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Kuldeep Kumar from Madhya Pradesh set a new national men’s pole vault record of 5.41 metres. He achieved this feat at the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition in Bhubaneswar. He broke the previous national record of 5.40 metres set by Dev Kumar Meena. He also surpassed the indoor record of 5.30 metres set by Reegan G. Reegan G won the silver medal with a jump of 5.25 metres. Dev Kumar Meena secured the bronze medal with 5.20 metres. The event marked the opening of the indoor athletics competition in India.

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Jannik Sinner won the Madrid Open title by defeating Alexander Zverev in straight sets (6–1, 6–2). With this victory, Sinner became the first man to win five consecutive ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Masters 1000 titles. He also became the first player to win the season’s opening four Masters events: Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, and Madrid. The 24-year-old Italian has shown dominance across both hard and clay courts. Sinner has now won nine consecutive matches against Zverev and 10 out of their 14 encounters.

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The Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2026 will be hosted in Delhi from 27 July to 2 August 2026 at Thyagraj Stadium. The championship is jointly organised by the Delhi government and the Table Tennis Federation of India More than 35 countries, including England, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa, are expected to participate in the tournament. The seven-day tournament will feature multiple competition categories and support the Vision 2036 Olympics mission by promoting sports infrastructure and global sporting events in India.

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Harjinder Kaur won a bronze medal at the Asian Weightlifting Championships. She secured bronze in the women’s 69 kg snatch category with a lift of 96 kg. Harjinder lifted 121 kg in the clean and jerk event. She finished fourth overall with a combined total lift of 217 kg.

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Asian Under-23 Wrestling Championships was held in Da Nang, Vietnam. Indian wrestlers won two gold, two silver, and one bronze medal in the men’s freestyle category. Mohit Kumar won gold in the 65 kg category by defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Oskonbai A. Abdisamatov. Chandermohan secured gold in the 79 kg category after defeating Kazakhstan’s Yerkhan Abil. Punit Kumar won silver in the 92 kg category, while Lacky claimed silver in the 125 kg category. Sachin Mor secured bronze in the 86 kg category.

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created history by winning the men’s doubles title at the Singapore Open 2026. They became the first Indian men’s doubles pair to win the Singapore Open title. The Indian duo defeated Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in the final match. They won the match in 73 minutes with a scoreline of 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 after making a comeback. It was also India’s second BWF World Tour title of 2026 and boosted the country’s position in international badminton.

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Fifteen-year-old Indian table tennis player Divyanshi Bhowmick created history by winning the World Table Tennis (WTT) Feeder women’s singles title at Prishtina in Kosovo. She became the youngest Indian ever to win a WTT Feeder women’s singles title. Divyanshi defeated Yeh Yi-Tian of Chinese Taipei in the final with a scoreline of 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7. Divyanshi was ranked World No. 211, while her opponent was ranked No. 38 in the world rankings. According to the Table Tennis Federation of India, she is the second-youngest player globally to win a WTT Feeder women’s title after Japan’s Miwa Harimoto.

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India maintained a strong presence in the latest World Boxing Rankings. Jaismine Lamboria climbed to World No. 1 in the women’s 57 kg category. Minakshi retained her World No. 1 ranking in the women’s 48 kg category. Asian champions Priya Ghanghas (60 kg) and Vishvanath Suresh (50 kg) moved into the Top 3 of their respective categories. Preeti rose to World No. 3, while Arundhati Choudhary, Pooja Rani, and Nupur secured World No. 2 rankings in their weight categories. Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain continued to remain among the world’s top-ranked boxers.

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Legendary Indian shot putter Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, popularly known as Baba Dhaliwal, passed away recently at the age of 67. He was a 10-time national shot put champion, dominating the event from 1981 to 1992. Dhaliwal won a bronze medal at the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.
He also secured gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Asian Athletics Championships. In 1986, he set an Asian record of 18.71 metres in shot put. He received the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award (1983) and the prestigious Arjuna Award (1987).

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K. S. Bharat (Kona Srikar Bharat) has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 32. The wicketkeeper-batter represented India in 7 Test matches between 2023 and 2024. He was part of India’s squad in the 2023 World Test Championship Final against Australia. He became the first wicketkeeper in Ranji Trophy history to score a triple century, making an unbeaten 308 for Andhra.