Paris Saint-Germain host Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday, October 20, with both clubs having won their first two league-phase games. PSG will be without the injured Nuno Mendes.
India Women, 2-0 up, face Zimbabwe Women in the third and final T20I in Raipur on Tuesday, October 20, at 7 PM IST, looking to complete a clean sweep.
England meet hosts Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Tuesday in the second match of a tri-nation ODI series that also includes Sri Lanka, their first ODI in Pakistan since 2005.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been fined €255 and suspended for 30 days by the Portuguese Football Federation for leaving the national team camp in September. The suspension is backdated to 30 September, making him eligible to return on 14 November.
Hockey India has announced free entry for fans to all matches of the men's Asian Champions Trophy 2026, to be held in Jalandhar and Mohali from October 27 to November 5. A total of 20 matches will be played across two venues, with league games in Jalandhar and knockout stages in Mohali.
Ashok Malik claimed silver in the men’s -65kg powerlifting final at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, lifting 192kg.
Deepthi Jeevanji won the women’s 400m T20 gold at the 2026 Asian Para Games, setting a new Games record of 56.36 seconds. She finished over two seconds ahead of Japan’s Niina Kanno, who took silver in 58.92 seconds, while Akane Kato claimed bronze in 1:00.26.
Nishad Kumar secured gold with a 7.11m leap in both his third and fifth attempts at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. He defeated Uzbekistan's Omadbek Khasanov and Sri Lanka's Mohammadu Safran, who took silver and bronze.
Ramesh Powar has been appointed to the BCCI men's senior national selection committee, replacing Ajit Agarkar. Pragyan Ojha will chair the panel based on having played the most Tests among the members.
Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the 2026 NFL season after blood clots were found in his lungs following a game in London. A sports medicine expert says he may face increased clot risks for life due to travel, hits, and medical history.
The FIBA Women's Basketball League Asia 2026 runs at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru from 20 October, with Indian Railways the first Indian team to take part.
LOUD beat Team Vitality 3-1 in the VALORANT Champions 2026 grand final in Shanghai on 18 October, winning the US$1 million first prize. Roberto 'erde' Lobos was named MVP.
Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on 18 October 2026, with Kylian Mbappe scoring twice, to move up to third in LaLiga, six points behind leaders Barcelona.
An Se-young beat Akane Yamaguchi 21-23, 21-14, 21-18 to retain the Denmark Open women's singles title on 18 October 2026, and Alex Lanier beat Anders Antonsen in the men's final.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Shanghai Masters on 18 October 2026, beating Rafael Jodar 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 after trailing by a set and a break.
Maja Chwalinska won her first tour-level title at the Wuhan Open on 18 October 2026, beating Britain's Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. She rises to a career-high No. 11.
The IPL 2027 player auction will be held on 16 December 2026 at ITC Grand Goa, according to a message the BCCI sent to franchises. A formal confirmation email is still pending.
India finished the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya with 85 medals (21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze) and fourth place on the medal table, winning both the men's and women's titles in cricket, hockey and kabaddi.
India's men beat Malaysia 5-1 in the Asian Games hockey final on 3 October to retain their title and qualify directly for the 2028 Olympics. India's women also won gold, beating China 1-0.
India retained both kabaddi titles at the 2026 Asian Games, beating Iran 40-34 in the men's final after trailing at half-time and 37-34 in the women's final.