This article covers all the important Current Affairs related to various Sports News & Events. Sports Current Affairs play an important role in almost every competitive exam including UPSC Prelims PCS Pre NDA, CDS, CAPF AC, AFCAT, INET and various other competitive exams of India.
Apart from its importance in various government exams, these Important Sports Current Affairs 2024 can be very helpful in your personal interview in the SSB Interview as the interviewing officer often asks Sports related Important Current Affairs from aspirants.
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Apaar Saxena has earned the prestigious International Master (IM) title after achieving all three required norms through impressive performances in European chess tournaments.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted its restrictions on Belarusian athletes ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, while Russia continues to remain under suspension.
Punjab FC defeated Zinc Football Academy 3-0 to retain the AIFF Elite Youth League 2025–26 crown.
Rithika Sri from the State of Tamil Nadu has become the first transgender cricket umpire in India.
Abhishek Sharma has become the first Indian cricketer to score multiple centuries in under 50 balls. His remarkable 135-run unbeaten innings against the Delhi Capitals came off just 47 balls.
Olympic medallist P. V. Sindhu has been elected Chair of the Athletes’ Commission and has secured a voting position on the Badminton World Federation Council.
R. Vaishali emerged as the winner of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026 held in Cyprus, securing 8.5 points out of 14.
Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer to score 9000 runs in the Indian Premier League. Kohli reached this milestone in his 275th IPL match.
Shreyas Iyer has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the F1 Programme in India by Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited.
Sabastian Sawe stunned the world by finishing the London Marathon 2026 in 1:59:30, becoming the first athlete to run an official marathon under two hours and setting a new world record.
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine won the 2026 Madrid Open women’s singles title after defeating Russia’s Mirra Andreeva.
Virat Kohli becomes the first batter in IPL history to reach 800 boundaries. He also crosses 300 sixes for a single franchise.
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Seven-year-old Ishank Singh from Ranchi, Jharkhand, created a world record by swimming across the 29-km Palk Strait from Sri Lanka to India.
World Para Athletics announced that Tashkent will host the 2027 World Para Athletics Championships. This event is scheduled to be held in June 2027. This marks the first time Central Asia will host the prestigious event.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar scripted history as he became the first fast bowler to take 200 wickets in the Indian Premier League.
The International Olympic Committee announced that the transgender women and DSD (Differences of Sex Development) athletes are no longer allowed to compete in female categories at the Olympics. The rule will apply to the Los Angeles Olympics for the year 2028.
India’s first-ever National Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 kicked off at Kalinga Indoor Stadium, Bhubaneswar. The two day event was organized by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
Anahat Singh wins India Open 2026, defeating Egypt's Hana Moataz. Alongside Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh has also clinched the men’s title at the India Open.
Haryana secured the top position at the 24th National Para Athletics Championships. The state won a total of 95 medals, including 39 gold, 31 silver, and 25 bronze. Tamil Nadu followed as the runner-up, while Gujarat secured third place.
Sikkim has been officially chosen as the host for the 49th Yonex Sunrise Junior National Badminton Championship (U-19) in 2026.
The Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 will be hosted by Chhattisgarh from 25 March to 03 April 2026. The games will be organised across Raipur, Jagdalpur, and Surguja.
Ria Solanki, a 19-year-old para-athlete, won the gold medal in the shot put event at the National Para-Athletics Championship in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Roger Binny and Rahul Dravid will be bestowed with the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the BCCI’s highest honour recognising outstanding service to Indian cricket. Roger Binny finished as the highest wicket-taker of the 1983 World Cup.
Mithali Raj will receive the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to the growth and global stature of women’s cricket in India.
Fast bowler Javon Searles, Titans owner Chitranjan Rathod, and official Trevon Griffith have been suspended over alleged corruption in the Bim10 tournament.
Indian para athlete Shailesh Kumar won a gold medal at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in New Delhi. He was Competing in the men’s high jump T63 category.
Iran has officially withdrawn from the FIFA World Cup 2026 hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports launched the nationwide athletics league at 250 locations across the subcontinent under the ASMITA (Achieving Sports Milestone by Inspiring Women Through Action) programme. The ASMITA Initiative was started in 2021.
Anant Rana, athlete from Jamshedpur, successfully completed the Full Ironman New Zealand triathlon in 11 hours and 50 minutes. The event includes three demanding segments: a 3.8 km swim, a 180 km cycling race, and a 42.2 km marathon run.
Shrishti Dharmendra Sharma from India achieved a remarkable feat by setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest 50-meter limbo skating with a time of 7.46.
Watch | India scripted history in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 final by defeating New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. With this victory, India became the first team to win three T20 World Cup titles and also the first team to successfully defend the trophy.
India will host the second leg of the Asia Cup Archery tournament in 2027, which will take place in Delhi. The last major international archery competition organised in the country was the Asian Archery Championships held in Delhi in 2005.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakaravarthy finished as the joint highest wicket-takers in the T20 World Cup 2026 with 14 wickets each.
Mercedes driver George Russell won the Formula 1 2026 Australian Grand Prix.
Finn Allen, the explosive New Zealand opener, made history by scoring the fastest century in T20 World Cup history with a remarkable 33-ball hundred during the semi-final against South Africa in Kolkata.
Shrishti Dharmendra Sharma from India achieved a remarkable feat by setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest 50-meter limbo skating with a time of 7.46 seconds.
Jammu & Kashmir secured its first-ever Ranji Trophy title in the 2025–26 season, marking a historic achievement after 67 years of participation in India’s premier domestic first-class cricket tournament. The team defeated Karnataka in the final held at the KSCA Rajnagar Stadium in Hubballi.
Ravi Shastri will have a stand named after him at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai following approval by the Mumbai Cricket Association during its Apex Council meeting.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry secured his first ATP Tour title and the biggest victory of his career at the Rio Open ATP 500 event in Brazil. The 26-year-old Argentine defeated Alejandro Tabilo.
Vaishnavi Adkar became the first Indian woman since Sania Mirza in 2009 to reach a major International Tennis Federation Women’s singles final. She achieved this milestone at the Bengaluru W100 tournament, part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour.
Tejaswin Shankar secured a historic gold medal in the men’s heptathlon at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 held in Tianjin.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports announced that the first-ever Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) will be held in Chhattisgarh from 25 March to 6 April 2026.
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Mercedes driver George Russell won the Formula 1 2026 Australian Grand Prix.
India’s Lakshya Sen finished runner-up at the All England Open 2026 after losing the men’s singles final to Taiwan’s Lin Chun-Yi 15-21, 20-22 in Birmingham.
Union Minister Dr. Sukanta Majumdar distributed footballs at PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dakshin Dinajpur, under the Football for Schools initiative. The Football for Schools Programme is run by FIFA in collaboration with UNESCO to promote education through football. Launch year: 2019.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the most-capped player in women’s international cricket with 356 matches, surpassing Suzie Bates.
Jammu & Kashmir scripted history by reaching their first-ever Ranji Trophy final, defeating Bengal.
India’s Tejaswin Shankar wins gold in men’s heptathlon at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 in Tianjin, China. India finishes sixth overall with five medals in the championship.
Smriti Mandhana wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 for her role in India’s Women’s World Cup triumph. Divya Deshmukh bags Emerging Player award.
Rashid Khan became the first bowler in history to take 700 T20 wickets during the T20 World Cup 2026. The Afghanistan star now leads global T20 records, surpassing Dwayne Bravo.
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