Here are all the updates from Indian sports on May 8, 2026.

Chess spotlight: Gukesh moves into Blitz play in Warsaw after defeating Caruana in the rapid rounds. Key football ties: India face Lebanon in the U-17 Women's Asian Cup; SC Delhi play Odisha FC in the ...

The Asian Individual Chess Championships 2025 is set to begin with the open and women’s categories, being hosted in Al Ain, UAE, from 6 to 16 May 2025. (More Sports News) Featuring 150 of the finest ...

A defeat in the final round cost Vidit Gujrathi a medal as Indian chess players failed to finish on the podium in the individual events of the Asian Games on Wednesday. Third-seeded Indian Grandmaster ...

'The Asian Chess Championship will give great exposure for young chess players. But the AICF is curtailing the number of Indian players with a strange rule.' Kindly note the image has only been ...

BERLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Chess powerhouse Russia has joined the Asian Chess Federation following an ACF vote that allows Russian players to keep competing at an international level despite the war ...

The Asian Chess Federation (ACF) has released a report highlighting a substantial increase in the number of players and ...

Around 35 Indian chess players are set to compete in the Asian Individual Championship in Al Ain, UAE, vying for coveted FIDE World Cup spots. This year marks the debut of Russian players under the ...

World junior champion V Pranav of India lost to seasoned Grandmaster Jan Emmanuel Garcia of Philippines in the first round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship Al Ain, UAE on Wednesday. IMAGE: ...

After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best athletes will feature in the Commonwealth Games (23 July to August 02) and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2021 U.S. Chess Championship winners are Asian Americans Grandmaster Wesley So and International Master Carissa Yip. The ...