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January will see Indian athletes in action across leagues. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.
Here are all the updates from Republic Day, January 26, 2025.
What's on today?
Chess: Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee continues with Gukesh, Pragg amongst the joint leaders.
ISL: Mumbai City host Mohammedan SC [7.30 PM].
WHIL: It's the final of the tournament, between Odisha Warriors and Soorma HC.
What happened yesterday?
ISL: FC Goa defeated Chennaiyin FC 2-0 to claw back the gap to leaders Bagan.
HIL: Team Gonasika beat leaders TN Dragons and Hyderabad Toofans defeated UP Rudras.
Chess: D Gukesh joined the leaders on 5/7 points at the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee.
Athletics: Jyothi Yarraji broke the 60m hurdles national record once more with a time of 8.04s.
Sports: PR Sreejesh chosen for Padma Bhushan; Ashwin, Vijayan among 4 in sports to get Padma Shri