Sep 2, 2026
Devank Dalal: PKL stats, records and the best raiding rate the league has seen
Devank Dalal scored 271 raid points in 16 matches of PKL 12, a rate no season in the league’s history has matched. His own team then rested him, and h...
Kabaddi
46 articles tagged with "Kabaddi"
Sep 1, 2026
Maninder Singh: the kabaddi raider who is 233 points from the PKL record
Only Pardeep Narwal has scored more raid points in the Pro Kabaddi League, and Narwal has retired. At 36, Maninder needs about 25 more matches to catc...
Aug 27, 2026
India have replaced both kabaddi captains who won gold in Hangzhou, and kept both in the squads
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
Four of India’s Hangzhou gold medallists made the Asian Games squad, and Naveen Kumar did not
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
Iran take their Asian Games squad to Islamabad, and their hosts are in the same group
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
Iran name their 12 for the Asian Games, and India are still cutting from 29
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 9, 2026
Ashu Malik: PKL stats, records and the title he won in 14 matches
Ashu Malik has 916 points in 105 Pro Kabaddi matches and a title as Dabang Delhi’s captain. The season Delhi finally won one was the season he played...
Aug 8, 2026
Mohammad Reza Shadloui: PKL records, the Gujarat Giants fall, and what comes next
Iran’s left corner has 391 tackle points, two PKL titles and the biggest single-match tackle haul the league has ever seen. He also spent last season...
Aug 6, 2026
Reports now put the PKL 13 auction in late October, and the Asian Games are why
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.
Jul 26, 2026
India’s kabaddi men avoid Iran in the Asian Games draw, the women get them in Group A
The Asian Games 2026 kabaddi draw keeps India’s men and Iran apart until the knockouts, while India’s women were placed alongside Iran in Group A. The...
Jul 7, 2026
Kabaddi heads to Europe as IPKL 2026 launches its trophy in Dubai
A new professional kabaddi league backed from the Netherlands has launched its 2026 trophy in Dubai, with a six-team men’s and four-team women’s tourn...
Jun 20, 2026
Defending champions, a big coaching hire and an auction in waiting: PKL 13 takes shape
With the league between seasons, PKL 13 is being built in the background: Dabang Delhi defend their crown, Gujarat Giants have made the off-season’s b...
May 5, 2026
Jasveer, Malik and Sehrawat: how the PKL 13 coaching map has redrawn itself
Three of Pro Kabaddi League’s most closely watched dugouts changed hands between PKL 12 and the wait for PKL 13, with Patna Pirates, UP Yoddhas and Gu...
May 1, 2026
Eight teams, 96 athletes, three days: Pulwama Kabaddi League opens at the cricket ground
The inaugural Pulwama Kabaddi League opened on Friday at Pulwama Cricket Stadium with eight teams and 96 athletes from across the Kashmir Division, la...
Apr 27, 2026
Sixth in a row for the women, silver again for the men: India’s beach kabaddi day in Sanya
India’s women beat Sri Lanka 47-31 in Sanya on Monday for a sixth straight Asian Beach Games gold in beach kabaddi. The men lost the final 31-44 to Ir...
Apr 17, 2026
Nearly a year on from PKL 12, the season’s best starting 7 still tells the story
With PKL 13 still undated, Khel Now’s best starting seven of Season 12, led by Ayan Lohchab, Devank Dalal, Navdeep and MVP Fazel Atrachali, is still t...
Apr 9, 2026
India name 90 kabaddi probables for Asian Games 2026 as elite camp wraps up in Bellary
The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and Mashal Sports put 90 male and female athletes through a seven-day strength and conditioning camp at the In...
Mar 16, 2026
Gujarat Giants appoint Randhir Singh Sehrawat as head coach ahead of PKL 2026
The longest-serving coach in Pro Kabaddi League history has a new home after Gujarat Giants brought in the Arjuna Award winner who spent 11 seasons at...
Mar 6, 2026
Indian Railways crush Maharashtra to claim 72nd Senior National Kabaddi title
Indian Railways beat Maharashtra 49-31 in a dominant final at Vadodara to win the 72nd Senior Men’s National Kabaddi Championship, with Pankaj Mohite...
Feb 10, 2025
The 22nd UT Senior Kabaddi Championship concluded with exciting finals
The 22nd UT Senior Kabaddi Championship concluded on February 9th, showcasing top talents from the Union Territory. Learn more about the event here.
Feb 27, 2022
Arjun Deshwal: PKL stats, records and why third all-time undersells him
Arjun Deshwal is third on the Pro Kabaddi League all-time raid points list on 1,383, and no one in the top ten has scored them at his rate.
Jul 14, 2021
Saweety Boora wanted to quit boxing for kabaddi after Tokyo Olympics qualifiers snub
The 28-year-old Haryana pugilist plies her trade in the 75kg category.