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The Indian Women’s Hockey Team won the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup 2025–26, defeating host New Zealand 2–0 in the final held at Auckland. With this win, India also qualified for the next season of the FIH Hockey Women’s Pro League. Lalremsiami was named Player of the Match in the final. Deepika emerged as the joint-highest scorer of the tournament with 6 goals. India remained undefeated throughout the tournament, beating USA, Japan, and Uruguay in the group stage. In the semi-final, India defeated Chile 6–0 before winning the final against New Zealand. Hockey India announced a cash reward of ₹3 lakh for each player and ₹1.5 lakh for support staff for the title win.

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Kerala hosted the first-ever 2026 Aichi–Nagoya Asian Games Fun Run in Thiruvananthapuram under the “Asian Games for All” initiative of the Olympic Council of Asia. More than 40,000 people participated in the event. The 2026 Asian Games will be held in Aichi–Nagoya, Japan. The event promoted fitness, sportsmanship, and awareness about the upcoming Asian Games.

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Ethan Vaz became India’s 96th Chess Grandmaster after securing his third and final Grandmaster norm at the Sarajevo GM Mix tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At 14 years of age, he became the third Grandmaster from Goa after Anurag Mhamal and Leon Mendonca. He has a live FIDE rating of 2522. Ethan won two gold medals (Rapid and Blitz) at the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2026. He also qualified for the 2026 World and Asian Youth Chess Championships.

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Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated the Indian men’s volleyball team for winning India’s first-ever medal at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Men’s Volleyball Cup. India won the bronze medal after defeating Bahrain 3–1 in the third-place playoff, marking its best-ever performance in the tournament. India hosted the AVC Men’s Volleyball Cup for the first time in 2026. The Indian team was captained by Jerome Vinith Charles and coached by Dragan Mihailović.

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The 2026 Esports World Cup (EWC) commenced in Paris, France, marking the first time the tournament is being hosted outside Saudi Arabia. The event is being held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles and will run until 23 August 2026. It features over 2,000 players, 25 tournaments, and a record prize pool of USD 75 million. More than 200 elite clubs from over 100 countries are participating.

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In tennis, Italy’s Jannik Sinner retained the Wimbledon 2026 men’s singles title by defeating Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the final at the All England Club, London. With this victory, Sinner won his second consecutive Wimbledon men’s singles title and fifth Grand Slam singles title. He also became the 10th player to successfully defend the Wimbledon men’s singles crown. In the women’s doubles, the Chinese-French pair of Guo Hanyu and Kristina Mladenovic defeated the Canadian-Brazilian duo of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani to win the Wimbledon 2026 women’s doubles title.

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Chinese geologists have raised concerns over the structural stability of China’s hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River due to the Paizhen Fault. The Paizhen Fault is part of the tectonic fault network formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. It is located within the reservoir area of the downstream Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in Tibet. The fault has remained active since the Early Pleistocene and continues to be active during the Holocene. Evidence indicates tectonic activity as recently as 9,500 years ago.

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India’s Rishikanta Singh Chanambam won the silver medal in the Men’s 60 kg weightlifting event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He lifted 121 kg in the snatch, setting a new Commonwealth Games record. The record was later equalled by Malaysia’s Mohamad Aniq Kasdan. Rishikanta lifted 143 kg in the clean and jerk, finishing with a total lift of 264 kg. Mohamad Aniq Kasdan (Malaysia) won the gold with a Games record total of 273 kg. Joshua Amunga Mboya (Kenya) secured the bronze with a total lift of 260 kg.

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Raja Muthupandi won the silver medal in the men’s 65 kg weightlifting event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He lifted a total of 286 kg (126 kg snatch + 160 kg clean & jerk). Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamed won the gold with a Commonwealth Games record total of 299 kg. Muthupandi made a successful comeback after a 2019 elbow ligament injury and returned following the introduction of the 65 kg category.

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Ajinkya Rahane announced his retirement from international cricket and all formats on 30 July 2026. He made his international debut in 2011, while his last match for India was the second Test against the West Indies in July 2023. Rahane was known for his calm temperament, solid technique, and outstanding performances in overseas Test matches. In his international career, he played 85 Tests, scoring 5,077 runs with 12 centuries at an average of 38.46. He also represented India in 90 ODIs (2,962 runs) and 20 T20Is (375 runs).