Winter Olympics – India sent two athletes with Stanzin Lundup finishing 104th[2] and Arif Khan finishing at 39th position[3] 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.[4]
Women's Individual (1/24 eliminations): Madhura Dhamangaonkar will face Wang Yue, Jyothi Surekha Vennam will face Diana Yunussova, Aditi Gopichand Swami will face United Kingdom Isabelle Carpenter, and Pragati will face Madeleine Ong Xue Li at 6:33 IST.
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.[6]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.[7]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.[8]
World Athletics Relays – India fielded five relay teams; however, none of them advanced to the final round.
Asian 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.[13] In the men's team event, India lost to South Korea in the quarterfinals by 1–3, finishing eighth in the tournament.[14]
World Para 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.[15]
Asian Championships – Ayush Shetty won a silver medal in the men's singles event after being defeated by Shi Yuqi in the final.[16]
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.
Thomas Cup – 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.[17]
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.[18]Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa finished 7th in the open tournament, while Divya Deshmukh also finished 7th in the women's category.
IND v NZ – New Zealand won the ODI series against India 2–1, achieving their first-ever ODI series victory on Indian soil. India won the T20I series by 4–1, achieving their seventh consecutive bilateral T20I series title after the 2024 World Cup.[22]
Men's U-19 World Cup – India crushed England by 100 runs to win their sixth Men's Under-19 World Cup title.[23]
Men's T20 World Cup – India defeated New Zealand by a commanding 96 runs to win their second consecutive and third overall T20 World Cup title.[24]
Women's World Cup Qualifier – India finished as the runners-up, losing to England in the final by 0–2 and qualified for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[31]
Women's Asian Cup – India did not win any matches and failed to advance past the group stage.
Women's U-20 Asian Cup – India did not advance past the group stage, but concluded its campaign on a high note by defeating the higher-ranked Chinese Taipei 1-3.[33]
FIFA Series – India finished third in the Kenya stage of the tournament, defeating Malawi in the third-place playoff by 3-2.[34]
Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships – India achieved a total of 94 medals, including 51 gold, 23 silver, and 20 bronze, across both senior and junior events, finishing at the top of the medal tally.[39]
World Cup – Palak Gulia and Mukesh Nelavalli won gold in the mixed 10m air pistol event in the first stage.[40]
ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup – India did not win any medals, with Akash Pal being the only player to qualify for the knockouts before he was eliminated in the round of 16.[41]