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India finished top of the medal tally at the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun held in Cairo. The Indian team won a total of 16 medals, including 5 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze. The event highlighted strong performance by Indian junior shooters at the global level. Indian athletes will next participate in the ISSF Junior World Championship in Germany.

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Sebastian Sawe became the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in legal race conditions at the 2026 London Marathon. He completed the marathon (42.195 km) in 1 hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, setting a new men’s world record (subject to ratification by World Athletics). His average pace was 2 minutes 49.9 seconds per kilometre, with an average speed of 21.2 km/h. He maintained an average 100 m split of 16.9 seconds and a mile pace of 4 minutes 33 seconds. His performance included a negative split, meaning he ran the second half faster than the first.

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India will host the inaugural World Yogasana Championship from 4 to 8 June 2026 at TransStadia in Ahmedabad with participation from more than 40 countries. The championship is organised under World Yogasana and hosted by Yogasana Bharat. Selection trials for the Indian Yogasana team were held at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Sonepat, Haryana. Yogasana combines yoga with competitive sports and performances are judged on balance, flexibility, precision, stability, and difficulty level under standardised rules.

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India hosted the 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This is the first time in 44 years that India is hosting the Asian Weightlifting Championships. The tournament is held from 11 May to 17 May 2026. Around 180 athletes from 28 countries will participate in the event. The championship is important for qualification for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. India, China, and Sri Lanka have the largest squads with 16 lifters each.

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5th Asia Cup Bridge Championships will be held from June 21–27 in Goa. The tournament is being organised by the Bridge Federation of India. The event will take place at Taj Cidade de Goa Horizon and will feature participation from over 20 countries. Countries such as India, China, and Japan are expected to participate. Competitions will include men’s, women’s, mixed, senior team events, and pairs competitions. India has won 20 medals in the history of the Asia Cup Bridge Championships.

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India finished the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 in Gandhinagar with 10 medals — one silver and nine bronze. Gyaneshwari Yadav won India’s only silver medal in the women’s 53kg snatch event and also secured an overall bronze medal. Komal Kohar opened India’s medal tally in the women’s 48kg category. Ajith Narayana won two bronze medals in the men’s 71kg category. Harjinder Kaur and Sanjana also won bronze medals. The championship was hosted in Gandhinagar and marked only the second time India hosted the event after 1982.

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Gurindervir Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 100m event at the Athletics Federation Cup 2026. He created a new national record with a timing of 10.09 seconds. Gurindervir Singh improved his earlier personal best of 10.17 seconds and crossed the Commonwealth Games qualification mark of 10.16 seconds. Animesh Kujur won silver in the 100m with 10.20 seconds, while Pranav Pramod secured bronze with 10.29 seconds. In the men’s 400m event, Vishal TK won gold and set a new national record of 44.98 seconds.

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Sumit Antil broke his own world record in the Men’s Javelin Throw F64 category at the Indian Open International Para Athletics Championships 2026 in Bengaluru. Representing Haryana, he won gold with a throw of 74.82 metres, surpassing his previous world record of 73.29 metres set at the Asian Para Games 2022. Sandip Sargar won silver, while Sandeep secured bronze in the event. Praveen Kumar won gold in the Men’s High Jump T64 event with a clearance of 2.00 metres, while Varun Singh Bhati took silver. Deepthi Jeevanji won gold in the Women’s 400m T20 event, and Dilip Gavit secured gold in the Men’s 400m T47 category.

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South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2026 was won by India after defeating Bangladesh 3–1 in the final. The final was played in Madgaon. India won the title for a record sixth time and lifted the trophy after a gap of seven years. Goals for India were scored by Pyari Xaxa, Sanfida, and Linda Kom. Bangladesh’s goal was scored by Ritu Porna Chakma.

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Former Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket after a career spanning more than years. The New Zealand national cricket team batting legend retires as New Zealand’s highest international run-scorer across all formats with 19,346 runs. In Test cricket, he scored more than 9,500 runs, including 33 centuries and 6 double centuries. His retirement marks the end of an era in New Zealand cricket.