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Thursday, February 5, 2026
TopicIndian sports

Topic: Indian sports

Ahmedabad bags 2030 Commonwealth Games. India’s sports infrastructure gets a leg up

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

From Delhi’s Golf Links to Uttarakhand’s hills, 2 Indians chase glory in Mixed Martial Arts arena

Jason Solomon & Angad Bisht represent contrasting journeys shaping India’s future in MMA, a sport that hasn't picked up much pace since it was first televised in the country 13 yrs ago.

US picking on India for trade concessions—ex-MEA adviser responds to Trump adviser’s ‘Russia oil math’ take

Global media looks at how US-India relationship is in jeopardy, while Pakistan has 'quietly & successfully navigated Trump's political world'.

Rs 6,000-cr stadium, weekly meetings, 2030 CWG pitch—Ahmedabad’s Olympic plan speeds up

How Ahmedabad is racing to become India’s next sporting capital. It’s all hands on deck.

Bihar is on a sports gold rush. Rs 680 cr budget, big-ticket events, hunt for Olympians

Bihar wants to go from sports underdog to medal powerhouse. It’s building stadiums, hiring coaches, and running a talent hunt in 40,000 schools — but it’s still battling decades of dysfunction.

India’s hockey ace Lalremsiami wants infra to improve in home state Mizoram. ‘We only have 3 grounds’

24-year-old celebrated her 150th milestone on 14 November in Women’s Asian Champions Trophy. She took just 6 yrs to reach national side after she first took up hockey stick.

India breaks 4 records as Bumrah takes charge in team’s biggest-ever victory by run margin in Australia

Despite absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma & Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah led from the front. Yashasvi Jaiswal was instrumental in team’s 295-run victory in 1st test of 5-match series.

Global media on Indian fondness for naming & renaming, and lack of sporting champions from the country

The country though, international publications note, is doing one thing right in trying to give China a run for its money, even if it's going about it the wrong way.

Athlete Santhi Soundarajan won 12 medals for India but here’s why you can never see her run

In 'The Day I Became a Runner', Sohini Chattopadhyay looks at Indian history through the lens of women's sports.

‘Modi told me I’m the light’—Now Dutee Chand has no govt aid but she wants to run in Paris

Dutee Chand’s battles have taken her all the way to Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has faith that it will work out for her this time too.


On Camera

Let me explain the K-drama addiction. I, too, am an addict

The three Ghaziabad sisters were lonely. None of them had gone to school after the Covid-19 pandemic. K-dramas offered them solace.

Key grant cut, cash-strapped Himachal slaps a hydropower land cess. Why Punjab is seeing red

With 16th Finance Commission stopping revenue deficit grant to states, Himachal Pradesh is likely to suffer a loss of ‘Rs 50,000 cr over five years’.

Tejas MK 1A to fly with IAF latest only by June-July this year. Here’s why

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is yet to deliver two of the remaining order of 8 Tejas trainer aircraft as well, an order that was placed in 2010.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.