There’s a sport that has been played in the shadows of cricket, football and badminton for decades in India — quietly producing world-class athletes, quietly building a following, and quietly waiting for its moment. In March 2026, that moment gets a little louder. The JSW Indian Open, scheduled from March 18 to 22 at Mumbai’s…
Indian women’s tennis received a timely boost on the eve of the main draw of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open W100 Bengaluru 2026, as Vaidehee Chaudhari sealed her place through qualifying and the title sponsor unveiled a ₹10 lakh incentive for any Indian singles champion at the tournament. Chaudhari, seeded sixth in the qualifying…
The sixth edition of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Awards once again underlined the growing depth, diversity and dominance of Indian women in sport, as some of the country’s finest athletes were honoured for their achievements across disciplines ranging from cricket and chess to para-athletics and shooting. At the centre of the evening…
The 12th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) began amid high anticipation, with defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant hosting Kerala Blasters FC at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata. The opening double-header also saw FC Goa take on ISL debutants Inter Kashi at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda, Goa. While the spotlight…
ISL debutants Inter Kashi announced their arrival in India’s top flight with a disciplined 1-1 draw against AIFF Super Cup champions FC Goa at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda. In only their second-ever Indian Super League fixture, the newcomers displayed tactical organisation and resilience to earn their first point in the 2025-26 season. Despite dominating…
The doubles draw at the Delhi Open 2026 promises high-quality matchups as Australia’s Dane Sweeny and Japan’s Seita Watanabe headline a competitive field at the DLTA Complex from February 16–22. The ATP Challenger event brings together a mix of specialist doubles players and accomplished singles competitors, adding tactical variety and depth to the week-long tournament….
How a disputed title, a legal marathon, and a broken commercial deal conspired to keep Churchill Brothers out of the ISL On February 12, 2026, two days before the 2025-26 Indian Super League season was due to kick off, the All India Football Federation’s Executive Committee convened an online meeting and delivered its verdict: Churchill…
It started with such promise. India pressed high, moved the ball with purpose, and in the dying moments of the first quarter, earned a golden chance — a penalty stroke — to draw first blood in front of their home crowd at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium. Captain Harmanpreet Singh stepped up. The stadium held…
At the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) House in Kuala Lumpur, the final draws for both the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2026 Saudi Arabia and the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup China 2026 were conducted, and India’s young footballers, both men and women, now know exactly who stands between them and a historic World Cup berth….
India’s sharpshooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar has etched his name in the record books once again. At the Asian Shooting Championships 2026, the 25-year-old from Madhya Pradesh produced a flawless performance in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event, shooting a breathtaking final score of 362.0 to set a new World Record, while also successfully…
Olympian and former world championship silver medallist Anish Bhanwala added another continental medal to his growing collection, clinching bronze in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range. On a day when Kazakhstan asserted its dominance with four gold medals, India still managed to strengthen…
Thinles Angmo produced one of the standout performances of the season, scoring four goals to guide Changla Lamos into the semi-finals on the final day of the league stage in Season 3 of the Royal Enfield Ice Hockey League at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium. With the league phase now complete, the semi-final line-up…
India’s leading paddlers have been handed a demanding route at the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026, with the draw setting up potential all-Indian clashes as early as the pre-quarterfinal stage. The tournament, co-hosted by Ultimate Table Tennis, Sharath Kamal Academy and Stupa Sports AI with the support of SDAT at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education…
India produced a powerful opening statement at the Dubai Para Athletics Grand Prix, securing multiple medals on Day One and moving to the top of the standings. The Indian contingent collected six gold, three silver and six bronze medals across track and field events, underlining both depth and dominance in multiple classifications. The headline performances…
Kerala Blasters FC have officially confirmed that they will continue to play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi, bringing clarity after months of uncertainty surrounding the club’s venue plans . The confirmation, announced on February 10, 2026, ends speculation about a possible relocation and ensures that the Blasters will remain at…
Day seven of the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range delivered high drama and historic milestones as Kazakhstan’s Sofiya Shulzhenko produced a stunning world record performance in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) final. On a day of elite competition, India continued its dominant campaign, adding two more gold…
For Aditya Lalage, the road back to the Indian men’s hockey set-up has been as much about patience as performance. From the training grounds of Pune’s Krida Prabodhini to international test matches against Germany, his career has already travelled a remarkable arc and now, at 22, he feels ready for its next defining chapter. Selected…
Indian shot putter Krishna Jayasankar Menon continued her remarkable rise on the international throwing circuit by breaking her own Indian indoor national record, producing a massive 16.63m effort to win the women’s shot put title at the New Mexico Team Open 2026 in the United States. The performance, subject to ratification, improved her previous indoor…
Indian triple jumper Selva Prabhu continued his rapid rise on the global athletics circuit with a superb second-place finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Manhattan, USA, producing a season-defining leap of 16.63 metres in a high-quality international field. The jump was the second-best of his career, only 15 centimetres short of his personal best…
When 20-year-old Devika Sihag stepped onto the court at Bangkok’s Nimibutr Stadium for the Thailand Masters Super 300 final, few could have predicted she was about to rewrite Indian badminton history. But that’s exactly what happened on February 1, 2026, when Devika became only the third Indian woman—after legends Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu—to win…
The 2026 Senior 3×3 National Basketball Championships produced two gripping title matches and a week of high-tempo, high-pressure basketball that underlined why 3×3 is becoming one of India’s most exciting formats. Tamil Nadu successfully defended their men’s crown with a dramatic last-second basket, while Kerala claimed the women’s title after a composed final against Indian…
The 2026 Australian Open has become a defining moment in the collision between modern sports science and traditional tournament governance. What began as a seemingly routine request for players to remove wrist-worn fitness trackers turned into one of the biggest technology controversies tennis has ever seen involving three world No.1s, conflicting rulebooks, and the future…
There are nights in a league’s history that redefine what is possible. On a warm Monday evening in Vadodara, the Women’s Premier League found one of those moments as Nat Sciver Brunt became the first batter in the tournament’s history to score a century, lifting Mumbai Indians to a dramatic 15-run victory over Royal Challengers…
Vedanta Kalinga Lancers capped off a memorable season in front of their home fans with a gripping 3–2 victory over Ranchi Royals in the Men’s Hero Hockey India League 2025–26 Final at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium on Monday. Backed by a sea of passionate supporters in Bhubaneswar, the Lancers showed composure, clinical finishing and defensive…
Kerala Blasters FC’s signing of French winger Kévin Yoke on January 26, 2026, is far more than just another ISL Season addition. It is a statement of intent from a club that has been forced to reinvent itself amid one of the most uncertain periods in Indian Super League history. With the league compressed into…
When the list of Padma Awards 2026 was announced on the eve of India’s 77th Republic Day, the sports community immediately understood that this was not a routine honours list. The 2026 awards marked a structural shift in how the Indian state now defines sporting contribution. It was no longer just about medals and scorelines….
Asian youth football is in the middle of its most ambitious structural overhaul in more than six decades. The Asian Football Confederation’s sweeping reforms to the U17 and U20 Asian Cups are not merely administrative adjustments they represent a complete re imagining of how young footballers across 47 member associations are identified, developed, and tested…
The indefinite postponement of the 2029 Asian Winter Games is more than a scheduling adjustment. It is the first major structural reset in Saudi Arabia’s sporting superpower project, and it reveals how even the most lavishly funded visions can collide with engineering, economics and climate science. The decision, formally announced by the Olympic Council of…
When Kerala Blasters confirmed the signing of Rowllin Borges on January 25, 2026, it was more than just another winter-window transfer. It was an admission of where the club had gone wrong and a statement of how it plans to fix it. Over the last 18 months, Kerala Blasters have suffered not from a lack…
There are defeats that fade quietly into the schedule, and then there are defeats that leave a mark because of what almost happened. Anahat Singh’s Round of 16 loss to world No. 7 Satomi Watanabe at the 2026 Tournament of Champions belonged firmly to the second category. The 17-year-old Indian came within a whisker of…
The Indian women hockey team will launch one of the most important campaigns of its 2026 calendar when it takes on Uruguay on March 8 at the G. M. C. Balayogi Hockey Ground in Hyderabad, marking the start of the FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers. More than just the opening fixture of a tournament, the…
India enjoyed a mixed but encouraging day at the WTT Contender Muscat as Manika Batra and Manush Shah booked their places in the pre-quarterfinals, while Manav Thakkar delivered a performance full of promise by taking a game off world number two Lin Shidong. Although Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bowed out after a close contest, the overall showing…
Lakshya Sen produced a performance that was as much about resilience as it was about skill as he fought his way into the Round of 16 of the Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2026. Up against Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei in the opening round, the Indian shuttler was forced to dig deep before finally prevailing 21–13,…
When Mumbai City FC confirmed the departure of José Luis Espinosa Arroyo, universally known as Tiri, on January 5, 2026, it brought to a close one of the most enduring foreign careers in the history of the Indian Super League. More than a routine squad update, the announcement symbolized the end of an era defined…
The season of the Hockey India League (HIL) in the 2025–26 cycle represents a significant structural reset for Indian men’s hockey. More than just the return last year of a franchise-based competition, HIL 2026 has been designed as a high-performance domestic ecosystem one that aligns closely with international demands while attempting to deepen India’s leadership…
The loudest moment of the wrestling league auction on January 3, 2026, did not come from a marquee foreign signing or a late surprise bid it arrived when Sujeet Kalkal’s name appeared on the board. What followed was a fierce, edge-of-the-seat bidding war that underlined just how highly India’s U23 World Champion in the men’s…
As the professional chess circuit accelerates into 2026, few events capture the sport’s transformation as clearly as the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz, scheduled from January 7 to 11 in Kolkata. Now in its seventh edition, the tournament has evolved from a high-profile invitational into Asia’s premier fast-chess event, firmly embedded within the…
Ranchi Royals delivered a statement performance in the Women’s Hero Hockey India League (HIL) 2025–26, registering a comprehensive 5–0 victory over Shrachi Bengal Tigers at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Astro Turf Stadium on Tuesday. Backed by a vocal home crowd, the Royals combined pace, structure and clinical finishing to secure their second win…
Indian badminton’s 2025 season will not be remembered for a flood of titles or a single defining superstar moment. Instead, it will stand out as the year the sport quietly but decisively changed shape. Power moved away from a handful of long-serving torchbearers and spread across age groups, disciplines, and formats. By the end of…
The Women’s section of the 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship produced swift shifts in momentum on its opening day, culminating in the Netherlands’ Eline Roebers emerging as the sole leader after ten demanding rounds in Doha. With 8.5 points from a possible 10, Roebers ended Day One in control of the standings, while the Indian…
The 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship in Doha was designed to showcase the dominance of the modern elite. Instead, it became a vivid illustration of how fragile hierarchy can be in blitz chess, specially for Gukesh Few results captured this better than the third-round upset in which 12-year-old FIDE Master Sergey Sklokin defeated reigning World…
The 2025 FIDE World Rapid Championships concluded in Doha with familiar dominance at the top and a significant breakthrough for Indian chess. Magnus Carlsen reaffirmed his status as the game’s greatest rapid specialist by clinching his sixth World Rapid title, while India’s Arjun Erigaisi produced a career-defining performance to win the bronze medal in the…
The year 2025 proved to be one of contrasts for Indian women football on the global ranking charts, particularly for the Indian Women’s National Team. While the Blue Tigresses achieved a historic competitive milestone by qualifying for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup on merit, their FIFA World Ranking slipped to 67th by the end of…
In Olympic judo, the journey to the Games is almost as exacting as the competition itself. Every ippon, every shido, every small fluctuation in world rankings can alter a nation’s Olympic fortunes. The Los Angeles 2028 qualification system, confirmed by the International Judo Federation (IJF), lays out a demanding two-year pathway that will determine which…
The much awaited domestic competition Hockey India League (HIL) starts with much anticipation today as Women kick start the proceedings. It has redefined how Indian hockey identifies, values, and accelerates young talent. The 2024–25 season, followed by structural refinements ahead of 2026, has firmly positioned the HIL as a high-performance bridge between junior hockey and…
Indore witnessed a display of authority and depth as the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) completed a memorable golden double at the AAI 52nd Institutional Table Tennis Championships, clinching both the men’s and women’s team titles with emphatic 3–0 victories in their respective finals at the Abhay Prashal on December 26. It was a fitting…
The 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Women’s World Rapid Championships got underway in Doha with high-quality chess and early drama, as the world’s elite settled into the fast-paced rhythm of rapid time controls. After an intense opening day at the Sports and Events Complex of Qatar University, the Open section has produced a five-way tie…
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has announced the continuation of PKSV Sagar, President of GMR Sports, as Chairperson of its Sports Committee for another term, reaffirming stability and continuity in one of the most influential platforms shaping India’s sports ecosystem. Sanjay Adesara, Chief Business Officer at Adani Sportsline, will continue…
At just 17, Anahat Singh’s rise into the upper echelons of world squash marks one of the most significant moments in the sport’s history in India. Singh’s 2025 season was not merely about results it represented a shift in how Indian squash is structured, supported, and executed at the elite level. In a sport long…
When JioStar recently tried to exit its $3 billion ICC media rights deal, it sent shockwaves through India’s sports broadcasting industry. But beneath the headlines about the “Cricket Bubble” lies a more compelling story: the quiet revolution happening in India’s non-cricket sports ecosystem, where smart sponsors and broadcasters are discovering untapped audiences and unprecedented growth….
