Latest news articles covering kabaddi.
Oct 28, 2026
India’s men beat Tanzania 48-20 in Ahmedabad for a fifth straight win and a place in the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship semi-finals. Thursday’s gam...
Oct 26, 2026
India beat Nigeria twice on Monday night at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship, 38-10 in the women’s game and 50-23 in the men’s.
Oct 25, 2026
Naveen Kumar and Sakshi have led the way as both India teams opened the first Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship with two wins each.
Oct 18, 2026
Several uncapped players, no Asian Games gold medallists and no Pakistan: India’s men’s and women’s squads for Ahmedabad, where play starts on 23 Octo...
Oct 9, 2026
Pawan Sehrawat, Sunil Kumar and the rest of the Asian Games squad are missing from AKFI’s 17-man camp list for the first Commonwealth Kabaddi Champion...
Oct 5, 2026
Pushpa Rana, Jyoti Thakur and Bhawna Thakur will get Rs 1 crore each and government jobs, a week after a team-event formula left them with a third of...
Sep 26, 2026
Sumit and Jaideep Dahiya turned an 18-17 half-time deficit around as India beat Iran to retain the Asian Games men’s kabaddi title in Aichi.
Sep 26, 2026
India’s women held off an Iran fightback to win the Asian Games kabaddi final 37-34 and keep the title they won in Hangzhou.
Sep 25, 2026
India’s men and women both won their Asian Games kabaddi semi-finals on Friday in Aichi, and will play for gold on Saturday.
Sep 24, 2026
India’s men beat Chinese Taipei 37-21 and the women beat hosts Japan 50-25 on Thursday, so both kabaddi teams go into Friday’s Asian Games semi-finals...
Sep 23, 2026
India’s men beat Bangladesh 48-25 to become the first team into the Asian Games kabaddi semi-finals, and the women turned round an early deficit again...
Sep 22, 2026
India’s women have won three of the four Asian Games kabaddi titles. Iran have the other one, from Jakarta in 2018, and the sides have not played at a...
Sep 22, 2026
India’s men beat South Korea 63-31 at the Tokai Citizen Gymnasium in Aichi on Tuesday for a second straight Group A win. The fixture carried history:...
Sep 21, 2026
A 42-21 win at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium started India’s women’s kabaddi title defence, and Iran arrive on Wednesday morning.
Sep 21, 2026
India’s kabaddi title defence opened with a 49-24 win over the hosts. The group has already produced an upset that had nothing to do with them.
Sep 20, 2026
Eight teams, six days and no second chances. India begin their Asian Games defence in Aichi Prefecture on Monday, with the only side ever to beat them...
Sep 19, 2026
A ceremonial kit that never made it out of India cost Tajinderpal Singh Toor his place at the head of the contingent in Aichi-Nagoya, and handed the f...
Sep 18, 2026
Kabaddi at the Asian Games runs from 21 to 26 September at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium in Aichi. India’s men open against Japan and meet the Republic...
Sep 15, 2026
The Kabaddi Champions League announced a 10-team second season on Monday, a week before India begin their Asian Games title defence in Japan. Its chai...
Aug 27, 2026
India named Sunil Kumar and Pushpa Rana as their kabaddi captains for the Asian Games in Japan, and both of the players they replace have kept their p...
Aug 24, 2026
India named their men’s and women’s kabaddi squads for the Asian Games on Sunday. Eight of the twelve men who won gold in Hangzhou are not on the plan...
Aug 19, 2026
The 2018 champions arrive on Thursday for a week of practice matches against a side they meet again in Group B. India’s men, drawn in Group A, cannot...
Aug 11, 2026
Fazel Atrachali captains a squad with no surprises in it, and Iran have a new head coach for Japan. India, six weeks out, are still working from a lis...
Aug 6, 2026
Mashal Sports has still not announced a date. The window being reported has moved from July to late October, which would push Season 13 into December.
