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Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium will host the first-ever National Indoor Athletics Championships in January 2026. The event is part of the 2026 domestic calendar of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), which includes around 40 competitions. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) plans to introduce indoor events such as pole vault (men and women) and heptathlon (men). The men’s indoor heptathlon includes seven events—60m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60m hurdles, pole vault, and 1,000m—spread over two days. AFI is also bidding for the 2028 Asian Indoor Championships.

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India won the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025 defeating Chinese Taipei 35–28 in the final held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is India’s second consecutive title showing strong dominance in women’s kabaddi. Team maintained control from start to finish with disciplined defence and sharp raiding combinations. India shifted to a fully attacking strategy in the second half preventing any comeback from Chinese Taipei. Captain Ritu Negi and vice-captain Pushpa Rana led with tactical maturity and consistent performance.

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India concluded their Deaflympics shooting campaign in Tokyo with 16 medals: 7 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze. Shooting accounted for 16 out of 39 total medals in the competition over 10 days. Mahit Sandhu, rifle shooter, won 4 medals: 2 gold, 2 silver. Abhinav Deshwal and Pranjali Prashant Dhumal, pistol shooters, won 2 gold and 1 silver. Dhanush Srikanth won 2 gold in 10 metre air rifle individual and mixed team events. Mohammed Murtaza Vania won 1 silver, 1 bronze; Komal Milind Waghmare won 2 bronze. Anuya Prasad won gold in women’s 10 metre air pistol; Shourya Saini silver in 50 metre 3 positions; Kushagra Singh Rajawat bronze in 50 metre rifle prone. At the previous Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, India won 5 shooting medals: 3 gold, 2 bronze.

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Football Club Goa won the All India Football Federation Super Cup 2025-26, defeating East Bengal Football Club 6-5 in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw in extra time at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. This was the first final of the All India Football Federation Super Cup to be decided by a penalty shootout, as both teams were unable to score during regulation and extra time. In the penalty shootout, Football Club Goa converted all but one attempt, while East Bengal Football Club missed two, giving Goa the victory in sudden-death penalties. The victory also secured Football Club Goa’s qualification for the 2026-27 Asian Football Confederation Champions League Two play-offs.

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Australian Paralympic athlete Nicholas Hum passed away on 15 December 2025 at the age of 32. Nicholas Hum was a Paralympic bronze medallist and one of Australia’s most respected long jumpers, with a career spanning over a decade. He made his international debut at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch and competed in three Paralympic Games and five World Para Athletics Championships. He held the Australian long jump T20 record at 7.39 meters and last competed at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

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Noida golfer Sukhman Singh won the IGU (Indian Golf Union) 124th Amateur Golf Championship of India, the world’s longest-running amateur matchplay event. He defeated Harman Sachdeva with a commanding 7UP lead after 29 holes of the 36-hole final. Sukhman went all square till the 6th, then 4UP after 12 holes and 2UP after 18 holes, maintaining pressure with strong driving and putting.

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East Bengal Football Club (FC) won the inaugural South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Club Championship 2025. They defeated Nepal’s APF (Armed Police Forces) 3-0 in the final at Dasrath Stadium, Kathmandu. With this victory, East Bengal became the first Indian women’s club to win an international tournament.

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Josh Tongue became the first England bowler this century to take a five-wicket haul in a men’s Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). He claimed figures of 5/45 during Australia’s first innings of 152 all out in the Boxing Day Test. Tongue’s effort ended a 27-year gap since Darren Gough and Dean Headley last achieved a five-for at the MCG in 1998. This was Tongue’s best Test bowling performance, surpassing his previous best of 5/66 against Ireland at Lord’s in 2023. He dismissed three of the top four Australian batters and was on a hat-trick in Australia’s second innings after taking the last two wickets.

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Varanasi will host the 72nd Senior National Volleyball Championship from January 4 to 11, 2026. The championship will be held under the Khelo India initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will be the first national-level volleyball event of this scale to be organised in the Purvanchal region. Two mascots reflecting local culture have been chosen, namely ‘Nandu’ inspired by Nandi and ‘Neera’ representing the Ganga Dolphin. A total of 73 teams from across India will participate, with more than 1,000 players competing in the tournament.

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Arjun Erigaisi and Koneru Humpy won bronze medal at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in Doha. Arjun Erigaisi scored 9.5 points in the open section, finishing just behind world champion Magnus Carlsen. He became the second Indian male, after Viswanathan Anand, to podium at a World Rapid Championship. In the women’s section, Koneru Humpy scored 8.5 points, tied with Zhu Jiner (China) and Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia). Humpy has previously won gold at the World Rapid Championship in 2019 and 2024.