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The 41-year-old Swiss, a three-time major champion, retires after the Swiss Indoors and opens against Jiri Lehecka on Tuesday. Djokovic, champion in 2011, faces Ugo Humbert.

26 October 2026, 5:10 am IST

Kylian Mbappé scored in the 41st and 88th minutes at Camp Nou, either side of a Raphinha equaliser, to hand Barcelona their first league defeat of the season.

26 October 2026, 3:45 am IST

The 20-year-old Mercedes driver won the United States Grand Prix from pole, 13 seconds clear of Charles Leclerc, and leads George Russell by 123 points with 125 left.

26 October 2026, 3:30 am IST

Her 83-ball century against Zimbabwe was the fifth fastest by an Indian woman, and Harmanpreet Kaur's eighth ODI hundred took her past Mithali Raj's tally of seven.

25 October 2026, 10:30 pm IST

Nidhi Sharma led the women to a 41-18 win and Neeraj Narwal's 13 points carried the men past Malaysia 37-23 at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship. Both face Nigeria on Monday.

25 October 2026, 10:10 pm IST

A record fifth-wicket stand of 153 took India to 328 for 6 in Vadodara, and Vaishnavi Sharma's four wickets sealed the three-match series with a game to spare.

25 October 2026, 9:50 pm IST

The world No. 1 came back to win 16-21, 21-11, 21-12 for a fourth French Open title, her 11th straight win over the Indian and 50th match won in a row.

25 October 2026, 7:20 pm IST

India chose to bat at Kotambi and were 120 for 2 after 20 overs, with the pair sharing an unbroken stand after two early wickets. A win seals the three-match series.

25 October 2026, 3:40 pm IST

India A closed day two on 106 for 2, still 98 behind, after KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal fell cheaply. Rhys Mariu's 76 and 46 extras had carried the hosts to 317.

25 October 2026, 11:40 am IST

The world No. 1 in doubles won the Japan Open 6-1, 6-0 in 68 minutes for her first singles title since 2023 and the tournament's first Czech champion.

25 October 2026, 11:05 am IST

Scott McTominay scored twice for Napoli, whose coach Massimiliano Allegri was sent off. In Germany, Maximilian Beier's late goal beat Frankfurt, and Julián Álvarez ended an eight-month drought for Atlético.

25 October 2026, 7:20 am IST

PV Sindhu takes on world No. 1 An Se-young in Paris, India's women can seal the ODI series against Zimbabwe in Vadodara, and Kimi Antonelli starts the US Grand Prix from pole.

25 October 2026, 5:30 am IST

The Mercedes driver beat Max Verstappen by 0.179 seconds. A win on Sunday makes him champion if George Russell, starting sixth, finishes ninth or lower and Lewis Hamilton fifth or lower.

25 October 2026, 3:55 am IST

The hosts were 132 without loss before three wickets fell for no runs late on day one. India A, bowled out for 113, go into day two needing quick wickets.

25 October 2026, 2:40 am IST

Chelsea's goalkeeper punched a corner into his own net and Cole Palmer was sent off before Mathys Tel sealed a 2-0 win for Roberto De Zerbi's side at Stamford Bridge.

25 October 2026, 12:20 am IST

Aston Villa beat the leaders 2-1 at Villa Park for City's first Premier League defeat of the season. Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 later on Saturday to join them on 21 points.

24 October 2026, 9:50 pm IST

Both Indian teams are unbeaten after two days in Ahmedabad. The men won 44-30 and the women 32-16, with Malaysia and Uganda next on Sunday.

24 October 2026, 9:40 pm IST

The two-time Olympic medallist won six points in a row from 15-16 down in the decider in Paris. She now faces the world No. 1, whom she has never beaten.

24 October 2026, 9:20 pm IST

Alessia Russo's late spot-kick completed a 2-1 comeback at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and ended Arsenal's five-match run without a league win.

24 October 2026, 9:10 pm IST

Fourteen tries, including hat-tricks for Herbie Farnworth and Dominic Young, gave England a record winning margin. Their fate still rests on Tonga beating Samoa.

24 October 2026, 7:10 pm IST

An unbroken stand of 69, India's highest for the seventh wicket in T20Is, took them to 181 with a ball to spare at Hagley Oval after Mitchell Santner's four for 21 had the hosts on top.

24 October 2026, 4:40 pm IST

From 41 for three, the pair added 116 to set India 181 in the second T20I at Hagley Oval. Naman Dhir fought back for India before Mitchell Santner removed him for 31.

24 October 2026, 3:40 pm IST

India took 168 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya, barely half the Hangzhou squad, and still came home with three more medals. Athletics and swimming made the difference.

24 October 2026, 1:00 pm IST

The former West Indies all-rounder, Mumbai's batting coach since he stopped playing in 2022, steps up a week after Mahela Jayawardene left. The franchise has not won the IPL since 2020.

24 October 2026, 12:25 pm IST

Hansi Flick's leaders have won all nine La Liga games. Real Madrid arrive third, on a four-match winning run, but without their suspended Brazilian forward.

24 October 2026, 10:30 am IST

KL Rahul fell for a duck and Dhruv Jurel's side were 58 for six on a green pitch at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval. Rhys Mariu then led New Zealand A's reply with an unbeaten fifty.

24 October 2026, 9:50 am IST

India chased 198 in 27.1 overs in the opener at Kotambi. The second ODI is at the same ground on Sunday.

24 October 2026, 8:30 am IST

The Premier League leaders put their perfect record on the line at 5 pm IST, Arsenal host Everton, and Napoli meet Roma and Dortmund play Frankfurt later in the evening.

24 October 2026, 5:20 am IST

India go into the second T20I at Hagley Oval on Saturday a match up in the five-game series, with the 15-year-old expected to replace the injured Ishan Kishan.

24 October 2026, 5:10 am IST

The Ferrari driver was 0.042 seconds quicker than the championship leader in second practice at the United States Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen third.

24 October 2026, 3:55 am IST

Neco Williams put Forest ahead at Portman Road, but Julio Enciso punished a defensive mix-up before half-time in the Premier League's Friday night game.

24 October 2026, 2:35 am IST

Cristiano Ronaldo scored from a Joao Felix free-kick and set up Angelo's late clincher in a 3-1 Saudi Pro League win in Al Majma'a.

23 October 2026, 11:45 pm IST

Both host sides made a dominant start in Ahmedabad on Friday night, with Naveen Kumar and Neeraj Narwal sharing 23 points in the men's win.

23 October 2026, 11:20 pm IST

P V Sindhu needed only 39 minutes to reach the last four in Paris, where she meets Japan's Hina Akechi on Saturday. Ashmita Chaliha's run ended in three games.

23 October 2026, 6:20 pm IST

Nine golds on the last day of competition for India in Aichi-Nagoya took the haul to 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze, the country's best at the Games.

23 October 2026, 5:40 pm IST

Dhruv Jurel captains a strong India A side in the first of three unofficial Tests from Saturday, a rehearsal for the senior Test series later on the tour.

23 October 2026, 3:35 pm IST

Thirteen nations are in the inaugural event, which runs until 31 October. India's women play Malaysia and the men face England on Friday night.

23 October 2026, 2:30 pm IST

The Mercedes driver leads George Russell by 102 points going into Sunday's United States Grand Prix, with six races left.

23 October 2026, 1:20 pm IST

Two Paralympic champions met for the SL3 title in Nagoya, debutant Naveen won the SL4 crown, and Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nithya Sre Sivan took silver.

23 October 2026, 12:20 pm IST

Two world records in Nagoya on Friday took India into three figures for the second Games running, with the Hangzhou best of 111 now in sight.

23 October 2026, 12:05 pm IST

The Indian rifle shooter won the women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 with 357.5, while Avani Lekhara slipped to fourth in the standing series.

23 October 2026, 11:40 am IST

The BCCI said the wicketkeeper-batter hurt his right adductor in India's record chase on Thursday. India, 1-0 up, play New Zealand again at Hagley Oval on Saturday.

23 October 2026, 10:45 am IST

The Paralympic champion and his debutant partner won 5-1 in Okazaki. India's women's pair took silver after a heavy defeat to China.

23 October 2026, 10:00 am IST

Tama Toa and Hine Toa, the men's and women's sides, face India's under-20 squads in Bihar from Friday in a series marking a century of sporting ties.

23 October 2026, 9:40 am IST

Friday brings the badminton quarter-finals in Paris, more medal events at the Asian Para Games, and the fallout from India's record chase in Christchurch.

23 October 2026, 5:30 am IST

Two penalties and an Amine Adli free kick kept Bournemouth perfect in the Europa League, while Crystal Palace drew in Istanbul and Celtic lost at home to Celta Vigo.

23 October 2026, 2:40 am IST

Marseille are pointless after three Europa League games, Juventus needed a late penalty to draw 2-2, and Sunderland let an early lead slip in Poznań.

23 October 2026, 12:20 am IST

The unseeded Indian beat the Japanese third seed in straight games in Paris, Sindhu brushed past Riko Gunji, and Ayush Shetty retired hurt against Kodai Naraoka.

22 October 2026, 7:50 pm IST

Wiaan Mulder took three wickets on a rain-shortened final day at St George's Park as Australia were bowled out for 295 following on, setting up a decider at Newlands from Tuesday.

22 October 2026, 7:45 pm IST

India's para athletes added four more golds in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, including a high jump podium sweep led by Shailesh Kumar, to finish the day on 21 golds.

22 October 2026, 5:35 pm IST

India beat New Zealand by four wickets with two balls to spare at Hagley Oval, their highest successful chase against the Black Caps, to go 1-0 up in the five-match T20I series.

22 October 2026, 4:20 pm IST

India chose to bowl in the first T20I at Hagley Oval and were set 226, then raced to 94 for 1 in six overs behind a 23-ball fifty from Sanju Samson.

22 October 2026, 2:50 pm IST

India added two golds and a historic archery silver on the fourth day of the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, pushing their medal count past 70.

22 October 2026, 1:40 pm IST

India start their New Zealand tour at lunchtime, South Africa chase six wickets to level their series with Australia, and Sindhu and Ayush Shetty play for French Open quarter-final places.

22 October 2026, 5:35 am IST

The first of five T20Is starts at 12:30 pm IST on Thursday in Christchurch, a ground where India have never played a T20I. Mitchell Santner's side have studied Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, though the young batter may have to wait.

22 October 2026, 5:20 am IST

Bernardo Silva, Arda Guler, Kylian Mbappe and Yan Diomande scored at the Bernabeu. Inter edged Shakhtar, Galatasaray won 4-2 in Lille and LASK stunned Sporting in Lisbon.

22 October 2026, 3:05 am IST

Substitute Eberechi Eze put Arsenal ahead in Munich before Alphonso Davies and a Harry Kane penalty turned the game. Rice's 82nd-minute strike earned a point.

22 October 2026, 2:50 am IST

Paz scored inside two minutes and again after the break as the Italian side ran riot. Michael Carrick's United are now seven games without a win in all competitions.

22 October 2026, 12:40 am IST

Sindhu let an 11-point lead slip in the decider before winning 23-21 at the French Open. Lakshya Sen withdrew before his first-round match, handing Kodai Naraoka a walkover.

21 October 2026, 10:40 pm IST

Smith battled neck pain through an 88-ball 28 at Gqeberha and could not bat when Australia followed on. South Africa's Anrich Nortje also left the field with a groin injury.

21 October 2026, 10:20 pm IST

Australia lost 13 wickets on a chaotic fourth day, were made to follow on 326 behind and finished on 156 for 4. Travis Head's unbeaten 87 is all that stands between South Africa and a series-levelling win.

21 October 2026, 9:50 pm IST

Jalaj Saxena's five-for finished Odisha off in Thiruvananthapuram and Tanay Thyagarajan took 6 for 35 against Andhra. Delhi, Saurashtra and Maharashtra settled for first-innings points on the last day of round two.

21 October 2026, 6:40 pm IST

Praveen Kumar cleared a Games record 2.05m and Dilip Gavit Mahadu won the T47 100m in Nagoya on another busy day for India. Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag took archery silver.

21 October 2026, 6:10 pm IST

Indian throwers took all three medals in the men's F46 shot put at the Asian Para Games on Wednesday, while Ayush Verma won F53 gold and Bhagyashri Jadhav and Ravi Rongali added silver and bronze.

21 October 2026, 3:50 pm IST

Bayern Munich will be without Joshua Kimmich for Wednesday night's Champions League game at the Allianz Arena, and head coach Vincent Kompany is unwell.

21 October 2026, 3:45 pm IST

The former India leg-spinner, who retired in September 2025, starts his coaching career at the franchise where his IPL career began in 2008.

21 October 2026, 3:35 pm IST

Tonight's second half of matchday three starts at 10:15 pm IST. Bayern Munich against Arsenal, a meeting of two title contenders, kicks off at 12:30 am on Thursday.

21 October 2026, 5:25 am IST

Mumbai and Punjab need seven wickets on Wednesday, Maharashtra nine. Delhi and Gujarat look set for a draw at Palam.

21 October 2026, 5:15 am IST

The rest of Tuesday's Champions League night: Napoli beat Bodo/Glimt with two goals from Scott McTominay, Dortmund won in Baku and Fenerbahce drew with Slavia Prague.

21 October 2026, 3:25 am IST

Detroit won the first game of the 2026-27 season 121-113, spoiling Paul George's Boston debut. Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren scored 22 points each.

21 October 2026, 3:20 am IST

Defensive errors gifted Villarreal an early 2-0 lead at Anfield before Alexis Mac Allister's double and a Florian Wirtz goal turned the game. Manchester City beat AEK Athens 5-1.

21 October 2026, 3:05 am IST

Six goals, four in the last 18 minutes, at the Parc des Princes. PSG stay top of the Champions League table with three wins out of three, but lost Ousmane Dembele to injury early on.

21 October 2026, 2:50 am IST

The French Open's opening day brought another first-round exit for India's top men's doubles pair. PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen play their first matches on Wednesday.

20 October 2026, 11:40 pm IST

India piled up 216 for 7 in Raipur and won the third T20I by 92 runs, their biggest home win by runs in the format. Nandani Sharma took 3 for 18.

20 October 2026, 10:45 pm IST

From 110 for 6, South Africa reached 425 for 9 declared on day three, with Marco Jansen and Simon Harmer making the most of their captain's long vigil. Australia lost Nic Maddinson before stumps.

20 October 2026, 9:40 pm IST

Four Ranji Trophy games finished a day early on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh beat Goa by 68 runs and Vidarbha squeezed past the defending champions by three wickets.

20 October 2026, 7:55 pm IST

Tamil Nadu beat Uttarakhand by an innings and 66 runs on day three of Ranji round two. In Delhi, Shahbaz Ahmed and Bengal were pushing for victory over Services.

20 October 2026, 3:55 pm IST

South Africa were 110 for 6 when Mitchell Starc struck early on day three. Marco Jansen and Temba Bavuma then added 91 in 101 balls to change the mood of the second Test.

20 October 2026, 3:40 pm IST

Two Indian archery medals are now assured at the Asian Para Games, with both gold medal matches against Chinese opponents later this week.

20 October 2026, 2:40 pm IST

Both clubs have won their first two league-phase games. Liverpool, Manchester City and Napoli are also at home in a nine-match Tuesday programme that ends early on Wednesday morning in India.

20 October 2026, 2:30 pm IST

Australia's left-arm quick got to the milestone on the third morning in Gqeberha after an initial not-out call was overturned.

20 October 2026, 2:15 pm IST

The Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, home to papyri and rare books, will host D Gukesh's match against Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov from 22 November.

20 October 2026, 1:30 pm IST

Bhavina Patel, Sonalben Patel, Prachi Pandey and Baby Sahana Ravi all lost semi-finals to settle for bronze in Nagoya, with China again the main obstacle.

20 October 2026, 10:30 am IST

The SH1 shooter finished behind South Korea's Jo Jeongdu in Nagoya, while powerlifter Ashok also took silver in the up to 65 kg class.

20 October 2026, 10:10 am IST

The world champion from Telangana ran 56.36 seconds in Nagoya, more than two seconds clear of the field, as India added silvers in shooting, powerlifting and javelin.

20 October 2026, 8:20 am IST

Leandro Otormin's penalty had Mumbai City heading for victory in New Delhi until substitute Gurkirat Singh rose to meet Sanathoi Meitei's cross.

20 October 2026, 7:10 am IST

Smriti Mandhana's side have already sealed the series with two wins. The third and final T20I starts at 7 pm IST on Tuesday.

20 October 2026, 5:25 am IST

Indian shuttlers start the Super 750 event on Tuesday looking to move on from a poor Denmark Open. Lakshya Sen meets Kodai Naraoka and Satwik and Chirag face the home pair of Popov brothers.

20 October 2026, 5:15 am IST

Spurs needed a stoppage-time goal from Ben Davies to seal a 3-1 win at home on Monday night, their first Premier League victory at the seventh attempt. Torino thrashed Parma in Serie A.

20 October 2026, 3:10 am IST

Only about 30 overs were possible on day two at St George's Park. Matt Renshaw's one-handed catch at slip removed Ryan Rickelton, and Temba Bavuma is holding South Africa together on 41.

19 October 2026, 10:15 pm IST

Delhi's captain turned an overnight century into a double as Gujarat were left 550 behind, while Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh moved into commanding positions. Round two resumes on Tuesday.

19 October 2026, 6:30 pm IST

In only his second first-class match, the Mumbai-bred batter batted through 517 balls against Nagaland in Sovima, adding an unbroken 190 for the last wicket before Mizoram declared on 581 for 9.

19 October 2026, 5:20 pm IST

The Indian compound pair scored 1,402 in Okazaki, two points better than the old mark, after Sheetal equalled the women's individual world record with 704 out of 720.

19 October 2026, 3:05 pm IST

The Paris Paralympics bronze medallist bounced back from a semi-final defeat to beat Rafli Ahnaf Shidqi by ippon in the men's J1 -70kg and add to India's medal tally.

19 October 2026, 1:20 pm IST

Agarwal shot a Games record 250 in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 final in Aichi-Nagoya, with Lekhara taking silver for an Indian one-two on the first day of medal action.

19 October 2026, 11:55 am IST

The Indian judoka beat China's reigning world champion in the women's J2 -52kg semi-final in Aichi and is assured of at least silver, with Kyrgyzstan's Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy waiting in the final.

19 October 2026, 11:40 am IST

The 27-year-old from Delhi topped the Indian tour's money list with just over ₹1.02 crore, ahead of four-time winner Khalin Joshi, while 16-year-old Kartik Singh was named emerging player of the year.

19 October 2026, 9:45 am IST

Without the suspended Vinicius Junior, Madrid moved to third in La Liga, six points behind Barcelona. In Serie A, Lazio went second and AC Milan held on to beat Atalanta 3-2.

19 October 2026, 2:40 am IST

Patrik Schick's late goal gave Leverkusen a 2-1 win over Freiburg. In France, Monaco lost their unbeaten record at Lorient, and Lyon's win over Nice left five clubs level on 14 points.

19 October 2026, 2:20 am IST

The champions needed a substitute's strike to beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at the City Ground. United drew 1-1 at Elland Road, and Diego Gomez scored from near halfway in Brighton's 5-0 rout of Crystal Palace.

18 October 2026, 11:15 pm IST

Niki Prasad took two wickets in two balls to hold Zimbabwe to 102 for 8 in Raipur, then the openers finished the job with 67 balls to spare for a 2-0 lead and Mandhana's first win as full-time captain.

18 October 2026, 10:35 pm IST

Dani Ramirez scored with a free-kick inside two minutes on his debut, Edmund Lalrindika doubled the lead and substitute Bipin Singh struck twice late on in Goa.

18 October 2026, 8:30 pm IST

Only 12.2 overs were possible at St George's Park, where South Africa reached 20 for 2. Scott Boland, brought in for Nathan Lyon, removed Aiden Markram and David Bedingham.

18 October 2026, 8:10 pm IST

Rinku dragged Uttar Pradesh to 202 against Goa in Kanpur. Tamil Nadu bowled out Uttarakhand for 134, Mumbai closed in on Himachal and Bengal were dismissed for 184 without Mohammed Shami.

18 October 2026, 7:40 pm IST

The Punjab Kings opener missed a maiden double hundred by one run in only his third first-class match. Captain Ayush Badoni, unbeaten on 115, shared a stand of 234 with him at Palam.

18 October 2026, 7:10 pm IST

The Spaniard closed with a 70 at Delhi Golf Club to win by two shots on 21 under par for his third title of the year. Anirban Lahiri was the leading Indian in a tie for 23rd, and Rory McIlroy faded to 42nd.

18 October 2026, 6:45 pm IST

Play in the second Test at St George's Park was due to begin at 3:30 pm IST after a pitch inspection. Australia, 1-0 up in the three-match series, chose to bowl.

18 October 2026, 3:35 pm IST

The Delhi opener reached three figures off 125 balls against unbeaten Gujarat. In Bilaspur, Tushar Deshpande struck twice early and Mumbai took seven wickets before lunch.

18 October 2026, 2:20 pm IST

India's Test captain lasted five balls for Punjab against Chhattisgarh in New Chandigarh. Uday Saharan's fifty steadied the innings.

18 October 2026, 12:05 pm IST

The fast bowler trained with the squad on Saturday and was expected to lead the attack against Services at Palam. Bengal have given no reason for his absence.

18 October 2026, 11:55 am IST

The Spaniard finished his weather-hit third round early on Sunday at 19 under par. Om Prakash Chouhan is the leading Indian in a tie for 31st as the final 18 holes get under way at Delhi Golf Club.

18 October 2026, 10:40 am IST

East Bengal finally start their league season in Goa against a Churchill side that won on debut, while NorthEast United host table-toppers Kerala Blasters on Sunday.

18 October 2026, 5:20 am IST

Delhi, beaten by nine wickets in Bengal, host Group C leaders Gujarat at Palam from 9:30 am on Sunday. Shubman Gill is set to turn out for Punjab before the New Zealand tour.

18 October 2026, 5:10 am IST

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Anushka Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur all fell for single figures in Friday's opener. A win in Raipur on Sunday evening would seal the three-match series.

18 October 2026, 5:00 am IST

Manchester City held off promoted Ipswich 3-2 for a seventh straight league win and a six-point lead. Liverpool came from behind against a Brentford side that lost two players to red cards, and Aston Villa won at Newcastle.

18 October 2026, 12:20 am IST

Lamine Yamal scored early and set up Gabriel Jesus in Seville, and Hansi Flick called him the best player in the world. Barcelona remain top of La Liga with a perfect record.

17 October 2026, 11:30 pm IST

Spain's Eugenio Chacarra is 14 under at Delhi Golf Club with seven holes of his third round left. Om Prakash Chouhan is the best-placed Indian, and the tournament heads into a long final day.

17 October 2026, 11:10 pm IST

India raced to 118 for 5 in 7.4 overs of a nine-over game, with Ishan Kishan and Naman Dhir swinging hard, before the rain returned and the match was called off without West Indies batting.

17 October 2026, 10:40 pm IST

Pedro Neto scored at the start of the second half and again in stoppage time to end Everton's unbeaten start, but Chelsea lost their goalkeeper to a head injury after a collision with Jarrad Branthwaite.

17 October 2026, 7:15 pm IST

Iga Swiatek played on with a bandaged left thigh and lost 7-5, 6-1 to her childhood doubles partner. Sonay Kartal, back from a six-month layoff, beat Jelena Ostapenko in two tiebreaks to reach Sunday's final.

17 October 2026, 6:20 pm IST

Revised guidelines for the scheme that funds national sports federations run to 2030-31 and add money for single-sport Olympic training centres, the National Games and India's push to take indigenous sports abroad.

17 October 2026, 5:54 pm IST

Showers washed out India's last practice session before the fifth T20I against West Indies. With the series at 2-2, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is in line for a first T20I in four years.

17 October 2026, 5:50 pm IST

The Ethiopian calls the city 'almost like a second home', and faces Riga winner Charles Matata. Irine Cheptai, the 2022 champion, admits she is not at her best, while Lily Das leads the Indian women.

17 October 2026, 3:40 pm IST

Bengal's leading wicket-taker last season is back after shoulder surgery for Sunday's Ranji Trophy match at Palam, with Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar away with India A.

17 October 2026, 3:20 pm IST

The AIFF had planned to send an under-23 side to Bangladesh while the senior team plays two centenary friendlies in New Zealand. With the tournament starting before the FIFA window, nothing has been settled.

17 October 2026, 3:00 pm IST

The former Sri Lanka captain, who coached Mumbai to three IPL titles, has parted ways with the franchise after a ninth-place finish. Hours later, his compatriot Chaminda Vaas was named Delhi Capitals' fast-bowling coach in place of Munaf Patel.

17 October 2026, 2:20 pm IST

The all-rounder takes over the captaincy for the six-a-side tournament from 30 October to 1 November, and Gujarat Titans seamer Kulwant Khejroliya fills Bhuvneshwar Kumar's place in the squad.

17 October 2026, 11:30 am IST

Smriti Mandhana's first match as captain ended in a four-wicket win in Raipur, but only after Zimbabwe's bowlers reduced India's top order to rubble in a chase of 115.

16 October 2026, 10:40 pm IST

The world No. 24 lost in straight games to the top seed in Odense, and Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand let a one-game lead slip against Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan.

16 October 2026, 10:30 pm IST

Lalrinliana Hnamte put the hosts ahead in front of 14,971 fans at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, but Lee Erwin and Miguel Figueira struck four minutes apart after the break to give Bagan their first points of the ISL season.

16 October 2026, 10:10 pm IST

The selectors named two one-day squads and a Test squad for the New Zealand tour on Friday. Shubman Gill will leave the ODI series early to prepare for the Tests, and Shreyas Iyer takes over in Mount Maunganui.

16 October 2026, 8:50 pm IST

More than half the field was still on the course at Delhi Golf Club when play was called off on Friday, after Thursday's storm pushed the schedule back. Om Prakash Chouhan is four off the pace, and a clutch of Indians are hovering around the cut.

16 October 2026, 7:10 pm IST

The BCCI added the 36-year-old seamer to India's squad on Friday and said a call on Arshdeep Singh will be made before Saturday's fifth T20I. Bowling coach Morne Morkel said Bhuvneshwar's experience will steady a young attack.

16 October 2026, 6:40 pm IST

Australia's Durban match-winner expects Scott Boland to play a part in the series, while South Africa's fielding coach Kruger van Wyk called Ryan Rickelton 'a first-choice keeper' before Sunday's second Test in Gqeberha.

16 October 2026, 5:50 pm IST

India's paddlers won all four of their singles matches in Nagoya on Friday, and Suhas Yathiraj dropped only 19 points in his first badminton group match, two days before the opening ceremony.

16 October 2026, 3:20 pm IST

The 59kg wrestler beat Kazakhstan's Viktoriia Khusainova 7-2 for bronze in Las Vegas. Pujari, from Solapur, won both her bouts by fall and meets Ukraine's Iryna Zablotska for gold.

16 October 2026, 12:30 pm IST

The top-order batter played 73 ODIs, four Tests and 35 T20Is over 12 years, and made a Test hundred against South Africa. She last played for India in 2021.

16 October 2026, 9:20 am IST

India women meet Zimbabwe for the first time in a bilateral series, starting with three T20Is in Raipur. Harmanpreet Kaur, who gave up the captaincy ten days ago, is in the side as a player.

16 October 2026, 7:50 am IST

The series is level at 2-2 before Saturday night's decider at the Chinnaswamy. India squeezed in a trip to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister, and still have no word on their left-arm seamer.

16 October 2026, 7:30 am IST

The Indian women's doubles pair beat Indonesia's fifth seeds in Odense, and Tanvi avenged Sindhu's defeat by beating Yvonne Li. Kidambi Srikanth let a lead slip in the decider against Alex Lanier.

16 October 2026, 6:45 am IST

Para badminton, para table tennis and blind football get under way in Aichi on Friday. Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar, Manasi Joshi and Bhavina Patel are among the first Indians on court.

16 October 2026, 6:00 am IST

Jhon Durán scored twice as Benfica won 4-1 in Lisbon. Sunderland and Bournemouth kept their perfect starts in the Europa League, but Crystal Palace were beaten 3-2.

16 October 2026, 3:15 am IST

Lightning and 24 mm of rain halted play for nearly five hours at Delhi Golf Club. Om Prakash Chouhan is two behind the Dane, while Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood opened with 70s.

15 October 2026, 9:30 pm IST

The seventh seed has not dropped a set in a draw that has lost Sabalenka, Pegula and Muchova. World No. 170 Sonay Kartal dropped only two games against Jasmine Paolini.

15 October 2026, 9:15 pm IST

The shuttler from Nabha in Punjab came from a game down to beat Chinese Taipei's Yuan-Syue Jhuang in Cairo and reach the boys' singles semi-finals.

15 October 2026, 9:00 pm IST

Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to join India A for New Zealand, and new vice-captain Ayush Mhatre has torn a hamstring. Suryansh Shedge and Angkrish Raghuvanshi come in for the second round.

15 October 2026, 9:00 pm IST

Shreyas Iyer and Harmanpreet Kaur handed the Prime Minister signed jerseys at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, where he told the 85-medal contingent it had made the country proud.

15 October 2026, 7:15 pm IST

Both sides lost late in their ISL openers. Bagan, who skipped their pre-match press conference, face Tomasz Tchórz's Delhi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday.

15 October 2026, 7:00 pm IST

The conclave of franchises, broadcasters and state associations was due in Mumbai on Thursday evening. Teams still have until 15 November to name retained players before a December auction in Goa.

15 October 2026, 5:30 pm IST

Coach Andrew McDonald says Cameron Green is progressing but has not batted yet. Cooper Connolly's spin is back in the reckoning for the second Test from Sunday.

15 October 2026, 4:45 pm IST

The second round of the Elite group stage runs from 18 to 21 October. Four teams lead their groups with seven points after innings or ten-wicket wins in round one.

15 October 2026, 3:30 pm IST

Ryan Rickelton will take the gloves and Kagiso Rabada is fit again as the hosts try to level the series against Australia at St George's Park from Sunday.

15 October 2026, 1:45 pm IST

The left-arm seamer was hit by a Shamar Joseph bouncer in Hyderabad and is icing his shoulder. India must find a way to stop West Indies' 240-plus totals before Saturday.

15 October 2026, 12:30 pm IST

The 55kg wrestler, a bronze medallist at the last two editions, went down to Georgia's Koba Karumidze in the closing seconds in Las Vegas.

15 October 2026, 11:00 am IST

The lucrative men's exhibition featuring Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will now be played in Riyadh from 27 to 30 December, its organisers said.

15 October 2026, 10:30 am IST

Antonio Rüdiger's 89th-minute finish completed a comeback from 3-1 down in Rome. In Manchester, the holders led 3-0 before Erling Haaland's double made him City's top Champions League scorer.

15 October 2026, 9:15 am IST

The $4 million India Championship starts at Delhi Golf Club on Thursday, with defending champion Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy and a new generation of Indian professionals in the field.

15 October 2026, 6:30 am IST

West Indies made 247 for 3 in Hyderabad and beat India by 24 runs to level the five-match series 2-2. The final T20I is at the Chinnaswamy on Saturday.

14 October 2026, 11:40 pm IST

The fifth seeds lost in three games to China's He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu in Odense, and Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda also went out in the first round.

14 October 2026, 10:30 pm IST

The forward struck inside a minute and again five minutes into stoppage time to give Punjab a 2-1 win in their ISL opener in New Delhi.

14 October 2026, 9:45 pm IST

Sunday's race will start and finish at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, with minor changes to the half marathon route that organisers say are about runners' safety.

14 October 2026, 9:00 pm IST

The KZN Inland seamer finished with 6 for 26 against Titans in the Pro20 Cup, including four wickets in four balls, though his side still lost by 21 runs.

14 October 2026, 8:30 pm IST

Bengal knocked off 89 inside 16 overs to win by nine wickets at Kalyani. Champions Jammu and Kashmir hung on seven down against Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana finished off Himachal.

14 October 2026, 7:40 pm IST

The money, routed through the National Sports Development Fund, will pay for academies, coaching, sports science and foreign exposure for boxers after a three-gold Asian Games.

14 October 2026, 6:45 pm IST

Coach Shukri Conrad called the 214-run defeat in Durban neither a calamity nor a catastrophe. Pat Cummins says Australia may change their side too, with Cameron Green expected back.

14 October 2026, 6:30 pm IST

President Ajay Singh's order accuses Kumar of committing the federation to an unauthorised broadcast contract, ignoring an inquiry and trying to move a no-confidence motion against him.

14 October 2026, 6:15 pm IST

Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma stay first and second in the ICC rankings. In Tests, Matt Renshaw has jumped 147 places after his Durban double.

14 October 2026, 6:00 pm IST

Mandeep Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas and Nilakanta Sharma were reported to be playing their last games for India at the Asian Champions Trophy. Players say nobody told them.

14 October 2026, 5:30 pm IST

Megan Schutt took 4 for 16 with five maidens, and Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland shared a 137-run stand as Australia won the final ODI by eight wickets.

14 October 2026, 5:30 pm IST

The Iraqi champions struck twice in three minutes after half-time and held on with ten men, leaving East Bengal with one point from two AFC Champions League Two games.

13 October 2026, 11:30 pm IST

PV Sindhu let a one-game lead slip against Germany's Yvonne Li in Odense, while third seed Chou Tien Chen beat Lakshya Sen in three games.

13 October 2026, 10:15 pm IST

Dilshan Madushanka is recalled and Lahiru Udara left out of the 15-man squad for two Tests in Rawalpindi and Lahore in November.

13 October 2026, 10:00 pm IST

Jacob Bethell, Jofra Archer and Phil Salt return as Harry Brook leads 16-man squads for three ODIs and five T20Is in November and December.

13 October 2026, 9:00 pm IST

President Paul Kagame announced the agreement in Kigali on Tuesday. The race, to be called the Formula 1 African Grand Prix, is expected from the early 2030s.

13 October 2026, 8:30 pm IST

Three Ranji Trophy matches were over inside three days. KL Rahul fell for one in Karnataka's second innings, and Delhi go into the last day at Kalyani still 88 runs behind Bengal.

13 October 2026, 8:15 pm IST

South Africa lost their last four wickets for five runs at Kingsmead and were all out for 206. Matt Renshaw was player of the match, and Temba Bavuma has lost a Test as captain for the first time.

13 October 2026, 7:30 pm IST

Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel will carry the flag in Aichi-Nagoya, where India will compete in 11 sports after tight quotas and a late selection process cut the team.

13 October 2026, 7:00 pm IST

The India opener made 360 runs in seven T20Is in September, including a maiden international hundred in the Asian Games semi-final against Bangladesh.

13 October 2026, 7:00 pm IST

Harmanpreet Singh will lead the defending champions in Jalandhar and Mohali, with goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak back and two young players added.

13 October 2026, 6:45 pm IST

Gill beat Abhishek Sharma and Sikandar Raza to the September award, his fifth, after 333 runs in two ODIs against West Indies.

13 October 2026, 6:45 pm IST

The Army Sports Institute coach, who has trained national record holders Gulveer Singh and Sawan Barwal, faces a charge of complicity in another person's doping violation.

13 October 2026, 6:30 pm IST

Secretary Devajit Saikia called reports of a venue shift for the 13 December series opener inaccurate and said no such decision had been taken.

13 October 2026, 5:00 am IST

Mumbai bowled Chandigarh out for 78 and enforced the follow-on at the Wankhede. In Rajkot, Ravindra Jadeja turned an overnight 72 into a century on day two of the new season.

13 October 2026, 5:00 am IST

Leading 2-1, Shreyas Iyer's side need one more win on Wednesday. The squad has a new look since selection, and the New Zealand tour is eight days away.

13 October 2026, 5:00 am IST

The USA left-arm seamer, who took the league's first five-wicket haul, moves from UP Warriorz at her ₹10 lakh fee ahead of the auction in Kochi on 28 October.

13 October 2026, 5:00 am IST

Matt Renshaw followed his 190 with 82 and a first Test wicket. South Africa ended day four on 102 for 4, needing 319 more on the final day at Kingsmead.

13 October 2026, 5:00 am IST

Mirra Andreeva is the youngest woman to make her top-three debut in 21 years. In Wuhan, world No. 217 Shi Han beat Alexandra Eala for her first win over a top-20 player.

13 October 2026, 4:00 am IST

World No. 39 Zizou Bergs beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-5, 7-6(4). The result guarantees Alexander Zverev will be the first German to finish a year as world No. 1.

13 October 2026, 4:00 am IST

Aprilia machines filled the top four at the Indonesian Grand Prix. Jorge Martin's third place puts him two points clear of Marc Márquez with five rounds left.

13 October 2026, 4:00 am IST

The qualifier beat seventh seed Celia Cerviño Ruiz 6-4, 6-2 in the ITF W35 final in Lagos, without dropping a set all week, and also took the doubles title.

13 October 2026, 4:00 am IST

Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored after Ryan Gravenberch's red card. City have won all six league games under Enzo Maresca and lead Arsenal by three points.

13 October 2026, 4:00 am IST

The 24-year-old edged Germany's Christian Reitz by half a point in the men's 10m air pistol final for his first senior World Cup gold, in his debut in the event.

13 October 2026, 4:00 am IST

Delegations from across the BRICS group showed off their indigenous sports in Ahmedabad on Monday, as Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya proposed a shared record of games at risk of being forgotten.

12 October 2026, 9:30 pm IST

Soldiers, sailors and airmen won 27 of India's 85 medals in Japan. The Defence Minister met them in New Delhi on Monday and told them to aim higher at the 2028 Olympics.

12 October 2026, 9:30 pm IST

The Kenyan ran 2:01:09 to pull clear of defending champion Jacob Kiplimo. Hawi Feysa outkicked Sharon Lokedi in 2:13:33, and Catherine Debrunner set a wheelchair world record.

12 October 2026, 3:45 pm IST

Ranked 54th and back from an elbow injury that dropped her to No. 160, the Olympic champion won 7-5, 6-4 in Beijing for her first title in nearly two years.

12 October 2026, 3:30 pm IST

India made 223 in Indore and held West Indies to 209 for 7 to win the third T20I by 14 runs, two days after losing a 250-run total in Ranchi.

12 October 2026, 8:00 am IST

Menno Koch scored at both ends as Bengaluru FC beat Sporting Club Delhi 3-2 in the opener. Churchill Brothers beat Mumbai City, and NorthEast United stunned Mohun Bagan 1-0.

12 October 2026, 8:00 am IST

Max Verstappen led from pole for his first Singapore Grand Prix win at the 10th attempt. Kimi Antonelli's third place leaves him 102 points clear with Austin next.

12 October 2026, 8:00 am IST