Manu Bhaker and Neeru Dhanda will headline India's 54-member shooting squad at the ISSF World Championship in Doha, Qatar, which begins on 1 November. The championship offers 36 Olympic quotas for the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
Pornanong Phatlum won the Women's Indian Open 2026 at the DLF Golf and Country Club, ending a 12-year wait for a fourth title. She shot a four-day total of 277 to finish four strokes ahead of Vani Kapoor.
Ahmedabad will host the senior World Weightlifting Championships in 2029, the IWF announced on 25 October 2026. It will be the first time India hosts the senior event.
India finished fourth at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya with 114 medals, of which para-athletics contributed 65, including 22 gold, 19 silver and 24 bronze.
India won six para archery medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games, including three gold. Sportstar reported India finished fourth overall with 114 medals, its best-ever tally.
On the first day of apparatus finals at the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships, Fred Richard won floor, Rebeca Andrade won vault and Kaylia Nemour retained her uneven bars title.
Skye Blakely of the United States won the women's all-around title at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam on 23 October with 55.733, her first individual world medal.
Suhas Yathiraj won bronze at the Asian Para Games 2026 and says he wants gold next. India finished fourth with 114 medals at the event in Aichi-Nagoya.
Sheetal Devi beat Nur Syahidah Alim 142-139 to defend her Asian Para Games women’s compound title. China topped the para archery medal table with nine gold, four silver and six bronze medals.
Lalit kept India's hopes alive in the 55kg category at the World Wrestling Championship, while Harsh, Lovepreet Singh and Prince were eliminated in their opening bouts on Saturday.
Aditya defeated Tommaso Orlando of Italy 5-0 on Saturday to secure India’s first men’s medal at the 2026 World Boxing U-19 Championships. He will face Nihat Gasimov of Azerbaijan in the semifinal.
Bristol defeated Exeter 20-7 at Ashton Gate in difficult conditions, moving up to third place in the Premiership. Gabriel Ibitoye scored a try and Luca Ivanishvili added a late score as James Williams kicked two penalties and two conversions.
India concluded its Asian Para Games campaign with 114 medals, its best-ever haul at the continental event. The tally included 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze, surpassing the Hangzhou 2022 record.
Pranavi Urs shot a second-round 70 to move into a share of second place, while 13-year-old amateur Ojaswini Saraswat made the cut at four-over par, becoming the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at a Ladies European Tour event.
Eleven-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan has broken Judit Polgar’s record to become the youngest female International Master. She earned her final IM norm at the European Club Cup in Budva, Montenegro.
India passed 100 medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games, with world records from Sandeep and Haney and Games records from Deepthi Jeevanji and Praveen Kumar. These athletes deserve steady attention, not just a medal-day mention.
Sumit Antil won gold at the Asian Para Games with a 72.46m throw, while Mahendra Gurjar and Sandip Sargar took silver and bronze to complete India's sweep. India's medal tally reached 114, surpassing its previous best of 108.
GalleryPhotos of India's Paralympic medallists Sheetal Devi, Harvinder Singh, Praveen Kumar, Deepthi Jeevanji, Nitesh Kumar and Avani Lekhara, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics and national award ceremonies.
Pankaj Advani won his 29th career world title by defeating Rob Hall of England 1906-1206 in Birmingham. He will next prepare for the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Indore.
Anahat Singh has reached her maiden PSA Gold-level semifinal at the Silicon Valley Open in Redwood City, USA, after defeating Egypt's Salma Hany in five games.