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Defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a first-round exit at the Asian Games, losing to Thailand’s Peeratchai Sukhphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in three games. The defeat ended India’s men’s doubles title defence after their recent China Masters triumph.

India fast bowler Prasidh Krishna is looking forward to the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, saying the conditions will provide an exciting challenge for pacers. He also discussed India’s upcoming New Zealand series and its demands.

Indian squash players secured three medals at the Asian Games after Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar reached the mixed doubles semifinals, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh advanced in singles. Joshna secured her sixth Asian Games medal, extending her record appearance tally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India’s mixed 4x400m relay team after the quartet won silver at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya. India clocked 3:14.46, finishing just 0.08 seconds ahead of Vietnam in a thrilling final.

Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet won gold in the mixed 10m air pistol final with an Asian-record score of 484.6 points at the Asian Games. NRAI president Kalikesh Singh Deo hailed their performance after India’s earlier disappointing pistol events.

India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Patil won silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the Asian Games. Aishwary and Niraj also qualified for the individual final with strong qualification scores

India’s Suruchi Inder Singh and Kamaljeet won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team gold at the Asian Games with an Asian record score of 484.6. The duo also broke the Asian Games Qualification Record earlier with a score of 587

Indian paddlers Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured a table tennis mixed doubles medal at the Asian Games after beating Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-Ting and Doo Hoi Kem 3-1. They will face Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semifinals

Defending champions India were held to 2-2 draws by Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in the Open and women’s sections respectively at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. The Indian men remained joint second, while the women also stayed in joint-second position.

India won silver in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2026 Asian Games, clocking 3:14.46 to finish behind Bahrain. Vietnam missed silver by just 0.08 seconds, while the result extended India’s medal-winning run in the event

Mahendra Hills Basketball Club defeated State Bank of India, Amaravati, 82-36 in the GM Sampath Kumar Memorial Annual League Basketball Championship at YMCA, Secunderabad. Mahendra Hills led 39-18 at half-time and continued their dominance after the break

Hyderabad’s 15-year-old Samarth Sai won a bronze medal in the U-17 boys’ 59-63kg category at the CBSE National Taekwondo Championships in Panipat. Representing the South Zone, the P Obul Reddy Public School student trains under coach Deepak

ndia’s Asha Ilango missed out on a women’s triple jump medal at the Asian Games after finishing fourth on countback with a best effort of 13.83m. Niharika Vashisht finished 10th after failing to reach the final three rounds

Telangana Cricket Association general secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy questioned HCA secretary M Jeevan Reddy’s claim of attending the BCCI AGM on September 18, seeking documentary evidence of his participation. TCA also raised questions over HCA grants and district player selection

India’s Sakshi Chaudhary exited the Asian Games after a 2-3 pre-quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova in the women’s 65kg category. Sumit also bowed out after conceding his men’s 70kg bout against Iraq’s Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan

India take on 2026 World Cup side Panama in a first-ever meeting in Bengaluru on September 25. The Blue Tigers are seeking to end a four-match winless run before facing Brazil and Uruguay in Kolkata next month

Kaif Khan and Varshini will lead Telangana’s boys and girls teams respectively at the 36th Junior National Throwball Championship in Nashik, Maharashtra, from September 27 to 30. The teams were presented their jerseys and kits by senior sports officials

Defending champions India completed an unbeaten Group A campaign in women’s kabaddi at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a 50-25 win over Japan. Captain Pushpa Rana led the side to its third straight victory and a place in the semifinals

India A collapsed from 93/1 to 199 all out in their second innings, setting Australia A a 363-run target in the opening four-day game in Puducherry. Todd Murphy took four wickets as Australia A reached 55/2 at stumps

Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won India's maiden Asian Games medal in men's double sculls, claiming bronze in Nagoya. Their achievement provided a bright spot for an Indian rowing team that endured one of its poorest continental Games campaigns

C Tej Charan and R Shanmukh struck unbeaten centuries while V Supreeth, S Aarya Harinath Reddy and Md Sofi claimed five-wicket hauls as the HCA C-Division one-day league produced several strong batting and bowling performances in Hyderabad

India endured another medal-less day in shooting at the Asian Games as its men’s 10m air pistol team missed the final. Japan pipped India for bronze, extending the country’s gold-medal drought in shooting to five days

India’s squash campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games gained momentum as Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani reached the singles quarterfinals. Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar also advanced to the mixed doubles last eight

Dilpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as defending champions India thrashed Korea 8-2 for their third straight win in the Asian Games men’s hockey competition. India remained atop Pool A and all but assured their place in the semifinals