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]
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.[5]
Indoor Archery World Series – Kushal Dalal won gold in the men's compound individual at the GT Open.[6]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.[7]Sahil Jadhav won bronze in the compound men's individual in the second stage.[8] The Indian recurve women's team clinched the gold medal in the second stage, defeating China in the final.[9]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.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]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.[13]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.[14]
World Athletics Relays – India fielded five relay teams; however, none of them advanced to the final round.
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.[22] In the men's team event, India lost to South Korea in the quarterfinals by 1–3, finishing eighth in the tournament.[23]
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.[24]
Asia Individual Championships – Ayush Shetty won a silver medal in the men's singles event after being defeated by Shi Yuqi in the final.[25]
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.[26]
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.
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.[27]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.
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.[31]
Men's U-19 World Cup – India crushed England by 100 runs to win their sixth Men's Under-19 World Cup title.[32]
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.[33]
IRE v IND – Ireland registered a historic first-ever series victory against India, whitewashing them by 2-0 and broke India's streak of 16 consecutive T20I series wins.
ENG v IND – England won the their first-ever multi-match T20I series against India by a convincing margin of 4-0. They also won the ODI series by 2-1.
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.[41]
FIH Men's World Cup – The Indian men's hockey team finished in eighth place after losing their placement match to Belgium in a penalty shootout.[42]
FIH Women's World Cup – The Indian women's hockey team secured a historic fifth-place finish, beating world No. 5 Germany 3–1 in the classification match to mark their best World Cup performance since 1974.[43]
Indian Women's League – East Bengal won their second-consecutive IWL title.[50]
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.[51]
FIFA Series – India finished third in the Kenya stage of the tournament, defeating Malawi in the third-place playoff by 3–2.[52]
Women's U-17 Asian Cup – India finished 7th in the tournament after a 0–3 defeat to China. This represents their best-ever finish in tournament history.[53]
ISTAF World Cup – The Indian men's national team achieved a historic milestone by capturing the Silver Medal in the high-stakes quadrant category. India advanced to the final after defeating powerhouse Myanmar in the semifinals, before finishing as runners-up to the host nation, Malaysia.
King's Cup World Championship – India secured the Bronze Medal in the men's quadrant. The Indian squad clinched a spot on the world podium after a hard-fought, three-set battle in the semifinals against the hosts and eventual champions, Thailand, losing 15–9, 9–15, 9–15.
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.[60]
World Cup – Palak Gulia and Mukesh Nelavalli won gold in the mixed 10m air pistol event in the second stage.[61]Vivaan Kapoor and Neeru Dhanda won bronze in the mixed trap event in the third stage.[62]Esha Singh won a gold medal and broke the world record in the women's 25m pistol event in the fourth stage.[63]
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.[64]
World Team Championships – Both the men's and women's teams were eliminated in the Round of 32 in their respective events.[65]
World Junior Championships – Yash Khandagale won two silver medals and one bronze in the 71 kg event. With this, India finished 13th in the medal tally.[66]
Asian Weightlifting Championships – India won 10 medals (1 silver, 3 bronze) and finished 11th in the medal tally.[67]
2026 Winter Olympics (summary)
2026 Asian Beach Games (summary)
2026 Commonwealth Games (summary)
2026 Asian Games (summary)
2026 Summer Youth Olympics
2026 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships
2026 Indian Indoor Athletics Championships
2026 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
2026 World Athletics Relays
2026 BWF World Tour
South Korea (W)
2026 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships
2026 Thomas & Uber Cup
2026 BWF World Junior Championships
2026 World Boxing Cup
2026 World Boxing U19 Championships
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026
FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026
Candidates Tournament 2026
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Norway Chess 2026
World Chess Championship 2026
2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League
Belgium
England
2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship
2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship
2026 ISTAF World Cup
2026 Youth World Weightlifting Championships
2026 U17 World Wrestling Championships
2026 U20 World Wrestling Championships
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