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BWF World Championships 2026: Sindhu, Ayush enter pre-quarterfinals

PV Sindhu and Ayush Shetty entered the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships 2026, while Lakshya Sen and Unnati Hooda bowed out in New Delhi.

Hockey World Cup 2026: How can the new format affect India's semis chances?

While India managed to keep their semifinal hopes intact by qualifying for Pool E for the second phase of the tournament under the new rules, their path in the second phase will be anything but simple

India vs Pakistan Hockey World Cup 2026 Highlights: Harmanpreet-Abhishek shine as IND beat PAK 5-3

India will now join England as the second team from Pool D in the second phase of the Hockey World Cup 2026, as the top two finish teams

BWF World Championships: Garret Tan stuns Lakshya Sen to script major upset

Lakshya Sen crashed out of the BWF World Championships after unseeded American Garret Tan rallied from a game down to win 19-21, 21-19, 21-17 in New Delhi.

BWF Worlds Day 3 Order of play: India schedule, match timings on August 19

India have now completed five of their six scheduled matches on Day 3 after Satwik-Chirag's match was called off after the India duo's walkover win. PV Sindhu still to come

Unnati suffers heartbreak in three-game thriller vs Li at BWF Worlds 2026

Unnati failed to capture match points twice in the final game as the 13th-seeded Canadian pulled off a hard-fought win to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals

Hockey World Cup 2026: India vs Pakistan head-to-head in WC history

India and Pakistan have faced each other five times at the Men's Hockey World Cup, with their first encounter coming in the inaugural 1971 edition in Barcelona.

India vs Pakistan Hockey World Cup 2026: Can Pak end 10-year win drought?

Pakistan eye a first win over India in over a decade as the arch-rivals clash in a crucial Hockey World Cup 2026 Pool D match on Wednesday. IND vs PAK hockey match to start at 6:30 pm IST.

Lakshya Sen recovers from slow start to beat Filimon at BWF Worlds 2026

Lakshya Sen fought back from a game down to beat Austria's Collins Valentine Filimon 16-21, 21-8, 21-4 at the BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi

BWF Worlds: Ashith-Amrutha suffer heartbreak after 71-minute thriller

Indian mixed doubles pair won more points overall but fell 21-16, 29-30, 22-24 to Turkey's Emre Sonmez and Yasemen Bektas after failing to convert match points

Women's sports gain a bigger foothold in US in H1 2026: Nielsen report

Advertising spend on women's sports has risen 120 per cent since 2022, while women account for more than half of new sports fans in the US

BWF Worlds Day 2 Order of Play: All eyes on Lakshya and Treesa-Gayatri

Lakshya begins his men's singles bid against unseeded Austrian Collins Valentine Filimon, while Jolly and Gopichand face a tougher second-round test against 16th seeds Lauren Lam and Allison Quynh Lee

BWF Worlds Day 1 Round up: Ayush on top of the world, Sindhu advances

Ayush Shetty's stunning win over defending champion Shi Yuqi headlines an unbeaten opening day for the hosts, with P V Sindhu and both women's doubles pairs also advancing

BWF Worlds: Ayush Shetty stuns world No. 1 Shi Yu Qi in three-game epic

Playing against the top-ranked Chinese shuttler, Shetty displayed remarkable composure throughout the deciding game to prevail 21-14, 13-21, 21-19 and send the Indian crowd into raptures.

Arjun-Amsakarunan make winning start at BWF World Championships 2026

Indian men's doubles pair advances to second round after Ireland's Scott Guildea and Paul Reynolds retire midway through second game

₹100 exit: What accounts reveal about Tata Steel's Jamshedpur FC investment

The token exit price masks Rs 40.8 crore of paid-up equity and other historical financing at Jamshedpur FC; revenue fell 41 per cent in FY26 as income from central rights collapsed

Why sports teams are selling for eye-popping prices across major leagues

In 2025, Bill Chisholm-led group bought the Boston Celtics at a $6.1 bn valuation, just a few months before Mark Walter, a financier, bought a majority stake in the Lakers with a valuation at $10 bn

Hockey World Cup: Important to start with a good win, says Harmanpreet

India captain Harmanpreet Singh on Saturday expressed satisfaction on his side's 3-1 victory over Wales in the men's Hockey World Cup opener here, saying that it was important to win the first match by a good margin and get full three points. "We played very well. Our aim was to create chances and score goals match after match. It doesn't matter who is the man of the match or who is scoring the goals. We just need to score goals. We played with that mindset," Harmanpreet, who scored a brace in the team's win, said after the match. "It was important to begin with a good win. We won 3-1 and took three points, which is a good result," he added. Wales scored in the final minutes to deny India a clean sheet, but Harmanpreet said his team would learn from their mistakes in future matches. "We tried our best, but they also played well. This was only the first match, and we will try not to make mistakes in future matches." said the ace drag-flicker. India scored all three goals from penal

Indian athletics team to hold camp in Japan ahead of Asian Games 2026

The Indian athletics team will undergo a short acclimatisation camp at the University of Tsukuba near Tokyo ahead of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in Japan in September-October. In June this year, the Sports Authority of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Tsukuba to facilitate participation of Indian athletes, coaches, and sports scientists in specialised training and exchange programmes in Japan. Tsukuba is around 80kms from Tokyo and 420km from Nagoya where the track and field events will be held from September 23 to 29. The national team will leave for Japan after competing in the invitational Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi on September 10. "The team will leave for Japan either on September 12 or 13 and will train at the University of Tsukuba to acclimatise to the conditions," a top Athletics Federation of India (AFI) official told PTI. Meanwhile, the Asian Games-bound Indian athletes, who were training at Jablonec in Czech ...

Hockey World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet brace powers India to 3-1 Wales win

Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored twice as India beat Wales 3-1 in their Pool D opener to begin the Hockey World Cup 2026 campaign with a win.