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12 stories for “Sports” · April 2026
Clear filtersIndia will host the SAFF Women’s Championship 2026, with Goa chosen as the venue. This will be the first time India hosts the tournament since 2016, when it was held in Siliguri, West Bengal. Goa has hosted a SAFF event...
Kolkata-based chess player Aronyak Ghosh has become India’s 95th Grandmaster (GM). He secured his final GM norm at the Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026 held in Thailand. The Grandmaster title is the highest title awarded to...
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has become the first in India to introduce a structured player contract system for domestic cricketers. The scheme will take effect from the 2026–27 season. Its purpose is to give pla...
KITG 2026: Celebrating Indigenous Talent in Chhattisgarh The inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 concluded in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, with Karnataka being crowned the overall champions. The event was a major ini...
Indian Athletes Shine in Bishkek and Ulaanbaatar In April 2026, Indian wrestlers and boxers delivered strong performances at the continental championships, securing positions among the top Asian nations. Asian Wrestling...
Indian shuttler Ayush Shetty secured a silver medal at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026. The continental tournament took place in Ningbo, China. Reaching the podium at Asia's top regional badminton event is a notabl...
Indian runner Sawan Barwal set a new national marathon record at the Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands, finishing the race in 2 hours 11 minutes 58 seconds. In doing so he broke India's oldest marathon record, the 2:...
Sarun Payasingh won the men's long jump event at the Indian Athletics Series held in Ranchi, Jharkhand. He claimed first place with a best jump of 7.46 metres. The Indian Athletics Series is a domestic competition circui...
C.D. Gopinath, a former Indian cricketer, has passed away at the age of 96. He was part of the Indian side that recorded the country's first-ever victory in Test cricket in 1952. That historic win came against England, a...
Divya Singh, a young adventurer hailing from Uttar Pradesh, completed a cycling expedition to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal in a span of 14 days. The base camp sits at an elevation of roughly 5,364 metres above sea leve...
Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar finished first in the men's long jump event at the Indian Athletics Series 2026. He secured the title with a best leap of 8.15 metres, a mark above the eight-metre level that separat...
India Strengthens Integrity in Sports: Highlights from the GAIIN Conference In a major boost to its image as a clean sporting nation, India hosted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Global Anti-Doping Intelligence and I...
