Sindhu, Ayush start China Open with wins; Gukesh draws to end Chennai Grand Masters campaign: Indian sports live, July 22

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 July 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 July 22, 2026.

What's on today?

• Badminton: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen are in action at the China Masters Super 1000  
• Chess: The Chennai Grand Masters reaches its final day with D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and Nihal Sarin in action 
• Table Tennis: Ultimate Table Tennis is underway in Goa 

What happened yesterday?

• Chess: Arjun, Gukesh lose at Chennai Grand Masters
• Hockey: Indian men's squad for World Cup announced 
• Badminton: Prannoy, Devika lose in China Masters first round