Indian sports fans have a busy day on October 17, 2026. The ISL features Inter Kashi vs Odisha FC and NorthEast United vs Kerala Blasters. Meanwhile, the Asian Para Games continue with many Indians in action. The Archery Premier League in Hyderabad and the Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition also started.
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2026 is a big year, and with the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games done, there's still a lot of sporting action to come, including two Chess World Championships. You can go through the schedule in ESPN's sports calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on October 17, 2026.
What's on today?
* ISL: Inter Kashi vs Odisha FC [5 PM], NorthEast United vs Kerala Blasters [7:30 PM] in a double-header today.
* Archery: The Archery Premier League in Hyderabad continues.
* Asian Para Games: Indians in action in Badminton, Boccia, Blind Football and Table Tennis.
* Athletics: The 2026 Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition is underway.
What happened yesterday?
* Asian Para Games: Bhavina Patel, Suhas Yathiraj make winning start in TT and badminton.
* Badminton: Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly lost to second seeds Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan while Tanvi Sharma lost to world no. 1 An Se Young in the Denmark Open quarterfinals.
* Football: Mohun Bagan defeated SC Delhi 2-1 in the ISL.
* Athletics: U23 Athletics Competition 2026 - Rushiprasad breaks men's 100m meet record
* Equestrian: FEI suspends EFI from Dec. 1, Indian riders, officials to be barred from international events
* Badminton: Jagsher Singh Khangurra wins bronze at BWF World Junior Championships