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2026 is a big year, and with the Commonwealth Games just done, we have Asian Games and two Chess World Championships coming up. The month of August meanwhile, is similarly action packed, with the FIH Men's and Women's Hockey World Cups and the badminton World Championships - and you can go through the schedule in ESPN's sports calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on August 12, 2026.
What's on today?
Chess: Praggnanandhaa in action at Sinquefield Cup
Chess: R Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy in action at Cairns Cup
Football: East Bengal take on Al Arabi SC in a one-off AFC Champions League Two preliminary-stage knock-out
Football: FC Goa take on FC Arkadag in a single-leg qualifying match for AFC Champions League Two group stage
Football: The Durand Cup continues
What happened yesterday?
Football: NorthEast United enter Durand Cup QF, Nongkseh SS&CC end run on a high
Chess: Divya beats Vaishali; Humpy draws in Cairns Cup opener
Chess: Praggnanandhaa draws with Sevian in Sinquefield Cup first round
Football: Kerala sports department submits probe report to govt in Messi visit row
Racing: Atiqa Mir becomes youngest Indian to record two top-10 finishes in 'Formula 1 of Karting'