Sports Current Affairs MCQs

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India won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship by defeating Bangladesh 4-3 in a tense penalty shootout. The final match was held on May 18, 2025, at Golden Jubilee Stadium, Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh. India showed great composure and converted penalties to win their second SAFF U-19 title, the first being in 2023. This win shows India’s growing strength in youth football in South Asia.

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The Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2025 were held from May 19 to 23 in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. More than 1000 athletes from 30 states and Union Territories (UTs) took part in this five-day tournament. It featured six medal sports and two demonstration sports. Manipur won the championship with 14 medals—five gold, six silver, and three bronze. Maharashtra won the most medals overall with 20 but ranked second due to fewer silver medals. Nagaland came third with 13 medals, including five gold.

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The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports plans a large talent identification drive across India. Citizens can upload videos of players’ performances on the National Sports Repository System (NSRS) portal. NSRS is a digital Management Information System (MIS) run by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). It operates under the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. NSRS is part of the Khelo India – National Programme for Development of Sports Scheme. The portal provides digital solutions for athletes, coaches, sports scientists, training centers, federations, and administrators. It issues a unique Khelo India ID (KID) upon registration for athletes, coaches, and academies.

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India topped the medal table at the first Junior International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2025 held in Suhl, Germany. India won 3 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze medals, finishing ahead of the People’s Republic of China. The Suhl meet started on May 19 and was the first Junior ISSF World Cup of 2025. A total of 638 athletes from 59 countries participated in the event. The next Junior ISSF World Cup will be held in New Delhi from September 24 to October 2, 2025.

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The 26th Asian Athletics Championships 2025 takes place in Gumi, South Korea, from May 27 to 31. More than 60 Indian athletes are competing across 30 medal events – 15 for men, 14 for women, and one mixed team event. The championship features participation from more than 2000 athletes representing 43 nations. Servin Sebastian secured India’s first medal at Gumi by winning bronze in the men’s 20km race walk event on the opening day.

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Hockey India announced the first-ever Hockey India Masters Cup 2025 (Men & Women). It will be hosted by the Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu in Chennai from 18 June to 27 June 2025. The event provides a platform for veteran players to showcase their skills and passion for hockey. Players must be 40 years and above for men and 35 years and above for women to participate. Registrations will be done through State Member Units. The tournament will follow a league-cum-knockout format, with pools based on total teams. This marks a historic step for veteran hockey in India.

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final took place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs. Krunal Pandya from RCB was awarded the Player of the Match for his outstanding performance. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in India. It is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that the India-England Test series will now be called the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. This honors Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, who played 200 Tests before retiring in 2013, and England’s James Anderson, who retired in July 2024 after 188 Tests. Earlier, the series in England was known as the Pataudi Trophy and in India as the Anthony de Mello Trophy. This renaming follows a global trend like the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy for England–New Zealand Tests and Border-Gavaskar Trophy for India–Australia Tests.

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Star Indian spin bowler Piyush Chawla has retired from all forms of cricket after a 20-year career. He announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on his social media page. The 36-year-old played 3 Test matches, 25 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 7 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). His last match for India was in the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup held in Sri Lanka. He was part of India’s winning squad in the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup and 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

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Recently, Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak won her third bronze medal in the women’s vault at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Jecheon, Korea, on 14 June 2025. The 30-year-old scored 13.666 and 12.866 in two attempts, totaling 13.466 to secure the bronze medal. She finished behind China’s Zhang Yihan (13.650) and Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu (13.583). Pranati had earlier won medals in 2019 and 2022. Another Indian gymnast, Protistha Samanta, finished fourth with a score of 13.016.