Sarvesh Kushare Reaches World Athletics High Jump Final; Bagan to Face Ahal in ACL Action; PKL Season Heats Up: Indian Sports Update, Sept 16

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September 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 September 16, 2025.

What's on today?

• Kabaddi: PKL 12 will see UP Yoddhas vs Bengal Warriors at 8 PM followed by Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengaluru Bulls at 9 PM. [JioHotstar]

• Athletics: The world championships continue with Sarvesh Kushare in action during the men's high jump final. [5.06 PM, JioHotstar]

• Wrestling: The world championships continue.

• Football: Mohun Bagan begin their Asian Champions League 2 campaign against Ahal. [7:15 PM, FanCode]

What happened yesterday?

• Chess: Vaishali defends women's crown at the FIDE Grand Swiss.

• Athletics: Sreeshankar Murali, on comeback, fails to make it to Worlds' long jump final

• Kabaddi: Steelers beat Giants 40-37 and Bulls beat Titans 34-32 in the PKL.

• Speedskating: Anandkumar becomes India's first ever world champion in the sport of speedskating

• Skiing: TN Bhavani wins India's first ever international FIS medal for India in the women's category in cross-country skiing with a bronze in Chile.