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Wushu player Aparna Dahiya won a gold medal in the women’s 52 kg category at the 11th Sanda World Cup. She defeated reigning world champion Thi Phuong Nga Ngo in the final. This marked India’s first gold medal at the tournament held in Macau. Wushu has two main competitive branches — Taolu and Sanda. Taolu combines martial arts and gymnastics, while Sanda is a combat sport involving punching, kicking, throwing, and wrestling techniques.

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Sahdev Yadav has been unanimously elected as the President of the South Asian Weightlifting Federation (SAWF). The election meeting was held in Ahmedabad. Sahdev Yadav currently serves as the President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation. He also holds positions as Treasurer of the Indian Olympic Association, Vice President of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation, and Assistant to the President of the Asian Weightlifting Federation. His appointment aims to strengthen cooperation and development of weightlifting across South Asian countries.

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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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India created history at the International Association of Ultrarunners 24-Hour Asia and Oceania Championships held in Hirosaki City, Japan. India won a total of five medals and dominated the men’s category. Amar Singh Devanda won the gold medal after covering 282.881 km in 24 hours. Geeno Antony secured the silver medal with 272.894 km. India also won the bronze medal in the men’s event. In the women’s category, the Indian team won bronze with a combined distance of 667.722 km.

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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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Bengaluru’s Srishti Kiran recently became the World No. 1 Under-13 tennis player. She achieved the feat after winning five consecutive ITF junior titles and finishing runner-up at the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors J100 Guatemala. The 13-year-old reached a career-high ITF Junior Ranking of No. 357. She is currently the highest-ranked Under-13 player in the world.

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Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod won the gold medal in the recurve mixed team event at Archery World Cup Stage 3. The tournament was held in Antalya, Turkey. The Indian pair defeated reigning Olympic champions Oh Ye-jin and Kim Je-deok of South Korea by 5–1 in the final. This was the first World Cup mixed team gold medal for both Dhiraj and Kumkum. In the Men’s Individual Recurve event, Dhiraj Bommadevara won another gold medal. He defeated Lee Woo Seok by 6–4 in the final. India finished second in the medal tally behind China, while Mexico finished third and South Korea fourth.

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Chandigarh has been selected to host the 3rd Asian Relays Championships 2027. The championship flag was handed over to Chandigarh during the closing ceremony of the 2nd Asian Relays Championships 2026 held in Shaoxing, China. This will be the second-largest international sporting event in Chandigarh since 1989, when the Asian Rowing Championships were held. The event is organised by the Asian Athletics Association.

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Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the silver medal in the US Open men’s singles. He lost the final to Su Li-yang (Chinese Taipei) in a three-game match: 15–21, 21–16, 9–21
This result extended Srikanth’s wait for a Badminton World Federation (BWF title). His last international title came in the 2017 French Open (BWF Superseries era).

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Hokato Hotozhe Sema has become World No. 1 in the men’s Shot Put F57 category. He is a Subedar in the 9 Assam Rifles and hails from Nagaland. He recently became the first Paralympian to receive the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.
He is also a recipient of the Arjuna Award. He won the bronze medal in the men’s Shot Put F57 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Fellow Indian athletes Rana Soman and Juyal Shubham are ranked second and third, respectively, in the latest World Para Athletics Rankings.