Indian sports can be quite action-packed and it is quite easy to miss important news and results. That’s where we come in – ESPN’s daily Indian sports blog covering all the updates from the world of Indian sports including news, scores, schedules, results and commentary.
2026 is a big year with the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and two Chess World Championships. Meanwhile, the month of June is similarly action-packed — and you can check out the schedule in ESPN’s sports calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on June 5, 2026.
What’s going on today?
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Badminton: Men’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun will face seventh seeds Goh Sze Fei and Noor Izzuddin in the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000.
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soccer: Indian men’s football team will face Tajikistan in a FIFA friendly match.
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chess: The race for India’s top stars in Norway chess continues.
What happened yesterday?
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badminton: Hariharan-Arjun reach Indonesia Open QF; Sindhu, Ayush out of R2
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boxing: Jasmine up to Number 1; Vishvanath, Priya move into top 3 in World Rankings
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Exercise: Rumesh Pathiraj is second all-time in Asian javelin throw list