial Test for India’s Men’s Singles Contingent

The Kumamoto Masters 2025 opens a defining week for Indian badminton. Scheduled from November 11–16 at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, this BWF Super 500 event offers not just ranking points and prize money ($475,000 total), but pivotal implications for the season’s closing stretch particularly for Lakshya Sen, India’s last real contender for a berth in…

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Asian Archery Championships

Dhiraj Bommadevara & Rahul Progress to Semifinals as India Dominate Men’s Recurve in Asian Archery Championships

India enjoyed a powerful day in the men’s recurve individual eliminations at the Asian Archery Championships, with Dhiraj Bommadevara and Rahul advancing to the semifinals after a series of measured, confident wins. Their run capped off a dominant showing from the Indian squad, which placed all four archers into the knockout stages and kept two…

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2026 Asian Road Cycling Championships

Saudi Arabia’s 2026 Asian Road Cycling Championships: Qassim’s Big Leap Into Asia’s Sports Future

Saudi Arabia’s successful bid to host the 2026 Asian Road Cycling Championships (ARCC) marks yet another milestone in the Kingdom’s ambitious transformation under Vision 2030. More than a continental sporting event, the ARCC set to be held in the Qassim Region signals a deeper strategic push: to diversify the national economy, elevate global sports presence,…

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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Inside India’s Big Bet: The Push to Replace Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with a New Sports City

India is preparing for the biggest transformation of a sports facility in its history. The Union Sports Ministry’s proposal to dismantle the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JLN) and rebuild the 102-acre complex as a modern Sports City marks a decisive shift in the country’s approach to elite sports infrastructure. This move is deeply strategic closely…

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Samrat Rana

Samrat Rana’s Golden Breakthrough: How a Quiet Sharpshooter Became India’s New World Champion in 10m Air Pistol

Indian shooting has produced icons, Olympians, revolutionaries and now, a new world champion. In Cairo, on a tense afternoon at the ISSF World Championships, Samrat Rana delivered one of the most significant individual performances in India’s shooting history. With nerves of steel and an unshakeable rhythm, the 22-year-old became India’s first-ever Men’s 10m Air Pistol…

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Ativeer Jain

Ativeer Jain’s Bold European Leap: From Alverca Dominance to the Demands of Portimonense’s Liga Revelação

Indian footballer Ativeer Jain is entering the most crucial chapter of his career. His move in 2025 from FC Alverca’s B side where he produced a stunning 25 goals in 25 matches to Portimonense SC’s U-23 team in the elite Liga Revelação, represents a decisive shift from numerical dominance to qualitative validation. For a 21-year-old…

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Asian Archery Championships 2025

Asian Archery Championships 2025: Indian Recurve Women Finish Second in Qualification as Deepika Kumari Misses the Team Line-up

The Asian Archery Championships 2025 opened with a dramatic and highly competitive recurve women’s qualification phase, one that saw India deliver its strongest team ranking in several years but also one that produced one of the biggest selection storylines of the tournament. Read Articles Without Ads On Your IndiaSportsHub App. Download Now And Stay Updated While India…

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Telangana India International Challenge

Dominant India Sweep at Telangana India International Challenge 2025 as Arjun–Hariharan Seal Third Straight Title

The Telangana India International Challenge 2025 concluded with one of the strongest all-round Indian performances at an International Challenge event in recent years. Read Articles Without Ads On Your IndiaSportsHub App. Download Now And Stay Updated With finalists in every category except one and champions in four of the five disciplines, India stamped complete authority…

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Sandeep Nandy

Sandip Nandy’s New Challenge: Why the Former India No. 1 Is the Right Man to Shape the Nation’s Next Generation of Goalkeepers

The appointment of Sandip Nandy as the India U23 Goalkeeping Coach marks one of the most strategically important coaching transitions in recent Indian football. It is not merely a routine staffing move by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), but a significant injection of elite experience into a crucial development stage that feeds directly into…

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ISSF World Championships

ISSF World Championships 2025, Cairo – Day 1: A Solid Indian Start With Highs, Misses and Clear Signs of Momentum

The ISSF World Championships returned to Cairo on Saturday, marking the first major global test of the 2025 season across rifle and pistol disciplines. For India, Day 1 unfolded with a mix of promising finals performances, competitive qualification placements, and several steady mid-pack scores that kept the country well in contention for medals in the…

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