Indian sports can get quite action-packed and it's quite easy to miss out on important news and results. That's where we come in -- ESPN's daily Indian sports blog has all the updates from the world of Indian sports as well as the news, scores, schedule, results and commentary that comes with it.
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 16. 2026.
What's on today?
FIH Women's World Cup: India open their campaign against China at 4:30 p.m. IST.
Football: SC Delhi face FC Raengdai in the first Durand Cup quarterfinal at 4 p.m. IST, and East Bengal face Indian Army FT in the second quarterfinal at 7 p.m. IST.
What happened yesterday?
Hockey: India beat Wales 3-1 in the Men's FIH World Cup opener.
Chess: Praggnanandhaa drew with Wesley So at the Sinquefield Cup
Chess: Koneru Humpy drew with R Vaishali at the Cairns Cup, and so did Divya Deshmukh against Bibisara Assaubayeva