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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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Iran has officially withdrawn from the FIFA World Cup 2026 hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.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.
India will host the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships 2027, scheduled to take place in New Delhi from December 1 to 10.
Jharkhand emerged as the gold medal winner in the women’s category of the National Federation Cup 2026 Para Throwball tournament.
India clinched the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship title with a dominant 4–0 victory over Bangladesh in the final held at Pokhara Rangasala Stadium in Nepal.
India emerged as the champion of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 with a commanding victory over England in the final. The win marked India’s sixth U-19 World Cup title.
Royal Challengers Bangalore emerged as the champions of the Women’s Premier League 2026. This triumph marked RCB’s second consecutive WPL title.
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Novak Djokovic reached a historic milestone by securing his 400th Grand Slam singles win after defeating Botic van de Zandschulp at the Australian Open. This makes him the first player in history to reach 400 Grand Slam victories, surpassing Roger Federer (369).
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Khanikar Stadium in Dibrugarh, Assam, which is set to become the state’s largest multi-sports hub.
Abhishek Sharma achieved a remarkable feat by scoring a 14-ball fifty against New Zealand, making it the second-fastest T20I half-century for India. He finished unbeaten on 68 off just 20 balls.
India tops the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026 in New Delhi with 94 medals, including 51 gold.
Amelia Valverde, a football coach from Costa Rica, has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian senior women’s football team by the All India Football Federation.
India finished at the top of the medal table with an impressive haul of 94 medals at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026, held at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
India’s ace shooter Manu Bhaker won silver medal in the 25m pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2026 in New Delhi.
India is set to make a historic entry into global professional cycling with the Pune Grand Tour 2026. Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni has been appointed as its Goodwill Ambassador.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has achieved a rare global distinction by being inducted into Kenjutsu, an ancient Japanese samurai swordsmanship tradition.
Deepti Sharma has become the highest wicket-taker in Women’s T20 International cricket.
India has topped the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) global list of offenders. The World Anti-Doping Agency was established in 1999.
TIME magazine has named A’ja Wilson, superstar forward of the Las Vegas Aces, as the 2025 Athlete of the Year.
India won the Centenary Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2030 bid, with Ahmedabad (also known as Amdavad) in Gujarat set to host the CWG 2030. CWG is the world’s second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympics.
India’s women’s kabaddi team won the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025, defeating Chinese Taipei 35–28 in the final held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Rohit Sharma has been named the official tournament ambassador for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. The prestigious event will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
Hockey India celebrates 100 years of Indian Hockey (1925–2025) with nationwide events on 7th November, led by a major ceremony at New Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
India created history by winning its maiden ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final held at Dr. DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai.
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