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Shooter Kanak won India’s first gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. She scored 239 points in the Women’s 10 metre Air Pistol final. Kanak had earlier won silver at the Junior World Championship in Lima last year. She defeated Anna Dulce of Moldova, a two-time Olympian and European Champion, by 1.7 points. Chen Yen-Ching of Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal. Indian shooter Prachi finished fifth in the same event. Adriyan Karmakar had earlier opened India’s medal tally with a silver in the 50 metre rifle prone event.

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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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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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Nicholas Pooran, West Indies’ Twenty20 (T20) record-holder for runs and appearances, retired from international cricket on June 10, 2025, at age 29. He scored 1,983 runs in 61 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 2,275 runs in 106 T20 Internationals. Pooran hit his career-best T20 score of 98 against Afghanistan and surpassed Chris Gayle as West Indies’ top T20 run-scorer. He hit the most sixes (40) in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing for Lucknow Super Giants.

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Indian racewalkers performed well at the Austrian Racewalking Championships held in Innsbruck. Priyanka Goswami won gold in the women’s 10-kilometre race with a time of 47 minutes and 54 seconds, marking her first win of the season. In the men’s 35-kilometre event, Sandeep Kumar won silver with a time of 2 hours, 38 minutes, and 45 seconds. Ram Baboo secured bronze in the same event, finishing in 2 hours, 41 minutes, and 47 seconds. Sandeep Kumar holds India’s national record in the 50-kilometre racewalk and won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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England will host the largest-ever ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup in 2026, featuring 12 teams playing 33 matches across seven venues from June 12 to July 5. The tournament will open with England facing Sri Lanka at Edgbaston and end with the final at the iconic Lord’s stadium. The league stage is divided into two groups. Group 1 includes Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and two teams from the Global Qualifier. Group 2 includes hosts England, defending champions New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and two qualifier teams.

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Indian shuttlers recently delivered their best-ever performance by winning 27 medals at the Asian Para-Badminton Championship 2025 held in Thailand from 17th to 22nd June. The medal tally includes four gold, 10 silver, and 13 bronze medals, marking India’s highest total in the history of this championship. Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan won gold with a straight-sets victory over Ruthick Raghupathi and Manasi Joshi.

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Veteran Indian hockey player Lalit Upadhyay has announced retirement after India’s last match in the European leg of the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) Pro League 2024-25 against Belgium. He was part of India’s bronze medal-winning teams at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Lalit made his debut in the 2014 Hockey World Cup and played 183 senior matches, scoring 67 goals. Lalit received the Arjuna Award in 2021.

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Recently, Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra won the Javelin Throw title at the Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 meet held in the Czech Republic. The 27-year-old two-time Olympic medallist secured the gold medal with a best throw of 85.29 metres. Douw Smit from South Africa finished second with 84.12 metres, and Anderson Peters from Grenada came third with 83.63 metres. This was Neeraj’s second straight victory after winning the Paris Diamond League, where he crossed 90 metres for the first time with a throw of 90.23 metres.

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Recently, Karnataka emerged as the top performer at the 78th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2025 in Bhubaneswar, winning 41 medals, including 16 gold ,followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Shoan Ganguly of Karnataka broke the previous National Record of 4 minutes 25.62 seconds set by Aryan Nehra in 2023 and improved the Indian best in the 200 metre Individual Medley too. These achievements highlight Karnataka’s dominance and India’s rising swimming standards.