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38th National Games
- Host : Uttarakhand (28th Jan. to 14th Feb. 2025)
- Mascot: Mouli
- It was the first edition of the National Games held across multiple cities in the state.
- Mallakhamb and Yogasana were initially announced as demonstration events but were later upgraded to full-fledged medal sports.
Medal Tally
Rank Team/State Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Services 68 26 27 121
2 Maharashtra 54 71 76 201
3 Haryana 48 47 58 153
The 39th National Games will be held in Meghalaya in 2027
Khelo India Games
1. 7th Khelo India Youth Games (2025)
- Held in Bihar (4th May to 15th May)
- Organised in five districts of Bihar (Patna, Rajgir, Begusarai, Gaya and Bhagalpur)
- Mascot: Gajasimha
Medal Tally –
1st – Maharashtra (58 G 47 S 53 B)
2nd – Haryana
3rd – Rajasthan
2. 5th Khelo India University Games 2025
- Host: Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota and Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
- Mascot: Khamma and Ghani
- Event date: 24 November – 5 December
- 1st rank: Chandigarh University – 67 medals (42 Gold, 14 Silver and 11 Bronze)
3. 5th Khelo India Winter Games (2025)
- The first phase was held in Ladakh from January 23 to 27 while the second began in Jammu and Kashmir on March 9 and ended on 12th.
- Disciplines across six winter sports
- Mascot : Snow Leopard
Medal Tally –
1st – Army (7 G 5 S 6 B)
2nd – Himachal Pradesh (6 G 5 S 7 B)
4. Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2026
- Host: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Event date: January 5-11, 2026
- Participation of over 1100+ athletes.
- Mascot: Pearl
Medal Tally:
1st : Karnataka – 11 medals (3 G 2 S 6 B)
2nd: Tamil Nadu – 8 medals (3 G 2 S 3 B)
3rd: Manipur – 7 medals (3 G 2 S 2 B)
5. 2nd Khelo India Para Games (2025)
- Held in New Delhi (March 20th to 27th)
- Mascot: Ujjawala
Medal Tally –
1st – Haryana (34 G)
2nd – Tamil Nadu (28 G)
3rd – Uttar Pradesh (23 G)
6. Khelo India Water Sports Festival 2025
- Inaugural edition held at the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, from August 21 to 23.
- Mascot: Himalayan Kingfisher
Medal Tally –
1st – Madhya Pradesh (10 G 3 S 5 B)
2nd – Odisha
3rd – Kerala
Cricket
1. Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 (33rd edition)
- Winner: Vidarbha
- Runner up: Saurashtra
- Player of the Series: Aman Mokhande
2. Ranji Trophy 2024-25
- Winner: Vidarbha (3rd title)
- Runner up: Kerala
- Vidarbha won the title on the basis of first innings lead.
- Player of the Series: Harsh Dubey
3. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26
- Winner: Jharkhand
- Runner up: Haryana
4. ICC Champions Trophy 2025
- Host: Pakistan and UAE
- Winner: India
- Runner up: New Zealand
- Player of the Tournament: Rachin Ravindra
5. Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025
- Inaugurated in 1984, the Asia Cup is the only continental cricket tournament.
- Host: UAE
- Winner: India
- Runner up: Pakistan
- Man of the Match (Final): Tilak Verma
- Man of the Series: Abhishek Sharma
6. ICC World Test Championship 2025
- Final Venue: Lords (England)
- Winner: South Africa
- Runner up: Australia
- Player of the Match: Aiden Markram
7. ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025
- India won the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025, defeating South Africa in the final.
- Host = Malaysia
- Player of the tournament = Gongadi Trisha
8. T20 Blind Cricket World Cup 2024
- Pakistan won the 4th T20 Blind Cricket World Cup 2024 title by defeating Bangladesh.
- The first T20 Blind Cricket World Cup was held in 2012 which was won by India
League Winner Runner Up
Indian Premier League (IPL) – 2025 Royal Challengers Bangalore Punjab Kings
Women’s Premier League (WPL) – 2026 Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Capitals
Football
9. Durand Cup
- It is the oldest club football tournament in Asia and the third oldest in the world.
- Founded by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand – then the foreign secretary of British India – in 1888
Edition / Year Winner Runner Up
134th / 2025 NorthEast United FC Diamond Harbour FC
10. Santosh Trophy
- Started in 1941, the Santosh Trophy is one of Indian football’s legacy tournaments. It is the national football championship for men.
- West Bengal are the most successful team in the Santosh Trophy, having won 33 titles.
Year Winner Runner Up
2025-26 Services Kerala
Hockey
- Hockey Jharkhand won the 15th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025.
- Odisha Warriors won the inaugural Women’s Hockey India League in 2025.
- Venue = Ranchi, Jharkhand
- Hockey Punjab clinched the 15th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2025 title by commanding 4-1 victory over Hockey Madhya Pradesh.
- Hockey Haryana clinched the title in the Final Phase of the 1st National Women’s Hockey League during the 2024-25 season.
2025 Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
- Host : Chile
- Champions: Netherlands
- Runner up: Argentina
- 3rd place: Belgium
16. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025
- Host: Ipoh, Malaysia
- 31st edition
- Event date: 23 to 30 November 2025
- India secured the silver medal while Belgium clinched the gold medal.
Football Continued
FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026
- Host : Canada, Mexico and the USA
- Total teams : 48
- Total matches : 104
- Mascots : Maple the Moose, Zayu the Jaguar, Clutch the Bald Eagle
- Tunisia v Japan will be the 1,000th match in FIFA World Cup history.
- Defending Champions : Argentina
- Host of 2034 FIFA World Cup : Saudi Arabia
- The Indian men’s football team won the SAFF U19 Championship 2025 title after defeating Bangladesh 4-3 on penalties at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh.
Chess
Norway Chess 2025
- Men’s Winner: Magnus Carlsen (7th title)
- Women’s Winner : Anna Muzychuk
FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025
- Host : Batumi, Georgia
- Winner : Divya Deshmukh (88th Grandmaster / 4th Women Grandmaster)
- Runner up: Koneru Humpy
2025 Men’s FIDE World Cup
- Host: Goa
- Winner: Javokhir Sindarov
- Runner up: Wei Yi
- 3rd place: Andrey Esipenko
- The 3rd SABA Women’s Basketball Championship 2025 won by India by defeating Maldives.
- Host = New Delhi
Volleyball
- 72nd Senior National Volleyball Championship for Men and Women held at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- 49th Junior National Volleyball Championship for Men & Women will be held at Pilani, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan from 16th to 21st December, 2025.
- 25th Youth National Volleyball Championship for Men and Women
- 16th–22nd December 2022, Panna, Madhya Pradesh
Badminton
India Open 2026 Badminton Tournament
- Host = New Delhi
Category Winner
Men’s Singles Lin Chun-yi
Women’s Singles An Se-young
- China won both the men’s Thomas Cup (Badminton) 2024 and the women’s Uber Cup.
Syed Modi India International 2025
Men’s Singles – Jason Gunawan
Women’s Singles – Hina Akechi
Tennis
French Open 2025 (124th edition)
Category Winner Runner up
Men’s Singles Carlos Alcaraz Jannik Sinner
Women’s Singles Coco Gauff Aryna Sabalenka
Shooting
ISSF Junior World Cup 2025
- Host = Germany (Suhl) and India
Medal Tally-
1st = India (37 Medal- 11 G 14 S 12 B)
- Indian shooter Tejaswani claimed the gold in the women’s 25m pistol.
- Indian shooter Kanak Budhwar clinched the gold in the women’s 10-metre air pistol.
- Indian shooter Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar clinched gold in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event.
Handball
20th Asian Women’s Handball Championship
- This was the first time the competition was hosted by the Handball Association India (HAI).
- Winner : Japan
- Runner up : South Korea
Kho Kho
57th Senior National Kho-Kho Championship 2025
- Host : Odisha
- Men’s category winner: Indian Railways
- Women’s category winner: Maharashtra
ISTAF Sepak Takraw World Cup 2025
- Host : Bihar
Asian Winter Games
9th Asian Winter Games 2025
- Venue = Harbin (China)
- Mascot = Binbin and Nini
- Motto = Dream of winter, love among Asia
- Top = China (85 medal)
- First Asian Winter game = 1986 (Sapporo, Japan)
- 10th Winter Asian Games 2029 = Trojena, Saudi Arabia
Archery
Para Archery Asia Cup 2025
- Host : Thailand
- 1st Rank : India (6 G 3 S 3 B)
Boxing
- The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Cup 2025 was a significant national event held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from October 1-7, 2025
Asian Youth Games
Asian Youth Games 2025 (3rd edition)
- Host: Bahrain
- China topped with over 63 gold medals, followed by Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
- India: 48 medals (13 Gold)—best AYG finish, 6th rank overall
- Priteesmita Bhoi set a youth world record in Girls’ 44kg weightlifting, winning gold.
Cricket Women
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025
- Co-host: India and Sri Lanka
- Winner: India (First-time winner)
Awards associated –
Player of the Match (Final): Shafali Verma
Player of the Tournament: Deepti Sharma
Highest Run-Scorer: Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa) – 571 runs
Archery
Asian Archery Championships 2025
- Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 29 nations participated
- India finished as the No. 1 nation with a historic 10 medals: 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
- First-ever Indian double gold in individual recurve: AnkitaBhakat& DhirajBommadevara
Blind Cricket
- Indian Women’s blind cricket team have created history winning the first-ever Women’s T20 World Cup for the Blind in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- The Indian team defeated Nepal by seven wickets in the final to lift the Cup
Hockey
- India secured the bronze medal, defeating Argentina (4-2) earning the country its first-ever medal of this colour at the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2025
- Host: Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, Chennai & Madurai International Hockey Stadium (Tamil Nadu).
- Germany clinched the title, defeating Spain 1-1 (3-2 in shootout) in the final.
Para Games
- India won 102 medals – 36 gold, 28 silver and 38 bronze – at the 5th Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai.
- Event date: 10 – 13 December
- Abdul Quadir Indori won 3 gold medals and 1 bronze medal.
Gymnastics
All-Age Group Artistic Gymnastics National Championships
- Organized by: Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)
- Age Groups: Covers all levels, including Sub-Junior, Junior, and Senior categories, allowing broad participation.
- Disciplines: Includes Artistic Gymnastics (MAG/WAG), Rhythmic Gymnastics, Trampoline & Tumbling, and Aerobic Gymnastics.
- 2024-25 All Age Group (Artistic): Held in Surat, Gujarat, around Dec 2024/Jan 2025.
Athletics
2025 Asian Athletics Championships
- Host : South Korea
- China topped and India finished second in the medal tally with 24 medals: 8 gold, 10 silver, and 6 bronze
Notable medalists from India included:
- Gulveer Singh: Double Gold in men’s 5000m and 10,000m events
- Avinash Sable: Gold in men’s 3000m steeplechase
- Jyothi Yarraji: Retained women’s 100m hurdles Gold
- Animesh Kujur set a new national record in men’s 200m (20.32 seconds, Bronze medal.
Olympics
Indian Medal Winners At Paris 2024 Olympics
Athlete Event Sport Medal
Manu Bhaker Women’s 10m air pistol Shooting Bronze
Manu Bhaker – Sarabjot Singh Mixed team 10m air pistol Shooting Bronze
Swapnil Kusale Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions Shooting Bronze
Team India Men’s event Hockey Bronze
Neeraj Chopra Men’s javelin throw Athletics Silver
Aman Sehrawat Men’s freestyle 57kg Wrestling Bronze
Paralympics
Paris 2024 Paralympics (Gold Medal Awardees)
- Avani Lekhara (Shooting)
- Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)
- Sumit Antil (Athletics Javelin)
- Harvinder Singh (Archery)
- Dharambir (Athletics Club Throw)
- Praveen Kumar (Athletics High Jump)
- Navdeep Singh (Athletics, Javelin)
Records And Rankings
- Cruz Azul won the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup final 5–0 against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, securing their record-tying seventh title and qualification for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.
- Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa won the Tata Steel Masters 2025 title after a thrilling tiebreak against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju.
- Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa also won the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania.
- Riya Shirish Thatte won gold in the women’s 25m pistol event at the 67th National Shooting Championship held at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range.
- Kiran Ankush Jadhav won the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) title at the 67th National Shooting Championships (NSCC).
- India’s Gulveer Singh clinched the gold medal in the Men’s 10,000-metre race at the Asian Athletics Championships.
- Gulveer Singh is the Indian national record holder in the men’s 3000m, 5000m and 10000m.
- Sourav Kothari won the 2025 IBSF World Billiards title, defeating Pankaj Advani.
- Hitesh Gulia created history by becoming the first Indian boxer to win a Gold medal at the World Boxing Cup 2025.
- Gurvinder Singh has set a new national record in the men’s 100 meters with a time of 10.20 seconds.
- India won inaugural Kho Kho World Cup 2025 in both men’s and women’s categories
- Host : New Delhi
- Senior National Table Tennis Championships 2025
- Men’s Singles – Manush Shah
- Women’s Singles – Diya Chitale
- Saurav Ghosal won the 2025 Sydney Classic Squash title, after returning from retirement.
- Khelo India Women’s Taekwondo Championship was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8th March 2025.
- Nitesh won Bronze in the Greco-Roman 97 kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 in Amman, Jordan.
- MS Dhoni got inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
- The 78th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2025, held in Bhubaneswar (June 22-26), was dominated by Karnataka.
- Indian wrestlers wrapped up a successful campaign at the U23 and U17 Asian Wrestling Championships 2025 in Vung Tau, Vietnam, bagging a total of 35 medals – 18 gold, 10 silver and seven bronze.
- World Athletes of the Year 2025
- Men’s – Mondo Duplantis (Swedish Pole Vaulter)
- Women’s – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (American hurdler and sprinter)
- India won the Squash World Cup 2025 title at the Express Avenue Mall in Chennai.
- 2025 Sportstar Aces Awards
- Sportstar of the Year (Male) P.R. Sreejesh Hockey
- Sportstar of the Year (Female) Manu Bhaker Shooting
- Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi won a Bronze medal at the World Blitz Championship 2025.
- The All India Football Federation has appointed Amelia Valverde as the coach of the senior Indian women’s football team.
- ITBP won the 5th LG Cup Ice Hockey Championship at Biamathang Ice Hockey Ground, Kargil (Ladakh), defeating Ladakh Scouts in a thrilling men’s final.
- ICC Player of the month (December)
- Men’s – Mitchell Starc (Australia)
- Women’s – Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)
- At the 2026 National Boxing Championships in Noida, Lovlina Borgohain (Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist) won the women’s 75kg title, while Nikhat Zareen secured the 52kg category.
- Sjoerd Marijne has been appointed as the chief coach of the Indian women’s hockey team.
- 11th India International Youth Sailing Championship 2026 took place from 4th to 10th January at the Chennai Port.
- The 44th Junior National Kho Kho Championship held at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium in Gunjur, Bengaluru.
- Event Date: 31st December 2025 to 4th January 2026
- Boys’ title: Karnataka
- Girls’ title: Maharashtra
- Indian driver Sanjay Takale made history at Dakar Rally 2026, topping the Prologue Stage in Group H3 (high average speed) and finishing 35th overall in Cars.
- Malaysia Open 2026
- Women’s single: An Seyoung
- Men’s single: Kunlavut Vitidsarn
- Amieyra Khoslla clinched the gold medal in the Youth Girls (U-17) category at the 29th National Sport Climbing Championship (NSSC) 2025.
- Mumbai lifted the Vijay Merchant (U-16 boys) Trophy by defeating Maharashtra in Rajkot, Gujarat.
- Anahat Singh secured a silver medal in the women’s U-19 final at the British Junior Open Squash Championships.
- New Delhi hosted 47th National Junior Boys Handball Championship
- Hyderabad, Telangana is set to host Women’s 2026 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup Qualifiers from March 8 to 14, 2026.
- Aaryan Varshney became the 92nd Indian to earn the title of chess Grandmaster.