Sport

Hyderabad district’s Harikrishna won the 60 years & above singles and doubles titles at the Gujarati Seva Mandal State-ranking seniors table tennis tournament. Several players emerged winners across men’s, women’s and mixed doubles age categories at the event.

Knight Chess Academy will organise the Independence Day Chess Cup 2026 at Sloka International School, Manneguda, on August 23. The tournament is aimed at beginners and unrated players, offering young participants an opportunity to gain experience and improve their skills

Young Indian table tennis players produced four competitive finals at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Kanpur. Kritika Saibo, Debanshu Chakraborty, Ariv Dutta and Ishani Gogoi emerged champions in their respective Under-11 and Under-13 categories

Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched the India Junior International Series 2026, a BWF-sanctioned tournament being held at the Kotak Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. More than 225 junior players from India and seven other countries are participating.

The Global Chess League has opened ticket sales for Season 4 on BookMyShow, with Bengaluru hosting six franchises from September 5 to 13. Chess stars including Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand and Arjun Erigaisi will feature in the league.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the next round of the BWF World Championships after Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle withdrew from their opening fixture. The fifth-seeded Indians will next face Indonesia’s 12th-seeded Raymond Indra and Nicolas Joaquin.

Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto advanced to the third round of the BWF World Championships after defeating Macao’s Leong Iok Chong and Ng Weng Chi in straight games. They will next face sixth seeds Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui.

Manav Suthar claimed 6-55 in the second innings to help India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first Test at Galle. Suthar finished with 10 wickets as India took a 1-0 series lead.

PV Sindhu has revealed how Virat Kohli’s advice to simply “show up” helped change her perspective during a difficult phase of her career. The badminton star recalled their conversation as she competes at the 2026 BWF World Championships in New Delhi.

India moved closer to victory in the first Test against Sri Lanka after reducing the hosts to 175/6 at lunch on day five in Galle. Ravindra Jadeja and Prasidh Krishna struck as Sri Lanka's resistance weakened.

Aryna Sabalenka, Mirra Andreeva and Coco Gauff advanced to the fourth round of the 2026 Cincinnati Open. Sabalenka defeated Wang Xinyu in 54 minutes, while Andreeva and Gauff also secured straight-set victories to progress at the WTA 1000 tournament.

Indian martial artist Grandmaster Hanshi Shaswat Kumar has achieved his eighth world record by holding a 100-kg dumbbell with one hand for one minute. The feat was recognised by the Asian Book of World Records on August 18, 2026.

Champion shooter Dhanush Srikanth has been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna Award after winning gold with a world record at the 2025 Deaflympics. The 24-year-old shooter is now preparing for the senior World Cup and targeting the 2028 Olympics

Yash Satwalekar and A Vignesh Reddy struck centuries as Sporting XI posted a formidable 424 for five against Deccan Wanderers on the opening day of the A-Division two-day league cricket championship in Hyderabad on Tuesday

Karnataka sprinter P Roopa Rao won gold in the women’s 100m and 200m events at the 13th leg of the Indian Athletics Series in Warangal. Maharashtra’s Ajay Khade emerged as the fastest male athlete after winning the 100m

Kumaran Charan of Chennai won the Brilliant Trophy Open online chess tournament with 11 points from 12 rounds. B Naga Akhilcharan finished second with 10.5 points, while J Malleswara Rao secured third place with 10 points.

West Indies all-rounder Justin Greaves and captain Hayley Matthews have won the ICC Player of the Month awards for July. Their victories mark the first time West Indies players have claimed both monthly awards and only the fifth such instance overall.

Arunim Agarwal, Ariv Dutta, Rajdeep Biswas and Gem Mahalanabish reached the Under-13 boys’ semifinals at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Kanour. The girls’ section also saw Divija Paul, Ishani Gogoi, Mahika Susvirkar and Khyati Pande advance.

Former India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav has been named Brand Ambassador of the inaugural JITO Premier League. The community cricket league will feature 12 franchise teams and nearly 250 Jain cricketers from across India in Colombo from August 24.

An eight-member Indian team from Hyderabad and Telangana delivered a historic performance at the International Cadet Class World Under-17 Championships in Italy, securing 16 medals across individual races and an overall Silver in the Silver Fleet.

East Bengal FC have been drawn alongside Al Hussein SC, Al Shorta SC and Al Seeb Club in Group D of the AFC Champions League Two 2026-27. The Indian Super League champions will begin their group-stage campaign on September 15.

Ravichandran Ashwin recalled his admiration for Harbhajan Singh’s bowling action, his journey shaped by constructive criticism from Sanjay Manjrekar, and his reaction to James Anderson’s remarks on Virat Kohli’s double hundred. Harbhajan Singh added that sledging has reduced since the IPL era.

Chess World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, decathlete Tejaswin Shankar and badminton player Gayatri Gopichand are among 17 sportspersons named for the Arjuna Award. The Sports Ministry did not nominate anyone for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award this year

Serena and Venus Williams reunited for doubles at the Cincinnati Open, their first such appearance since 2022, but lost a thrilling match tiebreak to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns. Despite defeat, the sisters celebrated their return, highlighting its special and nostalgic significance