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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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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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India topped the medal tally at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship 2026 held in Germany. India secured a total of 24 medals, including 7 gold, 8 silver, and 9 bronze, finishing ahead of all participating nations. The Indian shooters performed strongly in both pistol and rifle events throughout the championship. Strong performances were recorded by shooters such as Sameer, Rohit Kanyan, and Pritam Kendre, who won individual gold medals in their respective events. India also secured several silver and bronze medals in events like 10m air pistol, 50m rifle 3 positions, and 25m pistol categories.

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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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Recently, India won 20 medals at the Under-20 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand. India’s medal tally included 4 gold, 7 silver, and 9 bronze medals. India finished second in the women’s team standings with 184 points, behind China. In the men’s freestyle event, India secured third place with 152 points, behind Kazakhstan and Iran. Parveen (50 kg), Muskan (53 kg), and Kajal (76 kg) won gold medals in the women’s category. Sumit Kumar Laxman Bharaskar won India’s only gold in the men’s freestyle 70 kg category.

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England will host Australia in the first-ever Mixed Disability Ashes Cricket Series in 2027. It will be the first bilateral Ashes cricket series featuring mixed disability men’s teams. The series will be held as part of England’s 2027 Ashes summer. The Objective is to promote inclusive cricket, provide elite international competition for cricketers with disabilities, and integrate disability cricket into mainstream cricket.

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India’s Sonam Uttam Maskar and Himanshu Dhillon won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. The event was held at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2026 in Hangzhou, China. The Indian pair scored a combined 441.2 points, with 220.6 points each. China’s first and second teams won the gold and silver medals respectively.

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Murali Sreeshankar won the silver medal in the men’s long jump at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a season-best jump of 8.09 m. He became the first Indian male long jumper to win two Commonwealth Games medals, after also winning silver at Birmingham 2022. Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle won the gold medal with a jump of 8.15 m, while Scotland’s Stephen Mackenzie took bronze (8.08 m). Lokesh Sathyanathan finished fifth with a best jump of 7.97 m.

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India finished 4th in the Commonwealth Games 2026 medal tally held in Glasgow, Scotland. India won 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver, and 9 bronze. Australia topped the medal table, followed by England and Canada. India competed with 122 athletes across 8 able-bodied and 5 integrated para sports. Boxing was India’s most successful sport with 10 medals, including a record 7 gold medals. Weightlifting contributed 8 medals, while athletics and para athletics won 10 and 6 medals, respectively. Judo earned 4 medals, and para powerlifting added 1 bronze. India’s overall Commonwealth Games medal tally has now reached 603 medals, the fourth-highest in Games history.

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The 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup will be held from 15–30 August 2026. It will feature both the men’s and women’s tournaments simultaneously. The tournament is co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. Match venues are Wavre (Belgium) and Amstelveen (Netherlands). 16 teams will compete in both the men’s and women’s events. India will begin its campaign against Wales on the opening day.