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We will witness a lot of action from Indian athletes in December, but the highlight is D Gukesh, who is competing for the World Chess Championship against Ding Liren. You can see details of other events in our 2024 sports calendar.

You can find all updates for December 1, 2024 here.

What’s on today?

• Chess: The World Chess Championship continues with Match 6 between Gukesh and Ding (14.30 IST).

• Football: In ISL, Odisha FC will face Bengaluru FC at 19:30.

• PKL: Tamil Thalaivas will face Dabang Delhi at 20:00 EST, followed by Bengal Warriors against Patna Pirates at 21:00 EST.

• Badminton: Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu will aim to win the title at the Syed Modi India International tournament, where India will be represented in all 5 finals of the day.

What happened yesterday?

• Chess: The 5th match of the World Chess Championship between Gukesh and Ding ended in a draw.

• Badminton: Sindhu entered the finals of Lakshya Syed Modi International.

• Football: Mumbai City FC beat Hyderabad FC 1-0 and later Mohun Bagan beat Chennaiyin 1-0.

• PKL: Victories of Jaipur Pink Panthers and Patna Pirates.