Badminton Asia C'ship, Billie Jean Cup ties begin; medal chances at boxing, wrestling Asian C'ship; Candidates continues: Indian Sports LIVE, April 7

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, with the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and two Chess World Championships. The month of April meanwhile, is similarly action packed - and you can go through the schedule in ESPN's sports calendar.

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 7, 2026.

What's on today?

Chess: The FIDE Candidates continues after a rest day. Here's the state of play in both tournaments at the halfway mark and how Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali and Divya's chances stack up

Badminton: The Badminton Asia Championship begin in Ningbo, China.

Tennis: India will start their Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group I campaign at home in New Delhi

Shooting: The ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup gets underway in Granada, Spain.

Football: Chennaiyin FC take on Inter Kashi in the ISL.

Boxing: The Asian Boxing Championships continue in Mongolia, with medal chances across events

Wrestling: The Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek continue

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