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The Khelo India Women’s Taekwondo Championship was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It was organized by the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare, Khelo India, Sports Authority of India, Taekwondo Federation of India, and Uttar Pradesh Taekwondo Association. The championship featured senior category competitions in different weight divisions. The event aimed to promote women’s participation in Taekwondo and boost the sport’s growth in India.

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India topped the medals table at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025 with 134 medals, including 45 golds, 40 silvers, and 49 bronzes. Indian athletes excelled across track and field events, proving their strength in global para-athletics. India’s dominance in field events and multiple podium finishes confirmed their rising status in para-athletics. The event was held in New Delhi.

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Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the 2nd Khelo India Para Games 2025 at at KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi. Raksha Nikhil Khadse introduced the mascot ‘Ujjwala,’ inspired by the house sparrow, symbolizing resilience. Devendra Jhajharia and Sminu Jindal unveiled the Games logo featuring Delhi landmarks. Khelo India Para Games 2025 takes place from March 20-27 across three venues in Delhi. The event promotes inclusivity and provides a major platform for para-athletes. Khelo India Para Games is part of the Khelo India mission to support talented athletes. The 1st edition was held in December 2023 in New Delhi across three venues. It featured seven sports disciplines and provided a national platform for para-athletes.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the ISTAF Sepak Takraw 2025 World Cup at Patliputra Sports Complex Indoor Stadium in Patna. 20 countries, including India, are participating in the tournament. The event will last for six days with a total of 150 matches. The competition includes quad, regular, doubles, and mixed doubles categories. The ISTAF World Cup is an indoor international Sepak Takraw competition conducted by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF). It is contested by men’s and women’s national teams. The first ISTAF World Cup was held in 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Pune will host the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group-1 tournament for the first time in Indian tennis history. The event will be held from April 8-12 at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex. This marks Maharashtra’s return to international tennis after 25 years. Six teams—India, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Korea, and Thailand—will compete in a round-robin format with two singles and one doubles match per tie. India, led by Ankita Raina and doubles specialist Prarthana Thombare, will aim for two qualification spots.

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Sunil Kumar won India’s first medal at the 2025 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in Amman, Jordan, securing a bronze in the 87kg Greco-Roman category. He defeated China’s Jiaxin Huang 3-1 after an initial 10-1 win over Tajikistan’s Sukhrob AbdulKhaev but lost the semifinal to Iran’s Yasin Ali Yazdi. This is Sunil’s fifth senior Asian Championship medal, including a 2020 gold, 2019 silver, and bronze in 2022 and 2023.

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B Sumeeth Reddy announced his retirement from professional badminton to focus on coaching. He was part of India’s silver medal-winning squad at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In men’s doubles, he partnered with Manu Attri, reaching a career-high world ranking of 17. He won gold at the 2016 South Asian Games and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. His achievements include titles at the 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix and 2016 Canada Open. In mixed doubles, he partnered with top Indian players, finishing runner-up at the 2017 Syed Modi International.

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The seventh edition of Khelo India Youth Games will be held in five cities of Bihar from May 4 to 15, 2025. Bihar will also host the Khelo India Para Games in the same month. Khelo India initiative was launched in 2018 to boost sports culture and identify young talent for the Olympics. It includes youth, university, and winter games to promote talent development. It focuses on building and upgrading sports infrastructure across India. Khelo India Centres and Academies offer expert coaching in various sports. It promotes fitness, inclusiveness, gender equality, disability sports, and indigenous games.

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India’s Hitesh Gulia won the gold medal in the men’s 70 kilogram category at the World Boxing Cup 2025 held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. He fought in the red corner and defeated Odel Kamara of England in the final match. Indian boxer Abhinash Jamwal secured the silver medal in the men’s 65 kilogram category after losing to Yuri Reis of Brazil with a score of 0-5. Earlier, Manish Rathore won the bronze medal in the men’s 55 kilogram category, adding to India’s medal tally at the international tournament.

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Former world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won gold in the men’s 10-metre air rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2025 in Buenos Aires. This is his second individual ISSF World Cup gold, the first being in Cairo in 2023. The ISSF World Cup is organized by the International Shooting Sport Federation.