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The Droupadi Murmu, President of India, officially unveiled and flagged off the three winner trophies for the 2026 Durand Cup at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre. The Durand Cup is India’s premier football cup competition and the country’s oldest football tournament. It is officially known as the IndianOil Durand Cup. The tournament is managed by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) under the aegis of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force. It serves as the official season-opener of Indian football, featuring clubs from the Indian Super League (ISL), I-League, and the Armed Forces.

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Telangana will host the 8th Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2026. The Games aim to provide a platform for young athletes to showcase their sporting talent. The initiative aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of nurturing grassroots sporting talent across India.

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The Indian Pickleball Association (IPA) announced India’s contingent for the Pickleball World Cup 2026. The Pickleball World Cup 2026 will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam, from 30 August to 6 September 2026. Harsh Mehta will lead the Indian team in the Pro category. Arjun Singh will represent and captain India in the Under-18 category.

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Indian Grandmaster Rohith Krishna won gold at the Menuires International Chess Championship 2026 in France. Raja Rithvik won the silver medal after both players finished unbeaten with 7/9 points. Rohith secured the title on a superior tie-break score (43) against Rithvik’s 41.5. Rithvik defeated French Grandmaster Maxime Lagarde (2622) in the final round. The tournament featured 86 players from several countries. This achievement highlights India’s growing strength in international chess.

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England will host Australia in the first-ever Mixed Disability Ashes Cricket Series in 2027. It will be the first bilateral Ashes cricket series featuring mixed disability men’s teams. The series will be held as part of England’s 2027 Ashes summer. The Objective is to promote inclusive cricket, provide elite international competition for cricketers with disabilities, and integrate disability cricket into mainstream cricket.

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Gyaneshwari Yadav won the silver medal in the women’s 53 kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026.
She secured the medal with a personal-best total lift of 199 kg (88 kg snatch + 111 kg clean & jerk). Gyaneshwari set a Commonwealth Games record in the snatch (88 kg) before it was surpassed by Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih, who won gold. She became India’s third weightlifting medallist at the Glasgow Games after Mirabai Chanu and Raja Muthupandi.

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Valluri Ajaya Babu won the silver medal in the men’s 79 kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. He hails from Andhra Pradesh. He lifted a total of 330 kg (149 kg Snatch + 181 kg Clean & Jerk). He missed the gold medal by just 1 kg. Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad won gold with a Games record total of 331 kg. Ajaya Babu set a Commonwealth Games record in the snatch (149 kg). He won double gold at the 2024 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Suva, Fiji).

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India’s Sonam Uttam Maskar and Himanshu Dhillon won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. The event was held at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2026 in Hangzhou, China. The Indian pair scored a combined 441.2 points, with 220.6 points each. China’s first and second teams won the gold and silver medals respectively.

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Indian judokas won historic gold medals at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Asmita Dey won India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in Judo. She defeated Heidi Quach (Canada) in the women’s 48 kg final. Harsh Singh won the men’s 60 kg gold medal. He defeated Joshua Katz (Australia) in the final. Harsh sealed the win with a Waza-ari in the final minute. India won two consecutive gold medals in Judo at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

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The 11th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2026 concluded in Hyderabad. The championship was hosted by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). It was organised under the All India Police Sports Control Board (AIPSCB). Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) became the overall champion with 203 points. CISF finished as the runner-up with 198 points. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) secured the third position with 139 points.