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Gukesh beats Carlsen at Norway Chess: Indian Sports, June 2

Norway Chess

As action packed as Indian sport can get, it's 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.

June 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 June 2, 2025.


What's on today?

  • Chess: The Norway Chess tournament featuring D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, R Vaishali, and Koneru Humpy continues with Humpy in contention to lead.

  • Table-tennis: The Ultimate Table Tennis league continues.


What happened yesterday?

  • Kabaddi: The PKL 12 auction concluded with plenty of big money signings and surprise omissions.

  • Table tennis: Pune Jaguars registered a fighting win over U Mumba TT in UTT.

  • Tennis: Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were knocked out of the French Open, ending India's campaign.

  • Boxing: Deepak, Naman clinched gold as India finished with 8 medals at the Thailand Open.

  • Norway Chess: Humpy remained in the sole lead; Vaishali beat Sara Khadem. Erigaisi beat Nakamura; Gukesh lost to Wei Yi.