Lakshya Sen reached the BWF Japan Masters final after beating Alwi Farhan, while India prepares to face New Zealand in an international friendly on November 15. Fans can also follow R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi in the Chess World Championship. Many other sports results from across the country got updated today.
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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 the Chess World Championship. You can go through the schedule in ESPN's sports calendar.
Here are all the updates from Indian sports on November 15, 2026.
What's on today?
* Badminton: Lakshya Sen vs Koki Watanabe in the final of the BWF Japan Masters Super 500 [8:20 AM]
* Chess: R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and R Vaishali in action at the Total Chess World Championship Tour pilot
* Football: India vs New Zealand in the second of their international friendlies [8:40 AM]
What happened yesterday?
* Badminton: Lakshya Sen stunned Alwi Farhan of Indonesia in the semifinal of the BWF Kumamoto Masters Japan
* Football: India held on for a 2-1 victory over Bhutan in the semifinal of the SAFF Championships
* Football: Sethu Madurai opened their IWL campaign with a 2-1 victory over Kickstart FC
* Football: Mumbai City appoint Ashvir Singh Johal as head coach
* Football: India wallop Guam 12-0 in AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers
* Motorsports: Atiqa Mir only Indian chosen for FIA's women driver development program
* Table-tennis: Himanshi stuns Manika, Sreeja advances at National Ranking TT Championships