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Indian squads announced for Boxing & Athletics – Complete contingent

Indian squads announced for Boxing & Athletics – Complete contingent

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With less than 40 days left for the Commonwealth Games 2026, countries have started announcing their squads for the event. India has also begun unveiling its contingent for the Games, which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23rd to August 2nd. This year’s Commonwealth Games will feature only 10 sports. The reduced programme comes after the original host, the Australian state of Victoria, withdrew from hosting the event in 2023 due to financial concerns. Scotland later stepped in and opted for a smaller and more cost-effective edition of the Games. The 10 sports at Glasgow 2026 are: Athletics and Para Athletics, Swimming and Para Swimming, 3×3 Basketball and Wheelchair Basketball, Boxing, Track Cycling and Para Cycling, Artistic Gymnastics, Judo, Lawn Bowls and Para Bowls, Netball, and Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting. India has so far announced squads for Athletics and Boxing. Boxing India’s boxing squad was announced in May following the national trials in Patiala. The 14-member team includes experienced names such as Lovlina Borgohain and young talent Sakshi Chaudhary. Sakshi impressed the world …

Indian boxing, archery teams announced – Complete Indian contingent

Indian boxing, archery teams announced – Complete Indian contingent

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With the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan just months away the process to select the Indian contingent for the quadrennial event is fast heating up. The national trials for selection of the Indian team have already been conducted in sports like Boxing and Archery, whereas athletes have already started breaching the qualification standard set by the federations in sports like Athletics. Meanwhile, sports like Judo, Swimming and others are expected to host the selection trials very soon. So far, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and the Archery Association of India (AAI) have announced the Indian teams for the 2026 Asian Games. There have been a few upsets as well in both the teams with veterans like Nikhat Zareen, Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das and others missing out. So far with the boxing and archery teams announced, the Indian contingent stands at 23 athletes. Indian contingent for 2026 Asian Games Boxing Men’s: Jadumani Singh (55kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Sumit (70kg), Ankush (80kg), Kapil (90kg), Narender (90+kg) Women’s: Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Priya (60kg), …

Alia Bhatt to return to Cannes Film Festival; Karan Johar, Ammy Virk, Manasi Parekh headline diverse Indian contingent

Alia Bhatt to return to Cannes Film Festival; Karan Johar, Ammy Virk, Manasi Parekh headline diverse Indian contingent

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As the biggest celebration of cinema, the Cannes Film Festival begins later this month, and the names of Indian stars set to walk the red carpet and appear at the fest have started to emerge. And while some of the big names from Bollywood and beyond are set to give Cannes 2026, many will return. Aishwarya Rai, a staple at the event for over two decades, will walk the red carpet once again. HT has also learnt that Alia Bhatt is set to return to the festival after a memorable debut last year. In addition, a wide range of actors and filmmakers from several regional-language film industries will be present at Cannes this year, underscoring India’s diverse filmmaking culture. Ammy Virk will make his debut at Cannes Film Festival this year while Alia Bhatt will return for the second year in a row. Alia Bhatt, Aishwarya Rai return; Tara Sutaria debuts Regular Cannes attendee Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns as a global ambassador for L’Oréal this year. She will be joined by Alia Bhatt, also set …

31-member Indian contingent to battle across 4 sports – Preview

31-member Indian contingent to battle across 4 sports – Preview

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India is geared up for this year’s first major multi-sport mega event, sending a 31-player contingent to the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China, from April 22 to 30. This will be the sixth edition of the Asian Beach Games, which are returning to the international calendar after a decade-long wait, since the 2016 edition in Da Nang, Vietnam. The games feature 62 medal events across 14 sports, including many unique sports like Aquathlon, Beach Handball, Teqball and Beach Kabaddi. India had won 46 medals, including 12 gold medals, from the first five editions, and this time will compete in 18 medal events across four sports: 3×3 Basketball, Beach Kabaddi, Beach Wrestling, and Sailing. Beach Kabaddi has been the most successful sport for India, having won seven gold medals so far – All five in the women’s and 2 golds in the men’s edition. The Indian kabaddi teams will be the favourites to win the gold medals once again, alongside the Beach wrestling contingent featuring former Asian Medalist Priya Malik. In the 3×3 Basketball, India …

Trump-Xi Summit in limbo? US President makes China’s help on Strait of Hormuz contingent to visit

Trump-Xi Summit in limbo? US President makes China’s help on Strait of Hormuz contingent to visit

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US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit China and meet his counterpart Xi Jinping at the end of this month, a Summit that now seems to be facing the heat of Washington’s war with Iran. Chinese and US trade chiefs are convening in Paris to tee up the Trump-Xi summit, with talks set to resume on Monday. (REUTERS File) It is specifically the Strait of Hormuz issue that the Republican want to get out of, and he is using his China visit to pressure Beijing into helping him with that. Trump threatened to delay his summit with Xi Jinping if Beijing doesn’t help secure the Strait of Hormuz, as the US-Israel war with Iran stifles oil supplies and unsettles ties between the world’s biggest economies. In an interview with the Financial Times, the US President reiterated a demand for Beijing to help unblock the key waterway. One day earlier, the Republican leader appealed to China to join a team effort to send ships to the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil …

India to field its largest contingent

India to field its largest contingent

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India will once again take centre stage in global para sport as the second edition of the New Delhi World Para Athletics Grand Prix takes place from March 11-13, bringing together around 257 athletes from eight nations for a high-profile international competition in New Delhi. The event will feature athletes from India, Russia, Nepal, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Serbia, Bosnia, and Egypt, highlighting the growing international presence of para athletics in India. Team India will field the largest contingent, with approximately 219 athletes competing across multiple track-and-field events and sport classifications. India’s top para-athletes are expected to compete at the Grand Prix, including Paralympic gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu, Paralympic champion and world record holder Sumit Antil, and Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar. The Indian line-up will also feature prominent athletes such as Ajeet Singh, Devendra Singh Gurjar, multiple Asian Para Games medallist Ankur Dhama, T12 sprinter Simran, who won gold at the 2025 World Championships, and Preeti Pal who won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the women’s 100m and 200m T35 race …

Indian contingent gears up for first Ranking Series event of the year

Indian contingent gears up for first Ranking Series event of the year

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Indian wrestlers are set to begin their international season with the first Ranking Series event of the year, the Zagreb Open in Croatia, to be held from February 4 to 8. Following the much-welcomed return of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL), the young wrestlers are now geared up to showcase the skills and experience they gained from the league on the global stage. India will send a 41-member contingent to the event, including experienced campaigners such as Sujeet Kalkal, Manisha Bhanwala, Aman Sehrawat and two-time world medallist Antim Panghal. A new start for Indian wrestling The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is also aiming to provide strong international exposure to young wrestlers and has therefore entered multiple athletes across the Olympic weight categories. This year marks a new beginning for Indian wrestling, with the start of a fresh Olympic cycle and a major continental showdown in the form of the Asian Games later this year. The Ranking Series events will not only provide valuable international experience to the wrestlers but will also help WFI identify …

2026 Winter Olympics: Delhi High Court directs IOA, Ministry to add petitioner Manjeet to Indian contingent

2026 Winter Olympics: Delhi High Court directs IOA, Ministry to add petitioner Manjeet to Indian contingent

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Just a week ahead of the opening ceremony, the Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Indian Olympic Association, and the ad-hoc committee of Ski and Snow Federation of India to add cross country skier Manjeet into the Indian contingent for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Manjeet had filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court last week, alleging that he was overlooked in favour of Stanzin Lundup to represent India at the quadrennial games despite being higher ranked. Manjeet, in his prayer to the court, had requested that his name be added in the Indian contingent for the 2026 Winter Olympics and his exclusion be termed “arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.” In a judgement pronounced on Friday after hearing all the involved parties, the Delhi High Court noted that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the ad-hoc committee running Ski and Snowboard India (SSI) had failed in its duties. It also asked the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to …

Woman officer leads all-male CRPF contingent at Republic Day parade

Woman officer leads all-male CRPF contingent at Republic Day parade

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Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) contingent, led by a woman officer Simran Bala, marches during the dress-rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI CRPF Assistant Commandant Simran Bala created history by commanding an all-male contingent of the paramilitary force at the Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on Monday (January 26, 2026). The 26-year-old officer who hails from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district led the squad of 147 personnel from the country’s largest paramilitary force. The contingent marched on the tune of CRPF song ‘desh ke hum hai rakshak‘ played by the force band on the Kartavya Path. 77th Republic Day 2026 LIVE While there have been instances when women Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers commanded various Republic Day contingents, this is the first time that a lady officer commanded a full party of male personnel during the annual national event. Bala, who joined the force less than a year back, hails from Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir and is the first woman from the …

Indian contingent targets impactful start to season’s curtain-raiser- Preview

Indian contingent targets impactful start to season’s curtain-raiser- Preview

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The top Indian shuttlers will begin their year with a tough challenge at the first Super1000 tournament of the year, the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur from January 6 to 11. India will have 12 entries in the first round of the tournament, including Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles pair of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The world no.3 Satwik-Chirag are the only seeded Indians at the tournament. They will start their tournament against the tricky Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-hsuan. The Indian pair will be aiming to return to winning ways in Malaysia after ending their last season without a title for the first time in four years. Meanwhile, the young women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who made their comeback from injury late last year, will aim to give 2026 a stronger start. In the opening round, they will face the same Indonesian duo of Febriana Kusuma and Meilysa Puspitasari, against whom they suffered a defeat at the Australian Open in November …