Indian Sports News, Aug 26: Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag Launch World Championships Bid; Praggnanandhaa Scores Key Sinquefield Cup Victory

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August is here and brings with a whole new set of sports events. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on August 26, 2025.

What's on today?

• Badminton: PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, HS Prannoy among Indians starting their BWF World Championships campaign in Paris.

• Chess: D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa will be in classical action at Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess Tour.

• Shooting: The Asian Shooting Championships continues in Kazakhstan.

What happened yesterday?

• Badminton: Lakshya Sen goes down to WR 1 Shi Yu Qi in first round of World Championship

• Football: East Bengal beat Phnom Penh FC 1-0 in AFC Women's League preliminary stage

• Football: No headway in meeting between AIFF and FSDL

• Shooting: Neeru strikes gold in trap, silver for Aashima and Bhowneesh at Asian Shooting Championship

• Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu wins Commonwealth Championships gold on return to action

• Chess: Pragg, Gukesh draw in round 6 of Sinquefield Cup

• Football: India squad for CAFA Nations Cup announced