News Desk, News Nation 360: The Acropolis Mall, in partnership with the Bengal Chess Association, successfully organised the 3rd Invitational School Chess Championship 2026, in which more than 150 students from 60 leading institutions like Don Bosco, St. Xavier's Collegiate School, DPS Ruby Park, South Point High School, La Martiniere for Boys from the city of Kolkata competed in a six-round FIDE Swiss League. The event was attended by eminent chess players like Grandmaster M

News Desk, News Nation 360: The East Zone franchise RDB Monarch Bengal Indians was launched through the joint efforts of the RDB Group and Monarch Group. It was done at RDB Regent Vatika, Kolkata, before the JITO Premier League (JPL) 2026. The JPL 2026 is India's biggest community cricket tournament, arranged by the Jain International Trade Organisation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from August 24 to September 5, 2026. The launch ceremony had the presence of Vinod Dugar, RDB Group C

News Desk, News Nation 360: The HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour leg of Kolkata, in association with the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI), was held from 10th to 14th August, 2026, at The Calcutta Racket Club. This event, featuring 48 players from seven different countries such as India, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, and Germany in both men’s and women’s categories, witnessed a total prize money of US$9,000 per category. The Egyptian players ruled in the finals, with t

News Desk, News Nation 360: The Merlin CSJC Football Tournament 2026, jointly conducted by the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club (CSJC) and Merlin Group, was inaugurated at Merlin Rise, an advanced sports-oriented township, with participation from 23 teams from the print and electronic & digital media categories. The tournament, inaugurated in the presence of the legends of Indian football Dipendu Biswas and Sandip Nandy (Alvito D'Cunha having participated in the earlier fixt

News Desk, News Nation 360: Procam International has announced the 11 th edition of Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata – the world’s first-ever World Athletics Gold Label 25K – set to be held on Sunday, December 20, 2026, commencing on Red Road. Registration will commence from 13 th August 2026. The event was graced by West Bengal Ministers, Dr Indranil Khan and Shankar Ghosh, Tata Steel VP D. B. Sundara Ramam, Procam Joint MD Vivek Singh, football legend and Padma Shree winner Bha

News Desk, News Nation 360: The 10th International Karate Championship - Indian Challenger's Cup 2026 was launched at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata, a joint initiative between the Seishinkai Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Federation and the Karate-Do Association of Bengal. Launched under the aegis of Hansi Premjit Sen (Chairman of Karate India Organisation & President of the Karate-Do Association of Bengal), the three-day championship saw participation of some of the best karatekas o

News Desk, News Nation 360: Sportiz, in association with Jai Balaji Group (JBG), announced the 11 th Edition of the JBG Kolkata Marathon 2026 to be held on 29 th November 2026 with the catchphrase "Cholo Dourai" (Let's Run) and participation of more than 15,000 local and international athletes. The 11 th edition will feature the Full Marathon (42.2 Km), which is the only World Athletics BRONZE LABELLED Full marathon in eastern India, apart from the Half Marathon (21.1 Km), 10

News Desk, News Nation 360: The Calcutta Racket Club will host the Kolkata leg of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour from August 10–14, 2026, thanks to a partnership between HCL Group and the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI). 48 international players from seven nations—including India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Switzerland, and Germany—compete in the Professional Squash Association (PSA)-certified competition for a US$9,000 prize purse in both the men's and women's categorie

News Desk, News Nation 360: The popular media sports event made a comeback when the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club (CSJC) and the Merlin Group formally announced the Merlin CSJC Football Tournament 2026 at the CSJC club premises in Kolkata. Former Indian football legends Dipendu Biswas and Alvito D'Cunha conducted the official fixture lottery draw during the ceremonial event. Hosted at Merlin Rise – The Sports Republic, Kolkata's premier sports township, the upcoming two-d

News Desk, News Nation 360: The first-ever All-State Police Meet & All-Style Karate Championship 2026 has been officially announced by the West Bengal Dhammika Kai Shito Ryu Karate Association (WBDKSRKA). It will be held at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in Kolkata on August 26 and 27, 2026. The press release, which was approved by the Karate India Organisation (KIO), was made in front of important tournament and leadership figures, such as Association Chairman and former ISI Dire