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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

Indian doubles coach Tan Kim Her believes defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have the confidence and mental strength to handle Asian Games pressure. He said their China Masters triumph has boosted motivation while stressing the importance of taking one match at a time

India head coach Gautam Gambhir reflected on his two-year tenure, saying he cherishes successes across formats while accepting failures. He also acknowledged the challenges of Test cricket’s transition following the departures of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin

K. Nidhi has been named captain of the Hyderabad team for the BCCI Women’s Under-19 T20 Cricket Championship scheduled to be held in Thiruvananthapuram from October 9.

Pune will host the UCI Road World Championships in 2032, becoming the first Indian city to stage cycling’s premier global event. The successful bid, backed by the Maharashtra and Central governments, is being seen as a major boost to India’s sporting ambitions and cycling development programmes.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir spoke about his long-standing relationship with Rohit Sharma, saying their understanding goes beyond the captain-coach dynamic. Gambhir also praised Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill for putting Indian cricket and the team first

Two-time Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo has been named International Event Ambassador for the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2026. The Bahamian sprint star will support the race scheduled for October 18 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

India defeated Chinese Taipei 37-21 in their final Group A match of the men's kabaddi competition at the 2026 Asian Games, finishing top of the group and securing a place in the semi-finals on September 25.

Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal clinched India's first-ever Asian Games skeet mixed team medal, securing bronze after a tense final in challenging windy conditions and completing a historic three-medal haul for Indian skeet.