Anuj Shrivatri becomes India’s 100th chess Grandmaster
Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh became India’s 100th chess Grandmaster by winning the 7th ASEAN+ Individual Open in the Philippines, which awards the title directly to the winner.
Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh became India’s 100th chess Grandmaster by winning the 7th ASEAN+ Individual Open in the Philippines, which awards the title directly to the winner.
Rain washed out the fifth and final T20I between India and West Indies in Bengaluru on October 17, with India on 118/5 in 7.4 overs of a nine-over innings, and the five-match series ended 2-2.
West Indies chased down India’s 249/5 with nine balls to spare in the second T20I in Ranchi on October 9, winning by six wickets on the back of Shai Hope’s unbeaten 102 off 45 balls and levelling the series 1-1.
Aman Sehrawat won the men’s freestyle 57kg gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 3, beating North Korea’s Han Chong Song 11-7 to become the first Indian wrestler to win Asian Games gold in the category.
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the Asian Games 2026 men’s T20 cricket final on October 3 to win a second successive gold, posting 211/6 before Pakistan finished on 192/6 despite Hasan Nawaz’s 96.
Seventeen-year-old Kumkum Mohod won the women’s individual recurve gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 3, beating South Korea’s Oh Yejin 6-5 in a shoot-off and completing a three-medal haul.
Pranavi Urs won the women’s individual golf gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 3, finishing 15-under 265 to become the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games golf gold and end a 24-year wait for India.
Lovlina Borgohain won the women’s 75kg boxing gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 2, beating China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0 on her 29th birthday and becoming only the second Indian woman after Mary Kom to win Asian Games boxing gold.
India’s men’s hockey team beat Pakistan 4-3 in a dramatic Asian Games 2026 semifinal on October 1, with Abhishek’s last-minute strike completing a comeback from 3-3 and sending India into the gold medal match.
India’s women’s compound archery team won gold at the Asian Games 2026 on September 30, beating China 238-234 in the final and equalling the world record score of 238, India’s seventh gold medal of the Games.