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South Africa won the Cricket- World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 title by five wickets against defending champion Australia on June 14 at Lord’s, London. This is South Africa’s first major cricket title in 27 years, sparking emotional celebrations. New Zealand won the first WTC mace in 2021 by beating India. Australia won it in 2023, and now South Africa has claimed it in 2025.The win is seen as a unifying moment for the “Rainbow Nation”, breaking a long ICC jinx since 1998.

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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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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.

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Recently, India secured the hosting rights for two major shooting events from the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). New Delhi will host the Combined ISSF World Cup in 2027 and the ISSF Junior World Championships in 2028. The announcement was made during the ISSF executive committee meeting. New Delhi will also host the ISSF Junior World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in September–October 2025.

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Recently, Jannik Sinner won the men’s single title at the 2025 Wimbledon Tennis Championships and fourth Grand Slam, defeating Carlos Alcaraz. The match ended with a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Sinner became the first Italian to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon (SW19).

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Divya Deshmukh, a 19-year-old International Master (IM) from Nagpur, Maharashtra, won the FIDE 2025 Women’s Chess World Cup. She defeated Grandmaster (GM) Humpy Koneru 1.5–0.5 in the 15+10 rapid tiebreaks to claim the title. She became the third-ever winner of the Women’s World Cup, after GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2021) and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2023). Divya showed resilience and precision, drawing the first game and winning the second as Black, capitalising on Humpy’s time pressure. With this win, she earned the Grandmaster (GM) title and a USD 50,000 prize.

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Malta will host the 8th Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in late 2027. Around 1,150 athletes aged 14-18 from 74 nations and territories will take part. The event will include eight sports: athletics, para athletics, netball, squash, swimming, para swimming, triathlon, and weightlifting. Sailing and water polo will debut in Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) 2027. Para swimming will feature for the first time, making it the largest Para sport program in Commonwealth Youth Games history. Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and North Africa.

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Recently, Ramesh Budhial became the first Indian to win a medal in the Asian Surfing Championships, clinching bronze in the Open Men’s category in Chennai with 12.60 points. Gold in this category went to Korea’s Kanoa Heejae (15.17 points) and silver to Indonesia’s Pajar Ariyana (14.57 points). In the Open Women’s category, Japan’s Anri Matsuno won gold (14.90), Sumomo Sato silver (13.70), and Thailand’s Isabel Higgs bronze (11.76).

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Haryana’s young boxers won overall team titles at the Sub Junior, Under-15 Boys and Girls National Championships in Greater Noida. Haryana outperformed Services and other states with skill, power, and consistency. In the Boys category, Haryana won 4 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze medals, claiming the team crown. Key boys’ winners included Ravi Sihag and Sanchit Jayani with clean-sweep victories. In the Girls category, Haryana also topped, with champions like Garima, Princi, Sunaina, Jivika, and Radhika Sharma. Maharashtra secured third place with standout performances from Riya Shinde and Ovi Adwant. The event highlights Haryana’s rising strength in junior boxing talent.