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Here are all the updates from July 18, 2025.
What's on today?
Chess: Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, R Vaishali and D Harika will all be in action in the fourth round tie-breaks at the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup.
What happened yesterday?
Badminton: Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag, Anupama Upadhyaya all lost in the second round of the BWF Japan Open Super 750.
Chess: Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy, D Harika, R Vaishali all drew their matches in the fourth round of the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup.
Football: Former Indian women's team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan announced her retirement from the sport.
Football: Head coach Owen Coyle and Chennaiyin FC parted ways