
Dakar Youth Olympics open today, Africa's first; India sends 17 athletes
The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic event in Africa, open on 31 October 2026 with about 2,700 athletes; India sends 17 in 11 sports.
Jemimah Rodrigues said on October 31, 2026, that she has been declared fit after a three-month hamstring rehab and is targeting India's South Africa tour in December.


The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic event in Africa, open on 31 October 2026 with about 2,700 athletes; India sends 17 in 11 sports.

Nagaland United, the first club from Nagaland in India's national football league, won 3-1 at Real Kashmir in Srinagar on 30 October 2026 in their debut match.

Telangana's Lodenge Ramu ran 46.80 seconds in the U18 400m at the National Junior Athletics Championships in Chennai, breaking a national record set in 2015.

India beat New Zealand 2-1 in an esports Test series in Auckland, reported October 27, 2026; Dr Abirami Iyer's 3-0 eFootball win sealed it.

Welsh teenager Mitchell Lawrie, 15, the WDF world No. 1, is among 24 players facing Luke Littler for a £501,000 prize in Netflix's live Beat Luke Littler on October 30.

Musheer Khan, 21, scored 109 and took 6 for 85 against Haryana in the Ranji Trophy on October 28, 2026, as Mumbai enforced the follow-on.

Delhi Capitals signed 15-year-old Uma Kashvi for Rs 10 lakh at the WPL 2027 auction in Kochi on October 28, 2026, the youngest signing in WPL history.

India's U15 team lost 2-1 to Honduras to a late goal in the Tier C Round of 32 at the FIFA U15 World Cup in Baku on October 28, 2026.
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