A very Happy New Year to all our readers!

You can check our 2025 review of Indian Sports here: https://thesportsgram.in/2025/12/21/2025-a-look-back-at-indian-sports/

Top Sports achievements from December 2025:

1. Squash: India won 2025 Squash World Cup
2. Cricket: India defeated South Africa 3-1 in the T20I series.
3. Shooting: India won 6 medals at the 2025 ISSF World Cup Final – 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze!

Here are the sports events that will keep us hooked in January!

Cricket

Men’s Cricket: New Zealand will be touring India for 3 ODIs and 5 T20s.

ODI Series: 11, 14 and 18 Jan
T20 Series: 21, 23, 25, 28 and 31 Jan

The T20 series is crucial as it is the last series before T20 World Cup in February.

Women’s Cricket: WPL starts on 9th January.

Badminton

The 2026 BWF World Tour kicks off with a bang in Asia!

6-11 Jan: Malaysia Open (BWF 1000)
13-18 Jan: India Open (BWF 750)
20-25 Jan: Indonesia Masters (BWF 500)
27 Jan – 1 Feb: Thailand Masters (BWF 300)

Table Tennis

The World Table Tennis Tour 2026 kicks off in the Middle East.

7-11 Jan: WTT Champions Doha
13-18 Jan: WTT Star Contender Doha
19-24 Jan: WTT Contender Muscat

Tennis

The 2026 ATP Challenger tour starts in Bengaluru.

5-11 Jan: Bengaluru Open (ATP 125)

We also have the 1st Grand Slam of the year in Australia.

12 Jan – 1 Feb: 2026 Australian Open

Shooting

The 2026 Asian Shotgun Championship will take place in Qatar between 12-21 January.

Handball

The 2026 Asian Men’s Handball Championship will take place in Kuwait between 15-29 January. India is placed in Group C along with Kuwait, Hong Kong & UAE.

Fencing

Many events are scheduled on the Fencing calendar:

Sabre Female Bogota World Cup: 2-3 Jan
Epee Female UAE World Cup: 8-10 Jan
Foil Male French World Cup: 9-10 Jan
Sabre Female Tunis Grand Prix: 9-11 Jan
Foil Female Hong Kong World Cup: 9-10 Jan
Sabre Female USA World Cup: 22-24 Jan
Epee Female Qatar Grand Prix: 23-25 Jan

Track Cycling

Chennai will be hosting Track Asia Cup 1 between 29-31 January.

Golf

On the DP World Tour, 2 big events are scheduled in January:

15-18 Jan: Dubai Invitational
22-25 Jan: Dubai Desert Classic

Wishing all the Indian athletes success in 2026!

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