Badminton World Championships starts, Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa draw in Sinquefield Cup: Indian Sports LIVE, August 25

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August is here and brings with a whole new set of sports events. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on August 25, 2025.

What's on today?

• Badminton: Lakshya Sen is among the Indians in action on the opening day of the BWF World Championships in Paris.

• Chess: D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa will be in classical action at Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess Tour.

• Shooting: The Asian Shooting Championships continue in Kazakhstan.

What happened yesterday?

• Shooting: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the 50m rifle 3 positions gold at the Asian Shooting Championship.

• Athletics: M Sreeshankar won the men's long jump, while Rohit Yadav set a personal best in the men's javelin at the Inter-State Championships in Chennai.