The year 2026 in Indian sports describes the new sporting events that have happened, or will happen, in 2026. The main highlights for this year are: the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan and the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal respectively.
This year, several honours have been awarded to the athletes who have contributed to the nation in various sporting disciplines. Vijay Amritraj (tennis) was awarded the Padma Bhushan. At the same time, the Padma Shri awardees include Baldev Singh (field hockey), Bhagwandas Raikwar (martial arts), Harmanpreet Kaur (cricket), K. Pajanivel (martial arts), Praveen Kumar (para-athletics), Rohit Sharma (cricket) and Savita Punia (field hockey) respectively. The Arjuna Awards were announced in August 2026 to felicitate 17 sportspersons. The recipients include Tejaswin Shankar, Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi, Priyanka Goswami (athletics); Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand (badminton); Narender Berwal (boxing); Vidit Gujrathi, Divya Deshmukh (chess); Dhanush Srikanth (deaf shooting); Lalremsiami, Rajkumar Pal (hockey); Surjeet Singh Narwal, Pooja Hathwala (kabaddi); Rudransh Khandelwal (para-shooting); Ekta Bhyan (para-athletics); Arvind Singh (rowing); and Akhil Sheoran (shooting) respectively. The Lifetime Arjuna Award Honour was given to Isaiah Arumainayagam (football).
Multi-sport events Calendar Date Venue / Event Status Medals 6–22 February 2026 Winter Olympics (summary) International000 0 22–30 April 2026 Asian Beach Games (summary) Continental321 6 23 July – 2 August 2026 Commonwealth Games (summary) International13179 39 19 September – 4 October 2026 Asian Games (summary) Continental 18–24 October 2026 Asian Para Games (summary) Continental 31 October – 13 November 2026 Summer Youth Olympics International 28 November – 7 December 2026 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Continental
Results Winter Olympics – India sent two athletes with Stanzin Lundup finishing 104th and Arif Khan finishing at 39th position in their respective events. Asian Beach Games – India sent a total of 31 athletes, with the nation winning six medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and finishing sixth in the medals tally. Commonwealth Games – The Indian contingent consisted of 122 athletes and won a total of 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze), finishing fourth in the medals tally. Boxing was the most successful contingent, with the nation winning seven gold medals.
Archery Calendar Date Venue / Event Status Medals 31 Oct 2025 – 29 March 2026 Indoor Archery World Series International colspan=4 31 March – 4 July 2026 World Archery Para Series International1255 22 7 April – 13 September 2026 Archery World Cup International412
Results Indoor Archery World Series – Kushal Dalal won gold in the men's compound individual at the GT Open. Abhishek Verma won bronze in the men's compound individual and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won bronze in the women's compound individual at the Taipei Open. Archery World Cup – The Indian compound women's team clinched the gold medal in the first stage, defeating the USA in the final. Sahil Jadhav won bronze in the compound men's individual in the second stage. The Indian recurve women's team clinched the gold medal in the second stage, defeating China in the final. Dhiraj Bommadevara won the recurve men's individual event in the third stage. He also won the gold medal in the recurve mixed team event along with Kumkum Mohod. The women's compound team won silver in the fourth stage. Prithika Pradeep won bronze in the women's compound individual event in the same stage.
Athletics Calendar Date Venue / Event Status 10 January 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships International 6 January – 8 February 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships Continental 24–25 March 2026 Indian Indoor Athletics Championships National 12 April 2026 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships International 2–3 May 2026 World Athletics Relays International 22–25 May 2026 National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships National 5–9 August 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships International 8–11 October 2026 Indian National Open Athletics Championships National
Results World Athletics Cross Country Championships – India participated in the competition with seven athletes but did not win any medals. Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Tejaswin Shankar won gold in the men's heptathlon event. Tajinderpal Singh Toor won silver in the men's shot put event. Pooja Singh won a silver medal in the women's high jump. Jothi Aadarsh Ram won bronze in the men's high jump event. Ancy Sojan won bronze in the women's long jump event. Race Walking Team Championships – India sent 15 athletes but did not win any medals. Priyanka Goswami finished 10th in the senior women's marathon, contributing to the nation's 5th-place finish in the women's team marathon event. World Athletics Relays – India fielded five relay teams; however, none of them advanced to the final round.
Badminton
Date Venue / Event Status Winner(s) 6 January – 13 December 2026 BWF World Tour 2026 India Open (Super 750) 2026 Syed Modi International (Super 300) 2026 Guwahati Masters (Super 100) 2026 Odisha Masters (Super 100) International 3–8 February 2026 Badminton Asia Team Championships Continental (M) (W) 8–14 February 2026 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships International 7–12 April 2026 Badminton Asia Championships Continental 24 April – 3 May 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup International (T) (U) 26 June – 5 July 2026 Badminton Asia Junior Championships Continental 17–23 August 2026 BWF World Championships International 5–18 October 2026 BWF World Junior Championships International TBD 2026 Premier Badminton League Domestic
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Results World Tour – P. V. Sindhu finished in 3/4 position in the Malaysia Open after losing to Wang Zhiyi in the semis. Devika Sihag won the women's singles title in the 2026 Thailand Masters and became the third Indian WS player to win a Super 300 title. Lakshya Sen finished as the runner-up in the 2026 All England Open after losing to Lin Chun-yi in the final. Isharani Baruah and Tanvi Sharma finished in the 3/4 position respectively in the women's singles of the 2026 Orléans Masters. Shriyanshi Valishetty finished as the runner up in the 2026 Baoji China Masters, whereas, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty ended as runner-up in the Thailand Open and won the Singapore Open by beating Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri. Rounak Chouhan and Devika Sihag finished 3/4 in their respective events and Srikanth Kidambi finished 2nd in U.S. Open. P. V. Sindhu clinched her maiden Japan Open title by beating Akane Yamaguchi in the final. Tanvi Sharma became the youngest and fourth overall Indian WS player to win a Super 300 title after winning the Taipei Open, while Unnati Hooda finished 3/4 in the same event. Ashmita Chaliha won the Korea Masters by beating Han Qianxi in the final, while Rakshitha Ramraj finished 3/4 in the same event. Asia Team Championships – Defending champions India crashed out in the quarterfinals in the women's team event, losing to China by 0–3 and finished in seventh position. In the men's team event, India lost to South Korea in the quarterfinals by 1–3, finishing eighth in the tournament. Para-Badminton World Championships – India secured 15 medals, consisting of 2 gold, 5 silver, and 8 bronze, finishing third in the medal standings. Pramod Bhagat was the standout player, winning 2 golds in the men's singles SL3 and the men's doubles SL3-SL4 events. Asia Individual Championships – Ayush Shetty won a silver medal in the men's singles event after being defeated by Shi Yuqi in the final. Thomas & Uber Cup – The Indian women's team finished in 11th position, failing to qualify for the knockouts for the first time since the 2018 edition. The Indian men's team won the bronze medal, after losing to France by 0–3 in the semi-finals. This was their second-ever medal in tournament history. Asia Junior Championships – The Indian team finished fifth in the mixed team event and failed to win any medal across both team and individual events. World Championships – Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event. This was India's second medal in women's doubles at the World Championships after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won bronze in 2011.
Boxing Calendar Date Venue / Event Status 20 April – 2 December // 2026 World Boxing Cup International 14–27 October 2026 World Boxing U19 Championships International
Results Chess Calendar Date Venue / Event Status 16 January – 1 February Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026 International 13–15 February FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 International 28 March – 16 April Candidates Tournament 2026 Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 International 5 May – 28 August/// Grand Chess Tour 2026 International 25 May – 5 June Norway Chess 2026 International 15–28 September 46th Chess Olympiad International TBA World Chess Championship 2026 International TBA Women's World Chess Championship 2026 International
Upcoming fixtures World Championship – Gukesh Dommaraju will face Javokhir Sindarov in TBD 2026 to defend his World champion title. Women's World Championship – Vaishali Rameshbabu will challenge Ju Wenjun in TBD 2026 to clinch her first-ever world championship title.
Results Tata Steel Tournament – The country was represented by five players in the Masters and Challengers categories. The best finish by an Indian in this edition was Gukesh Dommaraju, who placed joint eighth. Freestyle World Championship – Arjun Erigaisi finished at sixth position, while Pranav Venkatesh could not make past the play-ins. Candidates Tournament – Vaishali Rameshbabu won the women's tournament, becoming the second Indian woman after Koneru Humpy to compete in the Women's World Championship. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa finished 7th in the open tournament, while Divya Deshmukh also finished 7th in the women's category. Grand Chess Tour – Gukesh Dommaraju finished 6th in the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland. R. Praggnanandhaa finished joint-5th in the Super Chess Classic Romania and he also won the Super Rapid&Biltz St.Louis.
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