Oct 30, 2026
Uganda knocked out unbeaten Kenya by two points, and India’s women meet them in the Commonwealth kabaddi final
India beat Sri Lanka 39-14 in Ahmedabad to stay perfect, and Saturday’s final is a rematch of a group game they won 41-18.
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Oct 28, 2026
Tanzania’s Juma Sultania outscored every Indian raider, and India still won 48-20 to reach the Commonwealth semis
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’s women finished their group 184-57, and the men made it four from four against Nigeria
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
India’s men and women have won all four games in Ahmedabad, and Sri Lanka are keeping pace in the men’s group
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
Naveen and Surjeet were dropped for the Asian Games, and now they lead India’s 14 for the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship
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
India won kabaddi gold in Japan, and none of the 12 are in their Commonwealth Championship probables
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
Himachal gave its kabaddi gold medallists Rs 33 lakh each, and after they met the Chief Minister it is now Rs 1 crore
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
Iran led the kabaddi final at half-time, and India’s defenders won the ninth gold 40-34
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 scored 37 against Iran twice this week, and the second time it won kabaddi gold by three
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
Thailand put India all out once, and still lost the kabaddi semi-final 66-28
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 won every kabaddi group game by at least 16 points, and Thailand are next
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 led Bangladesh 29-9 at half-time, and the women came from behind to beat Iran
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
Iran took the one women’s kabaddi gold India have missed, and the two meet again at 8.30am on Wednesday
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
South Korea ended India’s unbeaten Asian Games run in 2018, and India have just beaten them 63-31
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
India cleared the Bangladesh mat twice, and the team that took their one lost gold is next
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 led Japan 31-9 at the break, and then won the second half 18-15
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
India’s women have won three of the four kabaddi golds, and the team that took the other one is in their group
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
Tajinderpal Singh Toor’s ceremonial kit was stuck at Nagoya airport, and a kabaddi raider carried India’s flag instead
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
India’s kabaddi defence starts at 6am on Monday, and the one team to beat them in an Asian Games pool is in their group
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
Nine of India’s 12 Asian Games kabaddi players came out of a Haryana league, and it just added two teams
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...
Sep 4, 2026
Aslam Inamdar: PKL stats, records and why his best season was not the one he won
Aslam Inamdar has 621 Pro Kabaddi points from 87 matches and a raiding rate a third below his peak. Here is why India still picked him for the Asian G...
Sep 4, 2026
Ayan Lohchab: PKL stats, records and the season he raided a third more and got caught less
Ayan Lohchab won PKL Best Raider in his second season with 316 raid points, the third-biggest raiding season the league has produced. The column that...
Sep 4, 2026
India defend two kabaddi golds with eight Asian Games debutants
Sunil Kumar replaces Pawan Sehrawat as captain, Pushpa Rana takes over the women’s team, and the draw in Japan keeps India away from Iran until the se...
Sep 2, 2026
Pawan Sehrawat: PKL records, stats and the three seasons that still carry his career
Pawan Sehrawat has 1,340 raid points from 142 PKL matches and a single-match record nobody has touched since 2019. He goes to the Asian Games this mon...