India's Sports Scene Heats Up: Hockey Teams Face Asia Cup Challenges, Football U-23 Qualifiers Against Qatar, and Archery & Boxing World Championships Continue

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Here are all the updates from Indian sports on September 06, 2025.

What's on today?

• Hockey: India (M) take on China in their last Super 4 game of the Asia Cup. [7:30 PM, SonyLIV]

• Hockey: India (W) face Japan in the group stage of the Asia Cup. [4:30 PM, watch.hockey]

• Football: India face Qatar in the U-23 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. [10:30 PM]

• Kabaddi: PKL 12 features Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls at 8 PM and Tamil Thalaivas vs Gujarat Giants at 9 PM. [JioHotstar]

• Archery: Deepika Kumari, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Jyothi S. Vennam and more will be in action at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

• Boxing: Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain in action at the World Championships in Liverpool.

• Chess: Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and more are in action at the Grand Swiss tournament.

What happened yesterday?

• Hockey: India (W) began their Asia Cup campaign by beating Thailand 11-0.

• Tennis: Yuki Bhambri saw his dream run to the men's doubles semifinals of the US Open come to an end.

• Kabaddi: PKL 12 saw U Mumba run away with a 48 - 28 win over Bengaluru Bulls after which the Haryana Steelers defeated UP Yoddhas 37 - 32.

• Football: Sandesh Jhingan underwent surgery for a cheekbone fracture suffered at the CAFA Nations Cup.

• Chess: Gukesh remained unbeaten with a draw at the Grand Swiss tournament, while top seed R Praggnanandhaa joined him on 1.5 points after two games with a win.

• Boxing: Sumit, Neeraj made winning starts at the World Championships.