Indian sports can get quite action-packed and it’s quite easy to miss out on important news and results. That’s where we come in — ESPN’s daily Indian sports blog has all the updates from the world of Indian sports as well as the news, scores, schedule, results and commentary that comes with it.
2026 is a big year, with the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and two Chess World Championships. The month of April meanwhile, is similarly action packed – and you can go through the schedule in ESPN’s sports calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 8, 2026.
What’s on today?
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Chess: The FIDE Candidates continues in Cyprus with the women’s section looking promising for Indian hopes.
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Badminton: The Badminton Asia Championship in Ningbo, China will see India’s singles stars open their campaign.
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Tennis: India continue their Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group I campaign at home in New Delhi, with two ties after a rain-affected day 1.
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Shooting: The ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup continues in Granada, Spain.
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Boxing: The Asian Boxing Championships continue in Mongolia, with Indians in 8 finals.
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Wrestling: The Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek continue with more medal chances for India.
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Football: India take on Chinese Taipei in their final, and must-win, Group C fixture of the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup. [2:30 PM]
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Football: India (W) take on Kenya in the semifinal of the 2026 FIFA Series. [8:30 PM]
What happened yesterday?
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Boxing: Minakshi, Jaismine among 8 Indians in finals at Asian Championships
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Wrestling: Silver for Lalit, bronze for Sunil Kumar; Nitesh reaches 97kg final at Asian Championships.
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Badminton: Dhruv-Tanisha win on mixed day for India at Asia Championships.
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Chess: Divya Deshmukh stuns leader Muzychuk, Praggnandhaa suffers loss at Candidates 2026.
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Shooting: Palak and Mukesh win air pistol mixed team WC gold with world record
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Football: Crispin Chettri returns as Indian women’s football team coach, names squad for Kenya tourney.
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Football: Planas brace helps Inter Kashi beat Chennaiyin FC in ISL.
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Football: Naoba Meitei’s stoppage-time strike helps Rajasthan United beat Gokulam Kerala FC in IFL.
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Tennis: India’s fate hangs in balance against Thailand in rain-affected BJK Cup tie.
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Football: India U17 women’s team to play three friendly matches against Russia in Sochi.
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Hockey: Indian Women’s Hockey Team set to tour Argentina for four-match series.
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Squash: Abhay loses to world No 7 Ibrahim in five-game thriller.
