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.
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The Indian men’s recurve team won a historic gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage-1 by defeating the world-champion South Korean team for the first time ever.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the French Open 2024 title after defeating Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan of Chinese Taipei in the men's doubles final.
Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu has been named the goodwill ambassador for this year’s ‘Earth Hour India’, an 18-year-old movement that seeks to raise awareness for environmental issues.
The Indian team created history by registering a victory of 434 runs over England in the Test match played in Rajkot. This is India's biggest win (in terms of runs) so far in the Test format.
IAS officer Suhas Yathiraj along with Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar won Gold medals at the BWF World Para-Badminton Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Ravichandran Ashwin equaled Anil Kumble to become the Indian with the joint-highest 5-wicket hauls in Test cricket. Both Ashwin and Kumble have 35 Test five-wicket hauls each, which is the most by an Indian bowler.
The Indian women’s hockey team beat the USA 2-1 in their FIH Pro League 2023-24 match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.
India women's badminton team scripted history in Malaysia as they won the Badminton Asia Team Championships crown, beating Thailand. This is the first time India have won the continental team championship title in the history of the sport.
The Education Ministry signed an agreement with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to promote the game of football at the school level in the country. Under this, the Education Ministry will distribute 11 lakh footballs across the country in a phased manner.
Dattajirao Gaekwad, the former India Test captain and the country's oldest living Test cricketer at the time of his passing, has died at 95.
Men’s Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a tragic road accident in Kenya on 11 February. The 24-year-old was killed alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.
Australia beat India in the Under-19 World Cup of the ICC in South Africa.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Korea Open Super 500 Badminton 2023 doubles title by defeating the World No.1 Fajr Alfian and Mohd Riyan Ardianto of Indonesia in the final.
Netherlands defeated India to win the final of the first FIH Hockey 5s Women's World Cup played in Muscat, Oman.
In this year's first Grand Slam Australian Open 2024, India's famous tennis player Rohan Bopanna has created history by winning the men's doubles title.
Tata Group has bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2024-28 for a "record-breaking" $300 million.
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Rohan Bopanna has clinched the No 1 men’s doubles ranking. This not only makes him the oldest player to do so at 43 but also the oldest man to be there since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973.
Rohit Sharma was named captain of the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2023.
ICC picked Suryakumar as the captain of the men's T20I Team of the Year.
Athlete Man Singh became only the second Indian man to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships. Singh clocked 2 hours, 14 minutes and 19 seconds (2:14:19) to win the competition.
BCCI awarded Shubman Gill with the prestigious Polly Umrigar award for the best men's cricketer of the year for 2023. Shami (2019-20), Ashwin (2020-21) and Bumrah (2021-22) also bagged the Polly Umrigar trophy for their respective seasons.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has scored his fifth century in T20 International. With this, he has also become the batsman who has scored most centuries in T20 International.
Lionel Messi won FIFA’s The Best men's player of the year 2023. Meanwhile, Spain's Aitana Bonmati, was named The Best FIFA women's player of the year.
Karnataka's Prakhar Chaturvedi created history by becoming the first player to score 400 in the U-19 tournament final of Cooch Behar Trophy.
The new Wrestling Federation of India body, under the leadership of Sanjay Singh, has been suspended by the Sports Ministry. Established on 27 January 1967, the WFI is headquartered in New Delhi.
India's badminton stars Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sai Raj Rankireddy won the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award" (erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan Award) is the highest sporting honor in India.
Mohammed Shami will be honored with the country's prestigious sports award Arjuna Award for his outstanding performance in the ODI World Cup 2023.
Ace wrestler Malik announced her retirement from the sport after Brij Bhushan’s aide, Sanjay Singh was appointed Wrestling Federation of India president.
Sumit Antil is ESPN India's Para-Athlete of the Year (2023). At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, Antil smashed his own world record and claimed his first ever gold medal at the World Championships.
Indian men's hockey team midfielder Hardik Singh and women's side captain Savita won the FIH Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year (women) awards respectively.
Australia's Mitchell Starc surpassed Pat Cummins to become the most expensive player in IPL history, going to KKR for ₹24.75 crore.
First-ever “Khelo India Para” Games conclude in New Delhi; Haryana dominates the medals tally with 40 gold, 39 silver and 26 bronze.
Two-time World under-20 champion and senior Worlds bronze medallist Antim Panghal (53kg) was named as United World Wrestling (UWW) Rising Star of the Year 2023 in the women’s section.
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka win ITF World Champion Awards in recognition of their outstanding performances during the 2023 tennis season.
Dhoni becomes the second Indian cricketer whose jersey number 7 has been retired by the BCCI after Sachin Tendulkar's jersey number 10 was retired in 2017. This means Jersey no. 7 & 10 are no longer available for players.
Lionel Messi, captain of Argentina, has been named Time magazine's Athlete of the Year for 2023.
Vaishali and her younger brother R. Praggnanandhaa are now officially the first-ever sibling pair from India to be Grandmasters. Vaishali is the third female Grandmaster from India, after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli.
The T20 World Cup will be held in the West Indies and the United States in June 2024. For the first time, 20 teams will feature in the T20 World Cup.
Indian U15 girls doubles pair of Jennifer Varghese & Divyanshi Bhowmick won the silver medal at the ITTF World Youth Championships. This was the first-ever final appearance for India at the event.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Lian Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the men's doubles final of the China Masters BWF Super-750 tournament.
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Billiards Championship title in Doha for a staggering 26th time, beating compatriot Sourav Kothari in the final.
Australia beat India by 6 wickets in the ODI World Cup 2023 final, lifting the trophy for the sixth time.
Virat Kohli overtakes Sachin Tendulkar, becomes first to score 50 ODI centuries. Kohli also went past Tendulkar's record of most runs in a single ODI World Cup campaign (673).
Punjab cricket team has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title for the first time by defeating Baroda team. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic T-20 cricket championship in India, which is organized by the BCCI.
Virender Sehwag became the eighth Indian men’s cricketer to be inducted into ICC's Hall of Fame Along with Aravinda De Silva and Diana Edulji. Sehwag follows in the footsteps of Sunil Gavaskar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Vinoo Mankad to be inducted in the Hall of Fame.
The International Cricket Council Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the ICC due to government interference.
Sri Lanka's national cricket board has been dismissed by the country's Sports Minister due to poor World Cup performance.
Angelo Mathews of Sri Lanka was given a "timed out" dismissal in a World Cup clash against Bangladesh, making him the first player to suffer such a dismissal in international cricket's 146-year history.
India beat Japan 4-0 to win the Jharkhand Women's Asian Champions Trophy. It is India's second Asian Champions Trophy title.
The Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team defeated Pakistan to clinch the Bronze medal at the 11th Sultan of Johar Cup.
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