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Shree Charani, an Indian left-arm spinner, reached 50 T20I wickets in her 29th international match on 10 September 2026. She became the fastest Indian bowler across men’s and women’s cricket to reach the mark, surpassing Kuldeep Yadav’s previous Indian record of 30 matches.
India ended its campaign at the World Archery Para Series 2026 Stage 3 with 15 medals at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 9 September 2026. The medal tally included four gold, three silver, and eight bronze medals.
The 2026 Pickleball World Cup was held in Da Nang, Vietnam, from 30 August 2026, and India finished fourth in the overall medal standings with 41 medals. The Indian tally included seven gold, 17 silver, and 17 bronze medals, and the result marked an improvement from India’s seventh-place finish at the previous World Cup.
The 503-member Indian contingent for the 20th Asian Games received an official send-off in New Delhi on 8 September 2026. The Games are scheduled from 19 September 2026 to 4 October 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and Indian athletes will compete in 36 sporting disciplines.
India won two gold medals and one silver medal on the penultimate day of the World Archery Para Series Stage III at Ahmedabad in Gujarat on 8 September 2026. The results came in compound, recurve, and mixed team events in para archery, which is governed internationally by World Archery.
Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the China Masters title on 6 September 2026 at Shenzhen Arena in Shenzhen, China. The fifth-ranked Indian pair defeated China’s He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu in a 70-minute comeback final with a scoreline of 11-21, 21-13, 21-17.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza on 6 September 2026 for Mercedes. He became the first Italian to win his home Grand Prix in 60 years, after Ludovico Scarfiotti won the race in 1966. Antonelli was 20 years old at the time of the victory.
India will host the Hyundai World Archery Para Series 2026 for the first time at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from September 5 to September 9, 2026. The tournament is Stage 3 of the 2026 World Archery Para Series and will feature competition in Recurve Open, Compound Open, W1, and Visually Impaired divisions.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named India as the host of the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy for 2027. The tournament will run from 14 February to 28 February 2027 and will feature six teams in a Twenty20 International (T20I) round-robin format followed by a final.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, a 15-year-old batter from East Zone, became the youngest player to score a half-century in Duleep Trophy history on 31 August 2026. He reached the milestone in the semi-final against Central Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Lionel Messi, the Argentina captain and one of football’s most capped players, announced his retirement from international football on 31 August 2026. He ended his senior international career with 125 goals in 207 appearances for Argentina.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) removed Sri Lanka Cricket’s hosting rights for the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy on 30 August 2026. The six-team tournament is scheduled from 14 to 28 February 2027, and the replacement venue has not been finalised.