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2026 is a big year, and with the Commonwealth Games just done, we have Asian Games and two Chess World Championships coming up. The month of August meanwhile, is similarly action packed, with the FIH Men's and Women's Hockey World Cups and the Badminton World Championships - and you can go through the schedule in ESPN's sports calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on August 18, 2026.
What's on today?
BWF World Championships: Lakshya Sen is among the Indians in action in New Delhi today.
FIH Women's World Cup: India vs South Africa at 6:30 p.m. IST.
Chess: R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy, R Vaishali in action at Sinquefield Cup and Cairns Cup round 7 games
What happened yesterday?
Badminton: Ayush Shetty registered a massive win against world no.1 Shi Yu Qi in the opening round of the World Championships.
Badminton: PV Sindhu, Arjun MR/Hariharan Amsakarunan, Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand, Kavipriya Selvam/Simran Singhi all registered opening round wins at the World Championships.
Hockey: India men lost 4-2 to England.
Durand Cup: NorthEast United set up semifinal against Mohun Bagan.
Chess: Praggnanandhaa draws with Aronian in Sinquefield Cup Round 6, stays in joint-second
Chess: Divya, Vaishali draw, Humpy loses at Cairns Cup; Divya third after Round 6.