Indian sports fans had an exciting day on May 30, 2025, with a lot of action across different games like chess, athletics, badminton, tennis, and boxing. This is your complete Daily news highlights to catch up on all the important moments. Whether it’s a major chess match in Norway or big wins in the Asian Athletics Championships, Indian athletes made their mark across the world.
What’s Happening Today in Indian Sports?
Here are the major events Indian athletes are taking part in on May 30:
- Badminton – Satwik and Chirag in Singapore Open
- Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are set to play in the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament.
- They will face the strong Malaysian pair, who are ranked world number two.
- Athletics – Indians Compete in South Korea
- Indian athletes are participating in the Asian Athletics Championships held in Gumi, South Korea.
- There have been exciting results and qualifications in both sprinting and javelin events.
- Tennis – French Open Doubles Action
- Indian tennis veteran Rohan Bopanna and his partner Adam Pavlasek are playing in the second round of the French Open men’s doubles.
- They are facing a tough French pair: Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia.
Asian Athletics Championships
- Women’s 200m Sprint Qualification
- Two Indian sprinters, Jyothi Yarraji and Nithya Gandhe, qualified for the 200m final.
- Jyothi came second in her heat with a time of 23.74 seconds, while Nithya came third in her heat with 23.77 seconds.
- Jyothi ranked 5th and Nithya 7th overall. The top sprinter was Remi Tsuruta from Japan with a time of 23.37 seconds.
- The final will be held tomorrow.
- Men’s 4x100m Relay Disqualified
- The Indian men’s 4x100m relay team was disqualified due to a mistake during the baton exchange.
- Even though they finished the race with 38.69 seconds, the first baton handover happened outside the allowed zone.
Sachin Yadav and Yash Vir Singh Qualify for Javelin Final
- Sachin Yadav and Yash Vir Singh made it to the men’s javelin final.
- Sachin threw 79.62m and finished 5th. Yash Vir threw 76.67m and placed 7th.
- Both athletes only took one attempt in qualifying and chose not to try again.
- Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, an Olympic gold medalist, was the best in qualification with 86.34m.
- The final will feature two Indians, two Pakistanis, and two Sri Lankans.
Norway Chess 2025 – Gukesh Beats Caruana in Armageddon
- In Breaking News from Norway, Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh beat Fabiano Caruana in an Armageddon match.
- This win comes a day after Gukesh beat Hikaru Nakamura in classical chess.
- Gukesh now has 4.5 points out of 6, a great comeback after losing his first two games to Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi.
- Gukesh was almost losing during the game, but he managed to draw the classical match under time pressure. That took the match into Armageddon, where Gukesh won.
- Magnus Carlsen beat Arjun Erigaisi and now leads the tournament with 8 points.
- Caruana is second with 7, and Nakamura has 5.5. Gukesh and Arjun both have 4.5, just ahead of Wei Yi.
Yesterday’s Key Results – Quick Recap
- Athletics:
- India won 8 more medals in the Asian Athletics Championships, increasing their total to 14 medals.
- Badminton:
- Satwik and Chirag were the only Indian winners in the second round of the Singapore Open.
- Boxing:
- In the Thailand Open, Indian boxers Naman (90kg) and Anshul (90+kg) reached the finals.
- Tamanna (51kg), Priya (57kg), and Lalfakmawii (80kg) lost in the semifinals but secured bronze medals.
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