DDIndia Sports: Latest Updates & Headlines

Sports

October 20, 2025 5:53 PM

Indian origin-British prodigy Bodhana youngest to beat a World Champion

British chess prodigy of Indian origin, Bodhana Sivanandan, has added another remarkable milestone to her already stellar career, becoming one of the youngest players ever to defeat a former world champion. The 10-year-old achieved this feat during t...

October 19, 2025 1:32 PM

Motorcycling-Trackhouse’s Fernandez storms to maiden MotoGP victory at Australian GP

Raul Fernandez delivered a dominant performance to claim his maiden MotoGP victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, securing a first-ever triumph for Trackhouse Racing in the premier class. Sprint-winner Marco Bezzecchi, who began second on t...

October 19, 2025 11:50 AM

Lionel Messi’s hat trick powers Inter Miami past Nashville on Decision Day

Lionel Messi recorded a hat trick and added an assist and Baltasar Rodriguez scored the tie-breaking goal as visiting Inter Miami used a second-half assault to defeat Nashville SC 5-2 in a Decision Day matchup on Saturday night. Telasco Segovia also...

October 18, 2025 5:14 PM

Cricket-Afghanistan pull out of T20 tri-series in Pakistan amid conflict

Afghanistan have withdrawn from their Twenty20 international tri-series in Pakistan next month following the death of three local cricketers that the Afghanistan Cricket Board said were due to military strikes in Paktika province. Afghanistan, Pakis...

October 18, 2025 3:53 PM

Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins historic World Cup Final bronze medal

Star Indian archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam scripted history on Saturday by becoming the first Indian woman compound archer to win a medal at the Archery World Cup Final, clinching the bronze. Third seed Jyothi stunned second seed Ella Gibson 150-145 w...

October 17, 2025 11:29 PM

India’s Kiran Navgire scores fastest century in women’s T20 cricket in 34 balls

Opener Kiran Navgire broke the record for the fastest century in women's Twenty20 cricket when she completed her hundred in just 34 balls while helping Maharashtra to a nine-wicket win over Punjab in India's Women's T20 Trophy on Friday. Navgire, wh...

October 17, 2025 7:30 PM

BWF World Junior Championships 2025: Tanvi Sharma becomes first Indian female in 17 years to be assured of a medal

Tanvi Sharma became the first Indian female player to be assured of a BWF World Junior Championships medal in 17 years when she fought back from a game down to beat Japan’s Saki Matsumoto and reach the girls singles semifinals at the National Centr...

October 17, 2025 6:12 PM

Swiss gambling watchdog files criminal complaint against FIFA platform

The Swiss Gambling Supervisory Authority on Friday filed a criminal complaint against football's world governing body, Switzerland-based FIFA, over an online platform for trading digital football collectibles. The platform encourages users to collec...

October 17, 2025 6:09 PM

Enhanced Games destined to fail, says sprint great Carl Lewis

Sprint great Carl Lewis says he does not think the controversial Enhanced Games will be successful and the American is not keen to lend it any oxygen either. The Enhanced Games, which allows athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs to elicit 'sup...

October 17, 2025 5:22 PM

Blow for Chelsea as Palmer to miss six more weeks with groin injury

Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer will be out of action for six more weeks due to a groin injury, manager Enzo Maresca said on the eve of Saturday's Premier League clash at Nottingham Forest. Palmer sustained the injury in August, but returned to act...

DD India