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2026 is here and brings with it, a whole new set of sports events. It's a big year for Indian sport -- with the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games coming up later this year. There are also two Chess World Championship, where the open and women's sections could both feature Indians in them.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on January 9, 2026.
What's on today?
Badminton: PV Sindhu is semifinal action at the BWF Malaysia Open Super 1000.
Women's HIL: SG Pipers face Shrachi Bengal Tigers in the final at 7:30 PM.
Boxing: The National Championships continue in Greater Noida.
Chess: The Tata Steel India (Rapid & Blitz) Chess tournament continues with Blitz rounds 1 to 9, with Viswanathan Anand, R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, R Vaishali among the Indians in action.
What happened yesterday?
Badminton: PV Sindhu reached the Malaysa Open semis, Satwik-Chirag were knocked out.
Chess: Nihal Sarin won the Tata Steel India rapid title.
HIL: Soorma and Tamil Nadu Dragons prevailed in shootouts over Hyderabad Toofans and SG Pipers respectively.
Boxing: Jadumani Singh, Pawan Bartwal set up final clash with easy semifinal victories