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When Raja Das is not busy honing his Pencak Silat skills, the 33-year-old helps his father supply ice to local blood banks in Kolkata.

Country's top sports administrators on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow at the death of former IOA president Suresh Kalmadi, calling it a huge loss to the Olympic movement in India.

Former world billiards champion Manoj Kothari, one of the most influential figures in Indian cue sports, died on Monday following a massive cardiac arrest at a hospital in Tirunelveli.

Underlining India's growing sporting ambitions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country is making strong and sustained efforts to host the 2036 Olympic Games.

In what promises to be a crucial and busy year for India's athletes, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asked top SAI officials to set "delivery targets", come up with ideas to improve the country's sporting ecosystem, and address the menace of doping on a war footing.

Here's a look at the top sporting events in 2026 that all fans will be eagerly waiting for.

For Indian sport, 2026 should feel like a year of consolidation and conversion. We have already shown that we can produce world-class performances in pockets. The next step is consistency

Eleven-year-old racing prodigy Atiqa Mir capped off a ground breaking 2025 by becoming the most successful Indian karter in the international arena in her category

India's sporting ambitions have outgrown its administrative machinery. That is the central thrust of a 170-page report submitted by an Abhinav Bindra-led Task Force to Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

With India positioning itself as a future global sporting host - including a 2030 Commonwealth Games cycle - the Indian Olympic Association is making a pivot inward.

Nasser bin Hamad received the Arab Sports Personality Award; Mohammed bin Hamad received the Emirati Sports Personality Award.

Nasser Al Khelaifi, President of Paris Saint-Germain, received the Global Sports Leadership Award, while tennis star Novak Djokovic won the Global Lifetime Achievement Award.

This marks only the third time in history that the country's highest sporting honor won't be awarded to anyone.

The finale witnessed a record-breaking turnout of over 32,000 fans, marking the highest-ever attendance for a motorsporting event in India.

There seems no end in sight to India's doping woes with the country throwing up the highest number of violators among nations which conducted 5,000 or more tests in the World Anti-Doping Agency's Testing Figures Report for 2024.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad has been roped in to conduct the economic, social and environment impact assessment studies for multi-sport events in the country, including the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

India's para-athletes impressed at the Youth Asian Para Games 2025 in Dubai on Friday, with Baby Sahana Ravi and Vishwa Vijay Tambe winning a gold and silver medal respectively.

Three players from India's women's Ice Hockey Team, which won the historic bronze at the 2025 IIHF Women's Asia Cup in Al-Ain, UAE, attended the event along