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December is here and brings with a whole new set of sports events. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on December 19, 2025.
What's on today?
Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireeddy and Chirag Shetty will face Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the BWF World Tour Finals.
Chess: D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Koneru Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi are among the Indians in action at the Global Chess League.
What happened yesterday?
Global Chess League: Gukesh, Arjun lead PBG Alaskan Knights to their first win; Alireza Firouzja takes Triveni Continental Kings to top of the table
BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag win two in two; in pole position for semifinal spot