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2025 in Indian sports describes the year's events in Indian sport.

The 2025 National Games of India is the 38th edition of the National Games of India, which were held in the state of Uttarakhand from 28 January to 14 February. The games comprised over 10,000 athletes from 37 teams in 35 different sports. The games were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while Home Minister Amit Shah was the chief guest of the closing ceremony.^{[1][2] [3]}

  *   Host nation (Host state)

2025 National Games medal table ^[4][5]

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Services	68	26	27	121
2	Maharashtra	54	71	76	201
3	Haryana	48	47	58	153
4	Madhya Pradesh	34	26	22	82
5	Karnataka	34	18	28	80
6	Tamil Nadu	27	30	35	92
7	Uttarakhand*	24	35	44	103
8	West Bengal	16	13	18	47
9	Punjab	15	20	31	66
10	Delhi	15	18	29	62
11	Manipur	14	16	25	55
12	Odisha	14	15	17	46
13	Uttar Pradesh	13	20	23	56
14	Kerala	13	17	24	54
15	Rajasthan	9	11	23	43
16	Gujarat	8	10	20	38
17	Jharkhand	7	6	12	25
18	Andhra Pradesh	7	1	6	14
19	Jammu and Kashmir	5	6	13	24
20	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	5	3	2	10
21	Chandigarh	4	6	9	19
22	Himachal Pradesh	4	3	8	15
23	Arunachal Pradesh	4	3	6	13
24	Assam	3	15	16	34
25	Chhattisgarh	3	4	9	16
26	Telangana	3	3	12	18
27	Goa	2	4	4	10
28	Mizoram	2	0	1	3
29	Bihar	1	6	5	12
30	Meghalaya	1	2	2	5
31	Puducherry	0	1	1	2
32	Nagaland	0	0	2	2
	Sikkim	0	0	2	2
Totals (33 entries)		457	456	610	1,523

India competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14.^[6][7] The final Indian team consisted of 59 athletes.^[8] Alpine skier Arif Khan and cross-country skier Bhavani Thekkada were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.^[9] India finished the event with no medals.^[10]

India participated at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Turin, Italy from 8 to 15 March 2025.^[11][12] India secured 33 medals - 8 Gold, 18 Silver and 7 Bronze - making it their most successful campaign in Special Olympics World Winter Games history.^[13][14]

The 2025 Khelo India Para Games were the 2nd edition of the Khelo India Para Games, held in New Delhi from 20 to 27 March 2025. The games featured 6 sports with 189 gold medal events. Haryana topped the medal tally with 104 medals (34 Gold, 39 Silver, 31 Bronze), followed by Tamil Nadu (28 Gold, 19 Silver, 27 Bronze), and Uttar Pradesh (23 Gold, 21 Silver, 20 Bronze) respectively.^[15]

  *   Host nation (Host state)

2025 Khelo India Para Games Medal Table^[16]

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Haryana	34	39	31	104
2	Tamil Nadu	28	19	27	74
3	Uttar Pradesh	23	21	20	64
4	Rajasthan	22	18	24	64
5	Maharashtra	18	13	12	43
6	Gujarat	12	24	23	59
7	Karnataka	10	5	7	22
8	Delhi*	8	11	20	39
9	Punjab	8	2	5	15
10	Andhra Pradesh	4	8	3	15
11	Telangana	4	1	2	7
12	Madhya Pradesh	3	5	3	11
13	Kerala	3	4	5	12
14	Bihar	3	3	4	10
15	Chhattisgarh	2	3	1	6
16	Odisha	2	2	8	12
17	Uttarakhand	1	4	8	13
18	Jammu and Kashmir	1	1	2	4
	Jharkhand	1	1	2	4
20	Goa	1	0	1	2
21	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0	1
22	Himachal Pradesh	0	3	2	5
23	Chandigarh	0	1	2	3
24	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	1	1	2
25	West Bengal	0	0	3	3
26	Assam	0	0	1	1
	Nagaland	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		189	189	218	596

The 2025 edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) was held from May 4 to May 15, 2025, marking the first time the event took place in Bihar. This national multi-sport event brought together over 10,000 athletes from 36 states and union territories, competing across 28 disciplines, including traditional Indian sports and esports as a demonstration category.^[17][18] Sepak takraw has been included for the first time on the back of India's gold medal in the 2025 ISTAF World Cup.^[19] Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the games on May 4, 2025, with the opening ceremony held at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna. The event aimed to promote sports culture and infrastructure development in Bihar.^[20][21]

Maharashtra secured its third consecutive KIYG title with a record 158 medals, including 58 golds, showcasing dominance across multiple disciplines. Haryana excelled in sports like fencing and athletics, finishing second with 107 medals. Rajasthan achieved its best-ever finish, clinching third place with 22 golds. Bihar, the host state, delivered a historic performance, securing 7 golds among 36 total medals, marking a significant improvement from its previous standings having a Jump from 28th rank to 15th rank marking its best ever performance in the all editions of KIYG, they doubled their all edition medal tally having total of 29 medals in previous 6 editions by securing 36 medals in the single seventh edition including victories in athletics, Thang-Ta, and rugby.^[22][23][24]

Rank	State/UT	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Maharashtra	58	47	53	158
2	Haryana	39	27	51	117
3	Rajasthan	24	12	24	60
4	Karnataka	17	26	15	58
5	Delhi	16	20	32	68
6	Tamil Nadu	15	21	29	65
7	Uttar Pradesh	14	20	18	52
8	Kerala	12	5	8	25
9	Manipur	11	8	11	30
10	Madhya Pradesh	10	9	13	32
11	Assam	10	5	10	25
12	Telangana	9	3	11	23
13	Punjab	8	14	25	44
14	Jharkhand	8	7	6	21
15	Bihar (Host)	7	11	18	36
16	Chandigarh	6	7	4	17
17	Odisha	5	6	3	14
18	Andhra Pradesh	3	11	10	24
19	Chhattisgarh	3	1	10	14
20	Uttarakhand	3	1	7	11
21	Gujarat	2	4	7	13
22	West Bengal	1	11	4	16
23	Jammu & Kashmir	1	2	2	5
24	Nagaland	1	1	4	6
25	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	2	3
26	Mizoram	1	0	1	2
27	Himachal Pradesh	0	3	2	5
28	Puducherry	0	1	1	2
29	Meghalaya	0	0	2	2
29	Tripura	0	0	2	2
30	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0	0	1	1
30	Goa	0	0	1	1
30	Sikkim	0	0	1	1

India competed at the 2025 Summer World Universiade, which was held from 16 July to 27 July 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany. India sent its largest-ever delegation, comprising over 300 student-athletes from various colleges nationwide.^[25] India ended its campaign with 12 medals (2 gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze) and finished at 20th position in the medal tally.^[26]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	Ref.
Gold	Kushal Dalal Parneet Kaur	Archery	Mixed Compound Team	25 July	[27]
Gold	Sahil Rajesh Jadhav		Men's Compound Individual	26 July	[28]
Silver	Hritik Sharma Kushal Dalal Sahil Rajesh Jadhav		Men's Compound Team	25 July	[29]
Silver	Parneet Kaur		Women's Individual	26 July	[30]
Silver	Praveen Chithravel	Athletics	Men's Triple Jump		[31]
Silver	Seema		Women's 5000 metres
Silver	Ankita Dhyani		Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	27 July	[32]
Bronze	India national badminton team Sathish Karunakaran Saneeth Dayanand Vaishnavi Khadkekar Tasnim Mir Devika Sihag Varshini Viswanath Sri	Badminton	Mixed Team	20 July	[33]
Bronze	Vaishnavi Adkar	Tennis	Women's Individual	24 July	[34]
Bronze	Avneet Kaur Madhura Dhamangaokar Parneet Kaur	Archery	Women's Compound Team	25 July	[35]
Bronze	Sejal Anil Singh Munita Prajapati Mansi Negi Shalini Mahima Choudhary	Athletics	Women's 20 km Walk Team	27 July
Bronze	Mrutyam Dondapati Gurindervir Singh Lalu Prasad Bhoi Animesh Kujur Manikanta Hoblidhar		Men's 4 × 100 m relay		[36]

India will compete at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.^[37] They sent a contingent comprising 17 athletes across five sports.^[38] India won 3 medals (1 Silver and 2 bronze) and finished at 65th position in the medal table. This was India's second-best performance at the World Games, behind the 2013 edition.^[39]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	Ref.
	Namrata Batra	Wushu	Women's 52 kg Sanda	12 August	[40]
	Rishabh Yadav	Archery	Men's Compound Individual	9 August	[41]
	Anandkumar Velkumar	Track speed skating	Men's 1,000 m sprint	15 August	[42]

India is participating in the 2025 edition of the World Archery Championships, being held from 5 to 12 September 2025 in Gwangju, South Korea.^[43] The Indian delegation will consist of a total of 12 players across 2 disciplines.^[44] India won their first-ever gold medal in the men's compound team event and a silver in the mixed team event. With one gold and a silver, India finished fourth in the medal tally.^[45]

Medal	Player	Discipline	Event	Date	Ref.
	Rishabh Yadav Aman Saini Prathamesh Fuge	Compound	Men's team	7 September	[46]
	GMM - Won vs  France by 235-233 SF - Won vs  Turkey by 234-232 QF - Won vs  United States by 234-233 R16 - Won vs  Australia by 23030-230
	Jyothi Surekha Vennam Rishabh Yadav	Compound	Mixed Team	7 September	[47]
	GMM - Lost to de Laat / Schloesser by 155-157 SF - Won vs Huang / Chang by 157-155 QF - Won vs Paiz / Hernández by 157-153 R16 - Won vs Raab / Kunsch by 160-152

India participated in the 2025 World Archery Youth Championships, held in Winnipeg, Canada from 20 August (earlier scheduled to begin from 17 August) to 24 August 2025.^[48][49] India finished their campaign winning eight medals - four gold, two silver and two bronze and are placed third in the medal tally.^[50]

Medal	Player	Sport	Category	Event	Date	Ref.
	Mohit Dagar Devansh Singh Yogesh Joshi	Compound	Under-18	Men's Team	22 August	[51]
	Kushal Dalal Apar Nitin Ganesh Thirumuru		Under-21	Men's Team		[52]
	Chikitha Taniparthi			Women's individual	23 August	[53]
	Sharvari Shende	Recurve	Under-18		24 August	[54]
	Prithika Pradeep Mohit Dagar	Compound	Under-18	Mixed Team	23 August	[55]
	Prithika Pradeep			Women's individual
	Gatha Khadake Jiana Kumar Sharvari Shende	Recurve	Under-18	Women's Team	21 August	[56]
	Gatha Khadake Agastay Singh			Mixed Team	24 August	[57]

India is participating in the 2025 Archery World Cup from 8 April to 19 October 2025.^[58][59] This will be India's 19th appearance at the tournament. India sent a team of 25 archers to compete in 9 events across 4 stages.^[60]

Medal	Player	Sport	Event	Date	Ref.
	Jyothi Surekha Vennam Rishabh Yadav	Compound	Mixed Team	12 April	[61]
	Abhishek Verma Rishabh Yadav Ojas Pravin Deotale		Men's Team	10 May	[62]
	Madhura Dhamangaonkar		Women's Individual		[63]
	Dhiraj Bommadevara Tarundeep Rai Atanu Das	Recurve	Men's Team	13 April	[64]
	Madhura Dhamangaonkar Jyothi Surekha Vennam Chikitha Taniparthi	Compound	Women's Team	10 May	[65]
	Jyothi Surekha Vennam Parneet Kaur Prithika Pradeep			12 July	[66]
	Jyothi Surekha Vennam		Women's Individual		[67]
	Rishabh Yadav Abhishek Verma Ojas Pravin Deotale	Compound	Men's Team	10 April	[68]
	Dhiraj Bommadevara	Recurve	Men's Individual	13 April	[69]
	Madhura Dhamangaonkar Abhishek Verma	Compound	Mixed Team	10 May	[70]
	Rishabh Yadav		Men's Individual		[71]
	Deepika Kumari	Recurve	Women's Individual	11 May	[72][73]
	Parth Salunkhe		Men's Individual
	Jyothi Surekha Vennam Rishabh Yadav	Compound	Mixed Team	12 July	[74]

The top 8 archers with the highest scores across all stages in each event will qualify for the final stage. A player winning a gold medal in any stage will automatically qualify for the final.^[75]

Men's Recurve

Archers	Step I		Step II		Step III		Step IV		Total	Rank
	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.
Dhiraj Bommadevara		22	33	0	17	1	33	0	23	14
Parth Salunkhe	33	0		18	33	0	—	—	18	16
Atanu Das	9	5	7	11	17	1	—	—	17	17
Tarundeep Rai	17	1	33	0	33	0	33	0	1	48
Neeraj Chauhan	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	1	1	48
Rahul Singh	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	0	0	79

Women's Recurve

Archers	Step I		Step II		Step III		Step IV		Total	Rank
	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.
Deepika Kumari	5	13		18	17	1	33	0	32	11
Simranjeet Kaur	33	0	33	0	5	13	—	—	13	20
Ankita Bhakat	17	1	9	5	33	0	17	1	7	26
Gatha Anandrao Khadake	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	5	5	34
Sharvari Somnath Shende	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	1	1	50
Anshika Kumari	17	1	33	0	—	0	—	—	1	50

Men's Compound

Archers	Step I		Step II		Step III		Step IV		Total	Rank
	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.
Rishabh Yadav	17	1		23	8	11	17	9	43	5Q
Abhishek Verma	4	15	17	9	9	5	—	—	29	11
Ojas Pravin Deotale	9	5	33	0	33	0	—	—	5	36
Uday Kamboj	—	—	17	1	17	1	—	—	2	43
Aman Saini	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	1	1	47
Priyansh	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	1	1	47
Prathamesh Fuge	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	0	0	67

Women's Compound

Archers	Step I		Step II		Step III		Step IV		Total	Rank
	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.	Rank	Pts.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam	9	9	5	17	17	1		29	55	3Q
Madhura Dhamangaonkar	—	—		31	5	18	—	—	49	4Q
Parneet Kaur	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	17	17	15
Aditi Gopichand Swami	—	—	17	1	7	11	—	—	12	20
Chikitha Taniparthi	—	—	17	1	17	1	9	5	7	28
Prithika Pradeep	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	0	0	78

Three Indian compound archers qualified for the final, with Dhamangaonkar securing a direct qualification after winning Stage 2, while Vennam and Yadav qualified after finishing in the top 8 of their respective events.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rishabh Yadav	Men's Individual	Girard
Jyothi Surekha Vennam	Women's Individual	Bernal
Madhura Dhamangaonkar		Han

India competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.^[76] A total of 19 swimmers participated across 3 disciplines.^[77] India ended their campaign with no medals.^[78]

India is competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025.^[79] India entered 19 athletes to the championships: 5 women and 14 men across 15 events.^[80]

India will host the upcoming edition of the World Para Athletics Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi, from 27 September to 5 October 2025.^[81]

India participated in the 2025 edition of the BWF World Championships, held in Paris, France between 25 and 31 August 2025. A total of 15 athletes participated across 5 events.^[82] Malvika Bansod withdrew from the competition due to injury.^[83] Lakshya Sen was eliminated in the first round by the top-seed, China's Shi Yu Qi in straight sets.^[84] Prannoy H.S. also exited early after losing a close match to second seed Antonsen in the second round and concluded the men's individual campaign for the contingent.^[85] Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Rethinasabapathi were defeated by the Taipei pair of Liu and Yang in the first round. Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde won the first round but were defeated by the Malaysian pair of Chen and Toh in the second round.^[86] P. V. Sindhu started her campaign on a brilliant note and caused a stellar performance against the World No. 2, China's Wang to book her spot at the quarter-finals, where she ultimately lost to the Indonesian player, Wardani in a hard-fought game.^[87] Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also had a similar journey, where they caused an updet by defeating the fifth seed pair, Hong Kong's Tang and Tse^[88] but eventually lost to the Malaysian pair of Chen TJ and Toh in the quarter-finals.^[89] Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's path to a medal was not easy as they fought hard against world no.6, the Chinese Pair of Liang and Wang C^[90] and went on to comfortably beaten their toughest rivals World no. 2, Malaysia's Chia and Soh (who defeated the same Indian pair in the quarterfinals of 2024 Olympics at this same venue) in straight sets to ensure their second medal in World Championship history, after the bronze in Tokyo 2022.^[91] They lost to the Chinese pair of Chen and Liu after putting a clinical fight and ended their campaign with a bronze medal.^[92]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lakshya Sen	Men's Singles	Shi (1) L 0-2 (17–21, 19–21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank: 33
Prannoy H. S.		Oldorff W 2-0 (21–18, 21–15)	Antonsen (2) L 1-2 (7-21, 21–17, 21–23)	Did not advance to next round; Rank: 17
P. V. Sindhu (15)	Women's Singles	Nalbantova W 2-0 (23–21, 21–6)	Letshanaa W 2-0 (21–19, 21–15)	Wang Z (2) W 2-0 (21–19, 21–15)	Wardani (9) L 1-2 (14–21, 21–13, 16–21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank: 8
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty (9)	Men's Doubles	—	Liu K / Yang W 2-0 (22–20,21-13)	Liang / Wang C (6) W 2-1 (19–21, 21–15, 21–17)	Chia / Soh (2) W 2-0 (21–12,21-19)	Chen / Liu (11) L 1-2 (19–21, 21–18, 12–21)	Did not advance
Hariharan Amsakarunan Ruban Rethinasabapathi		Liu K-h / Yang L 0-2 (15–21, 5-21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank:33
Priya Konjengbam Shruti Mishra	Women's Doubles	Lambert / Pognante L 0-2 (17–21, 16–21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank:33
Rutaparna Panda Swetaparna Panda		G Stoeva / S Stoeva L 0-2 (12–21, 11–21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank:33
Dhruv Kapila Tanisha Crasto (16)	Mixed Doubles	—	Magee / Ryan W 2-0 (21–11, 21–16)	Tang / Tse (5) W 2-1 (19–21, 21–12, 21–15)	Chen TJ / Toh (4) L 0-2 (15–21, 13–21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank:8
Rohan Kapoor Ruthvika Gadde		Leong / Chi W 2-1 (18–21, 21–16, 21–18)	Chen TJ / Toh (4) L 0-2 (16–21, 11–21)	Did not advance to next round; Rank: 17

India is participating in the 2025 edition of the BWF World Senior Championships, held in Pattaya, Thailand between 7 to 14 September 2025.^[93] A total of 193 athletes represented the nation in the tournament across various age groups.^[94]

Medal	Player	Event	Group	Date
	Jessie Philip	Women's Singles	70+	14 September
	Final - Lost to Black (17-21, 7-21) SF - Won vs Kuo (21-16, 19-21, 21-13) QF - Won vs John (21-17, 21-18)
	B.V.S.K Lingeswara Rao Suzanne Venglet	Mixed Doubles	55+	14 September
	Final - Lost to Sorensen / Andersen (21-18, 12-21, 12-21) SF - Won vs Li / Kuo (22-20, 21-17) QF - Won vs Soedarno / Tjendrawati (20-22, 21-12, 21-12) R16 - Won vs Erikkson / Roivainen (21-11, 21-10) R32 - Won vs Aroonprasertkul / Aunarrom (21-9, 21-13)
	Abhinand Shetty Sangeetha Mari	Mixed Doubles	40+	13 September
	SF - Lost to Rahmat / Nadeesha (22-20, 10-21, 13-21) QF - Won vs Chan / Wong (21-10, 21-17) R16 - Won vs Bless / Monney (22-20, 14-21, 21-18) R32 - Won vs Sakai / Kawashima (21-16, 21-14) R64 - Won vs Seth / Kuttikrishnan (21-12, 19-21, 21-18)
	Philip Bency	Men's Singles	70+	13 September
	SF - Lost to Garip (20-22, 11-21) QF - Won vs Liljestrom (21-16, 21-11) R16 - Won vs Paynter (21-6, 21-10) R32 - Won vs Faig (25-23, 2-0 RET) R64 - Won vs Sethuraman (21-17, 21-16)
	Poonam Tatwawadi	Women's Singles	55+	13 September
	SF - Lost to Eberl (17-21, 13-21) QF - Won vs Aberer (21-13, 21-16) R16 - Won vs Pittman (21-16, 21-15) R32 - Won vs Cole (21-10, 21-10)
	Leena Dhapre	Women's Singles	50+	13 September
	SF - Lost to Hettiarachchige (17-21, 16-21) QF - Won vs Kimura (21-14, 18-21, 21-13) R16 - Won vs Lin (21-12, 21-15) R32 - Won vs Asmussen (21-14, 21-16)
	Abhinn Shyam Gupta	Men's Singles	45+	13 September
	SF - Lost to Lund (16-21, 19-21) QF - Won vs Colin (16-21, 21-13, 21-18) R16 - Won vs Chuaymak (21-17, 8-21, 23-21) R32 - Won vs Fuchs (21-14, 21-12) R64 - Won vs Karlsen (21-9, 7-1 RET)

India is participating in the 2025 BWF World Tour from 7 January to 21 December.^[95]

• 2025 U.S. Open - Ayush Shetty (Super 300)^[96]

• 2025 Malaysia Masters - Srikanth Kidambi (Super 500)^[97]
• 2025 U.S. Open - Tanvi Sharma (Super 300)^[98]
• 2025 Hong Kong Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 500)^[99]
• 2025 Hong Kong Open - Lakshya Sen (Super 500)^[100]

• 2025 Malaysia Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 1000)^[101]
• 2025 India Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 750)^[102]
• 2025 German Open - Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto (Super 300)
• 2025 Orléans Masters - Ayush Shetty (Super 300)
• 2025 Swiss Open - Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand (Super 300)
• 2025 Taipei Open - Ayush Shetty (Super 300)
• 2025 Taipei Open - Unnati Hooda (Super 300)
• 2025 Singapore Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 750)^[103]
• 2025 Canada Open - Srikanth Kidambi (Super 300)
• 2025 China Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 1000)^[104]
• 2025 Macau Open - Lakshya Sen (Super 300)^[105]
• 2025 Macau Open - Tharun Manepalli (Super 300)^[106]
• 2025 Vietnam Open - Ashmita Chaliha (Super 100)

India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, which was held at the Conson Gymnasium, Qingdao, China, from 11 to 16 February 2025.^[107][108]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	8	2	+6	18	5	+13	457	329	+128	2	Knockout stage
2	India	2	1	1	7	3	+4	15	8	+7	434	357	+77	1
3	Macau	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0	20	−20	215	420	−205	0

India 5	Conson Gymnasium - Court 2 12 February 2025, 09:30 UTC+8 Report [109]		Macau 0
1 2 3 1 Sathish Karunakaran / Aadya Variyath Leong Iok Chong / Ng Weng Chi 21 10 21 9     2 Lakshya Sen Pui Pang Fong 21 16 21 12     3 Malvika Bansod Chan Hao Wai 21 15 21 9     4 Arjun M. R. / Chirag Shetty Pui Chi Chon / Vong Kok Weng 21 15 21 9     5 Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Ng Weng Chi / Pui Chi Wa 21 10 21 5

South Korea 3	Conson Gymnasium - Court 2 13 February 2025, 09:30 UTC+8 Report [110]		India 2
1 2 3 1 Ki Dong-ju / Jeong Na-eun Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto 11 21 21 12 21 15   2 Sim Yu-jin Malvika Bansod 21 9 21 10     3 Cho Geon-yeop Sathish Karunakaran 21 17 18 21 19 21   4 Kim Min-ji / Kim Yu-jung Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand 21 19 16 21 11 21   5 Jin Yong / Na Sung-seung Arjun M. R. / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 21 14 25 23

Japan 3	Conson Gymnasium - Court 2 14 February 2025, 09:30 UTC+8 Report [111][112]		India 0
1 2 3 1 Hiroki Midorikawa / Natsu Saito Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto 21 13 17 21 21 13   2 Tomoka Miyazaki Malvika Bansod 21 12 21 19     3 Kenta Nishimoto Prannoy H. S. 21 14 15 21 21 12   4 Arisa Igarashi / Ayako Sakuramoto Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand       not played 5 Takumi Nomura / Yuichi Shimogami Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty       not played

India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Championships which took place at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China, from 8 to 13 April 2025.^[113] India entered with 31 players across five events. Indian athletes displayed a poor performance at the tournament, with no one except Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila reaching the quarter-finals, where they lost and ended the campaign with no podium finish.^[114]

India participated in the 2025 Sudirman Cup, held in Xiamen, China, between 27 April and 4 May 2025.^[115] India qualified for the tournament by world rankings and entered with a low-strength squad.^[116] India managed to win only one game in the group stage and was eliminated.^[117]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	28	7	+21	713	519	+194	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	21	11	+10	606	519	+87	2
3	India	3	1	2	13	22	−9	582	673	−91	1
4	England	3	0	3	6	28	−22	494	684	−190	0

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India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, held in Surakarta, Indonesia between 18 and 27 July 2025.^[118] India won two medals in the tournament, both bronze and won in girl's singles event by Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla, and finished 5th at the medals tally.^[119]

India is competing in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup, held in Saudi Arabia from 5–17 August 2025.^[120] India qualified for the tournament after topping Group H in the qualifying tournament.^[121] India were grouped with the sixteen-times winners China, the hosts Saudi Arabia and Jordan, all having higher FIBA ranking than India.^[122] In their first match against Jordan, India reached close to cause an upset but were ultimately defeated by their opponent in overtime by 84–91.^[123] India lost their remaining two matches against China and Saudi Arabia and finished 15th overall in the medal table.^[124]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	283	225	+58	6	Quarterfinals
2	Saudi Arabia (H)	3	2	1	249	225	+24	5	Playoffs
3	Jordan	3	1	2	232	251	−19	4
4	India	3	0	3	212	275	−63	3

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India participated in the Women's Chess World Cup 2025, which was a 107-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Batumi, Georgia, from 5 July to 29 July 2025.^[125]

Divya Deshmukh, seeded 15th, defeated 2nd seed Zhu Jiner in the fourth round, 10th seed Harika Dronavalli in the quarterfinals, and 3rd seed Tan Zhongyi in the semifinals.^[126] In the final, she defeated 4th seed Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks to win the tournament.^[127] With this win, she earned the grandmaster title, which is directly awarded to the winner of the World Cup without requiring the usual three norms. She became India's 88th grandmaster and the fourth Indian woman to become a grandmaster.^[128][129] Additionally, she qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.^[130]

Athlete	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kiran Manisha Mohanty	Song L 0.5-1.5	Did not advance to next round
Padmini Rout	Zhang W 2–0	Kosteniuk L 3.5-4.5	Did not advance to next round
Priyanka K	Gaal W 5–3	Kulon L 1–3	Did not advance to next round
Koneru Humpy	—	Khamdamova W 1.5-0.5	Kulon W 1.5-0.5	Kosteniuk W 2.5-1.5	Song W 1.5-0.5	Lei W 5-3	Deshmukh L 1.5-2.5
Vaishali Rameshbabu	—	Ouellet W 2-0	Yip W 4-2	Kamalidenova W 4.5-3.5	Tan L 0.5-1.5	Did not advance to next round
Vantika Agrawal	Shohradova W 1.5-0.5	Ushenina W 4.5-3.5	Lagno L 2.5-3.5	Did not advance to next round
P. V. Nandhidhaa	Ortiz Verdezoto W 2-0	Dronavalli L 0.5-1.5	Did not advance to next round
Harika Dronavalli	—	Nandhidhaa W 1.5-0.5	Tsolakidou W 4-2	Lagno W 3.5-2.5	Deshmukh L 1-3	Did not advance to next round
Divya Deshmukh	—	Mgeladze W 1.5-0.5	Injac W 1.5-0.5	Zhu W 2.5-1.5	Dronavalli W 3-1	Tan W 1.5-0.5	Koneru W 2.5-1.5

Seed	Name	Rating	1	2	TB1	TB2	Total
4	Koneru Humpy	2536	½	½	½	0	1½
15	Divya Deshmukh	2463	½	½	½	1	2½

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 was held from 17 January to 2 February 2025 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.^[131] In the Masters section, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in tiebreaks to win the tournament^[132]

Category XX (2726)^[133]

Rank	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TB	SB	TPR
1	R Praggnanandhaa (India)	2741	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½	2	52.75	2834
2	Gukesh Dommaraju (India)	2777	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	8½	1	53.00	2832
7	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2695	0	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½		37.75	2728
10	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2801	0	1	1	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	5½		37.50	2663
13	Leon Luke Mendonca (India)	2639	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	5		31.25	2645

Tie-breaker^[134]

Name	1	2	SD	Total
R Praggnanandhaa	0	1	1	2
Gukesh Dommaraju	1	0	0	1

Category XII (2546.5)^[135]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
9	GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (India)	2476	0	0	1	1	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	6	35.50	2523
12	IM Divya Deshmukh (India)	2490	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	3½	19.00	2376

India will host the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup across five venues (with Sri Lanka hosting some of their matches and matches involving Pakistan).^[136] The tournament will be played in a round-robin format from 30 September to 2 November 2025.^[137] India reached the knockout stages with 3 wins, 3 losses and 1 no-result, finishing 4th in the points table. In the semi-finals, India chased down the highest successful score in Women's ODIs and qualified for their third final since 2005 and 2017.^[138] In the final, India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to win their maiden World Cup title.^[139]

On 19 August 2025, India became the first to announce their squad for the tournament. Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry, Sayali Satghare and Minnu Mani were named as reserves.^[140]

Indian women's squad

No.	Player	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style
Batters
18	Smriti Mandhana (vc)	(1996-07-18) July 18, 1996	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast
33	Harleen Deol	(1998-06-21) June 21, 1998	Right handed	Right-arm leg break
64	Pratika Rawal	(2000-09-01) September 1, 2000	Right handed	Right-arm off break
5	Jemimah Rodrigues	(2000-09-05) September 5, 2000	Right handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
19	Yastika Bhatia	(2000-11-01) November 1, 2000	Left handed	—
13	Richa Ghosh	(2003-09-28) September 28, 2003	Right handed	—
All-rounders
23	Harmanpreet Kaur (c)	(1989-03-08) March 8, 1989	Right handed	Right-arm off break
30	Amanjot Kaur	(2000-08-25) August 25, 2000	Right handed	Right-arm medium
6	Deepti Sharma	(1997-08-24) August 24, 1997	Left handed	Right-arm off break
Spin bowlers
40	Shree Charani	(2004-08-04) August 4, 2004	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
2	Sneh Rana	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994	Right handed	Right-arm off break
21	Radha Yadav	(2000-04-21) April 21, 2000	Right handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
26	Kranti Goud	(2003-08-11) August 11, 2003	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast
20	Arundhati Reddy	(1997-10-04) October 4, 1997	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast
10	Renuka Singh Thakur	(1996-01-02) January 2, 1996	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Australia	7	6	0	1	13	2.102	Advanced to the knockout stage
2	England	7	5	1	1	11	1.233
3	South Africa	7	5	2	0	10	−0.379
4	India (H)	7	3	3	1	7	0.628
5	Sri Lanka (H)	7	1	3	3	5	−1.035
6	New Zealand	7	1	4	2	4	−0.876
7	Bangladesh	7	1	5	1	3	−0.578
8	Pakistan	7	0	4	3	3	−2.651

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The Ireland women's cricket team toured India in January 2025 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against India women's cricket team.^[141][142] The series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.^[143][144] It was the Ireland women's side's first tour to India and first ever bilateral series between the two sides.^[145][146]

India won the first match by six wickets, with Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hasabnis' match winning performance.^[147][148] The hosts won the second match by 116 runs and secured the series 2–0, with Jemimah Rodrigues' maiden ODI century (102) India recorded their highest total in women's ODIs (370).^[149][150] Later it broke in third ODI when India scored 435.^[151][152] With the magnificent maiden century of Pratika Rawal (154) and Smriti Mandhana's 10th and fastest century, India won final ODI match by 304 run, which was India's biggest margin of victory in terms of runs.^{[153][154][155]}

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India entered as the defending champions^[156] in the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, held in Malaysia from 18 January to 2 February 2025.^[157][158] India won their second consecutive title by defeating South Africa by 9 wickets in the final.^[159][160]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	0	6	5.035	Advanced to the Super 6
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	0	4	2.667
3	West Indies	3	1	2	0	0	2	−2.119
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	3	0	0	0	−5.261	Advanced to the play-offs

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	0	8	5.724	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	Australia	4	3	1	0	0	6	1.377
3	Sri Lanka	4	2	1	0	1	5	0.550
4	Bangladesh	4	2	2	0	0	4	−0.500
5	Scotland	4	0	3	0	1	1	−4.595
6	West Indies	4	0	4	0	0	0	−4.153

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The India cricket team hosted the England cricket team^[163] to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches from 22 January to 12 February 2025.^[164] The ODI series was used as preparation ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.^[165]

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The 2025 Women's Premier League was the third season of the Women's Premier League, featuring five teams and was held from 14 February to 15 March 2025.^[185] The tournament was played across four venues: Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mumbai and Vadodara.^[186]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Delhi Capitals (R)	8	5	3	10	0.396	Advanced to the Final
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	8	5	3	10	0.192	Advanced to the Eliminator
3	Gujarat Giants (3rd)	8	4	4	8	0.228
4	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	8	3	5	6	−0.196	Eliminated
5	UP Warriorz	8	3	5	6	−0.624

	Eliminator					Final
						1	Delhi Capitals	141/9 (20 overs)
	2	Mumbai Indians	213/4 (20 overs)			EW	Mumbai Indians	149/7 (20 overs)
	3	Gujarat Giants	166 (19.2 overs)

India was one of the eight teams that participated in the 2025 Champions Trophy held in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025.^[188] India qualified for the tournament after finishing in the top eight of the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[189] In November 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed the International Cricket Council that India wouldn't travel to Pakistan for the tournament, citing security concerns.^[190] On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between BCCI and PCB, the ICC in an update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events, established that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played across Pakistan and a neutral venue.^[191]

India became the champions by defeating New Zealand in the final and also became the first team to win three Champions Trophy titles.^[192]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	6	0.715	Advanced to the knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	4	0.267
3	Bangladesh	3	0	2	1	1	−0.443	Eliminated
4	Pakistan (H)	3	0	2	1	1	−1.087

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The 2025 Indian Premier League was the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament featured 10 teams competing in 74 matches. It began on 22 March and was held across 13 venues before being suspended on 9 May due to the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis.^[219] The matches resumed from 17 May across six venues, with the final rescheduled from 25 May to 3 June,^[220] Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs to win their maiden title after 18 years.^[221][222]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A	Punjab Kings (R)	14	9	4	1	19	0.372	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	A	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)	14	9	4	1	19	0.301
3	B	Gujarat Titans (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	0.254	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	1.142
5	B	Delhi Capitals	14	7	6	1	15	0.011	Eliminated
6	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	7	1	13	−0.241
7	B	Lucknow Super Giants	14	6	8	0	12	−0.376
8	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	5	7	2	12	−0.305
9	A	Rajasthan Royals	14	4	10	0	8	−0.549
10	A	Chennai Super Kings	14	4	10	0	8	−0.647

The 2025 Sri Lanka Women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket series that took place in Sri Lanka in April and May 2025.^[226] It was a tri-nation series involving India, South Africa and Sri Lanka cricket teams, with the matches played in One Day International (ODI) format.^[227] In the final, India defeated Sri Lanka by 97 runs to win the series.^[228][229]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.457	Advanced to the final
2	Sri Lanka (H)	4	2	2	0	0	4	−0.542
3	South Africa	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.083

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The 2025 Bengal Pro T20 League was held from 11 to 28 June 2025, consisting of eight teams playing in both men's and women's events respectively.^[238] The Players' Draft was held at 19 May 2025.^[239] Adamas Howrah Warriors won their maiden men's event title^[240] whereas the Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers won the women's event title for the consecutive second time.^[241]

The India cricket team toured England from June to August 2025 to play the England cricket team.^[242] The tour consisted of five Test matches.^[243][244] The series formed part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship.^[245] The Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy is awarded to the winner of the series. The trophy honours Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson.^[246] The series was ended in 2-2, with both sides sharing the trophy and receiving the Pataudi medal of excellence.

The India women's cricket team toured England in June and July 2025 to play the England women's cricket team.^[242][283] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[243][284] The series ran alongside the men's series between England and India.^[285]

India won the T20I series by 3–2,^[286] with the Women in Blue again dominating England with their ODI series victory by 2–1.^[287][288]

The 2025 season of the Delhi Premier League T20 (DPLT20) is scheduled to take place from 2 August to 31 August 2025. It consists of 8 men's and 4 women's teams respectively, with all matches hosted at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.^[320]

The 2025 Andhra Premier League will be held from 8 to 23 August 2025, consisting seven teams representing parts of Andhra Pradesh.^[321] Andhra Pradesh High Court stays Andhra Premier League 2025 franchise auctions until further orders. Major relief for existing team owners challenging Andhra Cricket Association's unilateral and misleading auction process.^[322]

India's Nitin Kumar competed in the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, held in London, England from 15 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 after qualifying for the tournament through nation qualifier.^[323][324] Kumar lost to Martin Lukeman by 1-3 and was eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

The 2025 edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup is being held at the Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir Sports Complex, Bihar, India from 29 August to 7 September 2025.^[325][326] India won their fourth Asia Cup title, defeating South Korea in the final^[327] and qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[328]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	3	0	0	22	5	+17	9	Super4s
2	China	3	1	1	1	18	7	+11	4
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	11	5	+6	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	35	−34	0

29 August 2025 15:00 India  4–3  China Jugraj  18' Harmanpreet  20', 33', 47' Report Du  12' Chen B.  35' Gao  41' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

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31 August 2025 15:00 Japan  2–3  India Kawabe  38', 59' Report Mandeep  4' Harmanpreet  5', 46' Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

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1 September 2025 19:30 India  15–0  Kazakhstan Abhishek  5', 8', 20', 59' Sukhjeet  15', 32', 38' Jugraj  24', 31', 47' Harmanpreet  26' Amit  29' Rajinder  32' Sanjay  54' Dilpreet  55' Report Umpires: Zhou Fuyi (CHN) Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

In the first match, India drew with South Korea by 2-2.^[329] In the second match, India defeated Malaysia comfortably by 4-1.^[330] In the third match, India thrashed China again, this time with a one-sided victory by 7-0, and qualified for the final.^[331]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7	Final
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3	Third place match
4	China	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

3 September 2025 19:30 India  2–2  South Korea Hardik  8' Mandeep  53' Report Yang  12' Kim H-h  14' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

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4 September 2025 19:30 Malaysia  1–4  India Hassan  2' Report Manpreet  17' Sukhjeet  19' Lakra  24' Prasad  38' Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

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6 September 2025 19:30 India  7–0  China Lakra  4' Dilpreet  7' Mandeep  18' Pal  37' Sukhjeet  39' Abhishek  46', 50' Report Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

This was the fourth encounter between the teams in the Asia Cup finals, after 1994, 2007 and 2013 edition respectively. India leads in the head-to-head record against South Korea in Asia Cup history by 6-3 (with 4 matches being drawn).^[332]

7 September 2025 19:30 India  4–1  South Korea Sukhjeet  1' Dilpreet  28', 45' Amit  50' Report Son  51' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Michiel Otten (NED)

The 2025 edition of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup is being held at Gongshu Canal Sports Park Hockey Field in Hangzhou, China, from 5 to 14 September 2025.^[333]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	25	2	+23	7	Super4s
2	Japan	3	2	1	0	17	2	+15	7
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	2	18	−16	3
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	1	23	−22	0

5 September 2025 14:30 India  11–0  Thailand Mumtaz  7', 49' Sangita  10' Navneet  16' Lalremsiami  18' Udita  30+', 52' Beauty  45', 54' Sharmila  57' Rutuja  60' Report Umpires: Kim Yoon-seon (KOR) Li Lulu (CHN)

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6 September 2025 19:00 Japan  2–2  India Murayama  10' Fujibayashi  58' Report Rutuja  30' Navneet  60+' Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Meghan McLennan (CAN)

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The 2024–25 I-League was the 18th season of the I-League and the third season as the second tier of the Indian football league system. Mohammedan were the reigning champions, having won the 2023–24 I-League. Churchill Brothers were initially declared the provisional champions of I-League by AIFF,^{[335][336][337][338]} but the decision was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) who declared Inter Kashi the champions, allowing them promotion to the Indian Super League.^{[339][340][341][342]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Inter Kashi (C, P)	22	12	6	4	42	31	+11	42[b]	Promotion to ISL and qualification for Super Cup (April) and (October)
2	Churchill Brothers	22	11	7	4	45	25	+20	40[c]
3	Real Kashmir	22	10	7	5	31	25	+6	37[d]
4	Gokulam Kerala	22	11	4	7	45	29	+16	37[e]	Qualification for Super Cup (April) and (October)[343]
5	Rajasthan United	22	9	6	7	34	33	+1	33	Qualification for Super Cup (October)
6	Dempo	22	8	5	9	35	33	+2	29[f]
7	Namdhari	22	8	5	9	28	30	−2	29[g]
8	Shillong Lajong	22	7	7	8	46	45	+1	28
9	Sreenidi Deccan	22	7	7	8	34	37	−3	28
10	Aizawl	22	6	5	11	35	46	−11	23[h]
11	Sporting Bengaluru	22	5	6	11	24	42	−18	21
12	Delhi	22	3	5	14	21	44	−23	14

The 2024–25 I-League 2 was the 17th season of the I-League 2, held from 25 January to 26 April 2025. It was also the 3rd season as the third tier of the Indian football league system. The top two clubs secured a place in the 2025–26 I-League season. In October 2024, Sudeva Delhi withdrew from the tournament. This brought the total number of teams participating in the league to nine.^[347][348] Diamond Harbour FC won the league and was promoted, along with Chanmari FC to the 2025–26 I-League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Diamond Harbour (C, P)	16	11	5	0	28	10	+18	38	Promotion to I-League
2	Chanmari (P)	16	10	3	3	36	10	+26	33
3	Sporting Goa	16	7	5	4	18	12	+6	26
4	Bengaluru United	16	6	5	5	21	11	+10	23
5	SAT	16	6	4	6	21	23	−2	22
6	United	16	5	6	5	15	17	−2	21
7	NEROCA	16	5	2	9	19	29	−10	17
8	TRAU (R)	16	3	3	10	14	30	−16	12	Relegation to I-League 3
9	KLASA (R)	16	2	1	13	8	38	−30	7

In July 2025, India secured a berth at the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time via qualification. India defeated group qualifiers host Thailand 2–1 to earn a berth at the 2026 edition set to be hosted in Australia.^[349][350]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	24	1	+23	12	Final tournament
2	Thailand (H)	4	3	0	1	23	2	+21	9
3	Timor-Leste	4	1	1	2	3	9	−6	4
4	Iraq	4	1	1	2	5	14	−9	4
5	Mongolia	4	0	0	4	3	32	−29	0

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The 2025 Durand Cup is the 134th edition of the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the fourth edition since the Asian Football Confederation supported it. The tournament is hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society in co-operation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jharkhand.^[351] Initially, Indonesian Army had assured to participate in this tournament but later on they withdrew their name and was replaced by Malaysian Army.^[352]

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India is participating in the 2025 edition of the CAFA Nations Cup, a biennial international men's football championship of Central Asia, being held in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan from 29 August to 8 September 2025.^[353] India received the invitation after the Malaysian team withdrew from the competition.^[354] This will be India's first tournament under the new coach Khalid Jamil.^[355] In first round, India defeated a higher ranked Tajikistan by 2–1.^[356]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to final
2	India	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4[a]	Advance to third place match
3	Tajikistan (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4[a]
4	Afghanistan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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The 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two is the 22nd edition of Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the second under the AFC Champions League Two title.^[357][358] Mohun Bagan qualified directly for the group stage of West Region as the 2024–25 Indian Super League champions, while FC Goa qualified for the qualifying playoff for the West Region as they were the 2025 Indian Super Cup April edition winners. Goa qualified for the group stages after defeating Oman's Al-Seeb.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEP	ALH	AHA	MBG
1	Sepahan (Q)	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Advance to round of 16		—	2–0	2–2	30 Sep
2	Al-Hussein (Q)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6			1–0	—	23 Dec	21 Oct
3	Ahal (E)	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1			0–1	1–4	—	25 Nov
4	Mohun Bagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]		23 Dec	4 Nov	0–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NSR	ZWR	IST	GOA
1	Al-Nassr (Q)	5	5	0	0	17	1	+16	15	Advance to round of 16		—	24 Dec	5–0	4–0
2	Al-Zawraa	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1	9			0–2	—	2–1	2–1
3	Istiklol	5	2	0	3	5	12	−7	6			0–4	2–1	—	2–0
4	Goa (E)	5	0	0	5	2	12	−10	0			1–2	0–2	24 Dec	—

The 2025 Pro Kabaddi League will be the 12th edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, a franchise-based Kabaddi league in India, organised by Mashal Sports since 2014. The season will begin on 29 August 2025 and will conclude on TBD.^[361]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SD	Pts
1	Puneri Paltan (R)	18	13	5	88	26	Qualified for Qualifiers
2	Dabang Delhi K.C. (C)	18	13	5	38	26
3	Bengaluru Bulls	18	11	7	97	22	Qualified for Mini-qualifier
4	Telugu Titans	18	10	8	45	20
5	Haryana Steelers	18	10	8	40	20	Qualified for Play-ins
6	U Mumba	18	10	8	8	20
7	Patna Pirates	18	8	10	12	16
8	Jaipur Pink Panthers	18	8	10	-48	16
9	UP Yoddhas	18	7	11	-65	14
10	Tamil Thalaivas	18	6	12	-36	12
11	Gujarat Giants	18	6	12	-73	12
12	Bengal Warriorz	18	6	12	-106	12

India hosted the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup,^[362][363] which was held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India from 13 to 19 January 2025.^[364][365] India defeated Nepal in both the men's and women's competition to be crowned champions.^[366]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PS	PL	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	4	4	0	0	249	143	+106	12	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Nepal	4	3	1	0	349	92	+257	9
3	Bhutan	4	2	2	0	196	207	-11	6
4	Peru	4	1	3	0	139	274	-135	3
5	Brazil	4	0	4	0	90	307	-217	0

13 January 2025 20:30 IST Result India  42–37    Nepal India won by 5 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

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14 January 2025 20:15 IST Result India  66–34  Brazil India won by 32 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

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15 January 2025 20:15 IST Result India  70–38  Peru India won by 32 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

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16 January 2025 20:15 IST Result India  71–34  Bhutan India won by 37 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

Quarter-Final 4 17 January 2025 20:15 IST Result India  100–40  Sri Lanka India won by 60 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Player of the match: Ramji Kashyap (India)

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Semi-Final 2 18 January 2025 20:15 IST Result South Africa  42–62  India India won by 20 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Player of the match: Gowtham MK (India)

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Final 19 January 2025 20:15 IST Result Nepal    36–54  India India won by 18 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Player of the match: Mehul (India)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PS	PL	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	3	0	0	375	54	+321	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Iran	3	2	1	0	167	138	+39	6
3	South Korea	3	1	2	0	90	316	-226	3
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	0	80	204	-124	0

14 January 2025 19:00 IST Result India  175–18  South Korea India won by 157 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

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15 January 2025 19:00 IST Result India  100–16  Iran India won by 84 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

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16 January 2025 19:00 IST Result India  100–20  Malaysia India won by 80 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

Quarter-Final 4 17 January 2025 19:00 IST Result India  109–16  Bangladesh India won by 93 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Player of the match: Ashwani Shinde (India)

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Semi-Final 2 18 January 2025 19:00 IST Result South Africa  16–66  India India won by 50 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Player of the match: Vaishnavi Bajrang (India)

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Final 19 January 2025 19:00 IST Result Nepal    40–78  India India won by 38 points Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Player of the match: Chaithra B (India)

The 2025 Rugby Premier League was the first season of the Rugby Premier League.^[367] It was held from 15 to 29 June 2025 with 6 city-based teams.^[368] Chennai Bulls defeated Delhi Redz 41–0 to win the inaugural title.^[369]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Hyderabad Heroes	10	9	0	1	36	Advance to playoffs
2	Chennai Bulls (C)	10	6	1	3	25
3	Bengaluru Bravehearts	10	5	1	4	21
4	Delhi Redz	10	3	2	5	14
5	Kalinga Black Tigers	10	2	2	6	10
6	Mumbai Dreamers	10	1	2	7	6

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India hosted the 2025 ISTAF World Cup, held at the Patliputra Indoor Stadium, Bihar.^[370][371] India secured their first men's team regu gold medal and their second overall gold in World Cup history.^[372] India ended with one bronze, one silver and five bronze medals, making it their most successful World Cup campaign.^[373]

Event	Group Stage					Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Men's Doubles	Poland W 2–0	Poland L 0–2	Chinese Taipei W 2–0	Vietnam W 2–1	2Q	—	Myanmar L 0–2	—
Men's Regu	New Zealand W 2–0	United States W 2–0	—		1Q	—	Iran W 2–0	Japan W 2–1
Men's Quadrant	New Zealand W 2–0	United States W 2–1	Iran W 2–1	—	1Q	Singapore W 2–1	Vietnam L 1–2	—
Women's Doubles	China w/o	France w/o	Japan W 2–0	—	1Q	—	Iran W 2–0	Myanmar L 0–2
Women's Regu	Malaysia W 2–0	Nepal W 2–0	Poland W 2–0	—	1Q	—	Vietnam L 0–2	—
Women's Quadrant	China w/o	Iran W 2–0	Nepal W 2–0	Malaysia L 1–2	2Q	—	Thailand L 0–2	—
Mixed Quadrant	Nepal W 2–0	Vietnam W 2–0	Japan W 2–0	—	1Q	—	Myanmar L 0–2	—

India is participating in the 2025 ISSF World Cup from 1 April to 9 December 2025, which is held across various locations.^[374][375]

Medal	Player	Event	Category	Date	Ref.
Gold	Sift Kaur Samra	Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions Women	4 April	[376]
Gold	Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil	Rifle	10m Air Men	6 April	[377]
Gold	Suruchi Inder Singh	Pistol	10m Air Women	8 April	[378]
Gold	Vijayveer Sidhu	Pistol	25m Rapid Fire Men	8 April	[379]
Gold	Suruchi Inder Singh	Pistol	10m Air Women	15 April	[380]
Gold	Suruchi Inder Singh Saurabh Chaudhary	Pistol	10m Air Mixed Team	16 April	[381]
Gold	Suruchi Inder Singh	Pistol	10m Air Women	13 June	[382]
Gold	Arya Borse Arjun Babuta	Rifle	10m Air Mixed Team	14 June	[383]
Gold	Esha Singh	Pistol	10m Air Women	13 September	[384]
Silver	Esha Singh	Pistol	25m Women	5 April	[385]
Silver	Arya Borse Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil	Rifle	10m Air Mixed Team	9 April	[386]
Silver	Manu Bhaker	Pistol	10m Air Women	15 April	[387]
Silver	Arjun Babuta	Rifle	10m Air Men	19 April	[388]
Silver	Arya Borse Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil	Rifle	10m Air Mixed Team	20 April	[389]
Silver	Simranpreet Kaur Brar	Pistol	25m Women	21 April	[390]
Bronze	Chain Singh	Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	4 April	[391]
Bronze	Suruchi Inder Singh Saurabh Chaudhary	Pistol	10m Air Mixed Team	10 April	[392]
Bronze	Saurabh Chaudhary	Pistol	10m Air Men	15 April	[393]
Bronze	Kynan Chenai Sabeera Haris	Shotgun	Trap Mixed Team	11 May	[394]
Bronze	Elavenil Valarivan	Rifle	10m Air Women	10 June	[395]
Bronze	Sift Kaur Samra	Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions Women	12 June	[396]
Bronze	Meghana Sajjanar	Rifle	10m Air Women	14 September	[397]

Medal	Player	Event	Category	Date	Ref.
Gold	Rudrankksh Patil Arjun Babuta Kiran Jadhav	Rifle	Men's 10m Air Team	21 August
Gold	Elavenil Valarivan	Rifle	Women's 10m Air	22 August
Gold	Elavenil Valarivan Arjun Babuta	Rifle	10m Air Mixed Team	23 August
Gold	Aishwary Pratap Singh	Rifle	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions	24 August
Gold	Sift Kaur Samra Ashi Chouksey Anjum Moudgil	Rifle	Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team	26 August
Gold	Sift Kaur Samra	Rifle	Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions	26 August
Gold	Ankur Mittal	Shotgun	Men's Double Trap	29 August
Gold
Silver	Anmol Jain Aditya Malra Saurabh Chaudhary	Pistol	Men's 10m Air Team	18 August
Silver	Aishwary Pratap Singh Chain Singh Akhil Sheoran	Rifle	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team	24 August
Silver	Bhowneesh Mendiratta	Shotgun	Men's Trap	25 August
Silver	Adarsh Singh Anish Bhanwala Neeraj Kumar	Pistol	Men's 25m Rapid Fire Team	26 August
Silver	Anish Bhanwala	Pistol	Men's 25m Rapid Fire	26 August
Silver	Kumar Yogesh Amanpreet Singh Ravinder Singh	Pistol	Men's 50m Team	27 August
Silver	Manini Kaushik Surabhi Rapole Vidarsa Vinod	Rifle	Women's 50m Prone Team	29 August
Silver
Bronze	Manu Bhaker Suruchi Singh Palak Gulia	Pistol	Women's 10m Air Team	19 August
Bronze	Manu Bhaker	Pistol	Women's 10m Air	19 August
Bronze	Suruchi Singh Saurabh Chaudhary	Pistol	10m Air Mixed Team	20 August
Bronze	Elavenil Valarivan Mehuli Ghosh Ananya Naidu	Rifle	Women's 10m Air Team	22 August
Bronze	Esha Singh Manu Bhaker Simranpreet Brar	Pistol	Women's 25m Team	24 August
Bronze	Manini Kaushik	Rifle	Women's 50m Prone	29 August
Bronze

India participated in the 2025 Men's World Squash Championship and entered three players for the tournament.^[398]

Athlete	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abhay Singh	Müller W 3-1	Ibrahim L 0-3	Did not advance to next round
Ramit Tandon	Tsukue W 3-1	El Shorbagy L 2-3	Did not advance to next round
Veer Chotrani	James W 3-1	Farag L 1-3	Did not advance to next round

India participated in the 2025 Women's World Squash Championship. Only Anahat Singh qualified for the tournament.^[399]

Athlete	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anahat Singh	Stefanoni W 3-2	Aboelkheir L 1-3	Did not advance to next round

India participated in the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships held in Doha, Qatar, from 17 to 25 May 2025.^[400]

Athlete	Event	Seed	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Fourth Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
			Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ankur Bhattacharjee	Men's Singles	—	Lam L 1-4	Did not advance to next round
Manush Shah		—	Apolónia L 2-4	Did not advance to next round
Manav Thakkar		—	Choi W 4-1	Harimoto L 2-4	Did not advance to next round
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran		—	Poret L 0-4	Did not advance to next round
Diya Chitale	Women's Singles	—	Zhang W 4-0	Cheng L 1-4	Did not advance to next round
Manika Batra		22	Bello W 4-0	Park L 0-4	Did not advance to next round
Sreeja Akula		25	Sawettabut L 1-4	Did not advance to next round
Yashaswini Ghorpade		—	Yuan L 1-4	Did not advance to next round
Harmeet Desai Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's Doubles	—	Burgos / Gómez L 1-3	Did not advance to next round
Manush Shah Manav Thakkar		8	Hribar / Kozul W 3-1	Qiu / Duda L 1-3	Did not advance to next round
Diya Chitale Yashaswini Ghorpade	Women's Doubles	12	Magdieva / Erkebaeva W 3-1	Zeng / Ser W 3-1	Harimoto / Kihara L 0-3	Did not advance to next round
Sutirtha Mukherjee Ayhika Mukherjee		14	Yilmaz / Harac W 3-2	Kaufmann / Shan L 0-3	Did not advance to next round
Diya Chitale Manush Shah	Mixed Doubles	9	Bouloussa / Nasri W 3-0	Oh / Kim L 0-3	Did not advance to next round
Harmeet Desai Yashaswini Ghorpade		14	Poret / Hochart L 2-3	Did not advance to next round

India will host the 2025 Asian Table Tennis Championships, held in Bhubaneshwar from 11 to 15 October 2025.^[401] Only team events will be played in this edition.^[402]

India participated in the 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup held in Shenzhen, China from 19 to 23 February 2025.^[403] Six players were sent to participate in the tournament, with no one crossing the group stage mark and were thus eliminated.^[404]

The 2025 Bengaluru Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bengaluru, from 24 February to 2 March 2025.^[405] Anirudh Chandrasekar and Taipei's Ray Ho won the men's doubles title after defeating Blake Bayldon and Matthew Romios 6–2, 6–4 in the final.^[406]

The 2025 edition of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships was held in Ahmedabad, India, between 24 and 30 August 2025.^[407] The event was inaugurated by Indian sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya.^[408] Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women's 48 kg event.^[409] She lifted a record-breaking total of 193 kg (84 kg snatch and 109 kg clean and jerk), setting a new commonwealth championship record.^[410] Priteesmita Bhoi and Dharamjyoti Dewghariya also won gold medal in women's 44–48 kg and men's 56–60 kg events respectively.^[411]

The 2025 edition of the U20 World Wrestling Championships were held in Samokov, Bulgaria between 17 and 24 August 2025.^[412][413] India finished their campaign with 9 medals - 2 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze - and were placed 4th at the medal tally.^[414]

Medal	Player	Category	Event	Date	Ref.
	Tapasya Gahlawat	Freestyle	Women's 57 kg	20 August	[415]
	Kajal Dochak		Women's 72 kg	22 August	[416]
	Sumit Malik	Freestyle	Men's 57 kg	19 August	[417]
	Srishti		Women's 68 kg	20 August	[418]
	Reena		Women's 55 kg	21 August	[419]
	Priya Malik		Women's 76 kg		[420]
	Suraj	Greco-Roman	Men's 60 kg	22 August	[421]
	Shruti	Freestyle	Women's 50 kg		[422]
	Saarika		Women's 53 kg