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July is here and brings with a whole new set of sports events. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.
Here are all the updates from July 5, 2025.
What's on today?
Chess: D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa are in action in the first day of the Blitz chess at the Grand Chess Tour Croatia Rapid & Blitz.
Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth is the lone Indian left in the Canada Open Super 300, featuring in the semifinal [12:10 AM IST].
Boxing: Indians in action at the World Boxing Cup in Astana.
Football: India (W) take on Thailand in a winner-takes-all contest in the AFC Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers [6 PM IST]. If the match ends in a draw, there will be penalties to decide who qualifies for the Asian Cup.
What happened yesterday?
Tennis: Yuki Bhambri and Jiang Xinyu reached the second round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
Chess: D Gukesh, with 14 points after the rapid section, has a three point lead at the top of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz.
Badminton: Shriyanshi Valishetty lost in the quarterfinal of the BWF Canada Open Super 300, while Kidambi Srikanth stunned top seed Chou Tien Chen to reach the semifinal, with Sankar Subramanian losing his quarterfinal.
