Indian sports can get quite action-packed and it's quite easy to miss out on important news and results. That's where we come in -- ESPN's daily Indian sports blog has all the updates from the world of Indian sports as well as the news, scores, schedule, results and commentary that comes with it.
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 28, 2026.
What's on today?
Chess: R Praggnanandhaa takes on Fabiano Caruana in Grand Chess Tour finale (Pragg won overnight)
Hockey: India (M) take on Belgium in the seventh/eighth classification match in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup at 9:45 PM.
What happened yesterday?
Hockey: India (W) beat Germany 3-1 to finish fifth in the Women's World Cup
Chess: Praggnanandhaa drew with Fabiano Caruana in game 2 of the Grand Chess Tour Final
Football: India to host Uruguay in international friendly on Oct 6 in Kolkata and Panama on Sep 26 in Bengaluru