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Malta will host the 8th Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in late 2027. Around 1,150 athletes aged 14-18 from 74 nations and territories will take part. The event will include eight sports: athletics, para athletics, netball, squash, swimming, para swimming, triathlon, and weightlifting. Sailing and water polo will debut in Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) 2027. Para swimming will feature for the first time, making it the largest Para sport program in Commonwealth Youth Games history. Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and North Africa.

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Haryana’s young boxers won overall team titles at the Sub Junior, Under-15 Boys and Girls National Championships in Greater Noida. Haryana outperformed Services and other states with skill, power, and consistency. In the Boys category, Haryana won 4 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze medals, claiming the team crown. Key boys’ winners included Ravi Sihag and Sanchit Jayani with clean-sweep victories. In the Girls category, Haryana also topped, with champions like Garima, Princi, Sunaina, Jivika, and Radhika Sharma. Maharashtra secured third place with standout performances from Riya Shinde and Ovi Adwant. The event highlights Haryana’s rising strength in junior boxing talent.

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For the first time, India will host the biggest international winter sports event. The Asian Open Short Track Speed Skating Trophy 2025 will be held from 20 to 23 August 2025. The venue is Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur, Dehradun. More than 11 Asian countries including China, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and India will take part. Athletes will compete in 9 events, from the 222-metre sprint to the 5000-metre relay.

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Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s singles tennis title at Cincinnati Open after top seed Jannik Sinner retired due to illness on August 18, 2025. Alcaraz ended world number one Sinner’s 26-match winning streak on hard courts while leading 5-0 in the first set. This was Alcaraz’s third Masters 1000 title of the season after Monte Carlo and Rome. Sinner, aiming to defend his Cincinnati title like Roger Federer in 2015, retired after just 23 minutes.

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Ahmedabad will host three major international sports events in 2025. Events include the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship from August 24 to 30, the Asian Aquatics Championship in September–October, and the AFC Under-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers from November 22 to 30. Elite athletes from more than 29 countries will participate. Competitions will take place at Naranpura Sports Complex and The Arena by TransStadia. These events highlight Gujarat’s growing profile as a global sports hub. The development is supported by modern infrastructure and the Sports Policy 2022–27. Ahmedabad is also set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

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India achieved a historic milestone at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan by winning 50 gold medals, topping the medal tally for the first time. India’s total medal count reached 99, including 26 silver and 23 bronze medals. Host nation Kazakhstan finished second and China third in the medal tally. Ankur Mittal set a world record to win gold in men’s double trap. Elavenil Valarivan won her second Asian title in women’s air rifle and gold in the mixed team event with Arjun Babuta. Neeru Dhanda won India’s first-ever women’s trap gold. India recorded its most successful campaign, winning 35 more medals than the 15th Asian Championship in Changwon, South Korea.

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India will host the 28th International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) – Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) Asian Table Tennis Team Championships 2025 in Bhubaneswar from 11–15 October. The event will feature men’s and women’s team competitions. It will serve as a qualifier for the 2026 ITTF World Team Championships, with top 13 teams from each category earning spots. This is the first-ever Asian-level table tennis event in Odisha. Odisha earlier hosted the 2019 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships and is known as India’s sports capital.

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The World Athletics Championships 2025 take place from 13–21 September. The venue is the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. This marks the 20th edition of the World Athletics Championships since the first event in Helsinki, Finland, in 1983. More than 2,000 athletes from 200 teams are participating. The championship highlights global athletic talent and continues the legacy of international track and field competition.

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Central Zone won the Duleep Trophy 2025 after 11 years by defeating South Zone by six wickets in Bengaluru. They chased a modest target of 65 runs on a tricky fifth-day pitch. South Zone fought hard with a strong 426-run second innings, but could not stop Central. This was Central Zone’s seventh Duleep Trophy title. Rajat Patidar’s captaincy shined again, as he earlier led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to their first IPL trophy in 18 years in June 2025. The 2025–26 Duleep Trophy was the 62nd edition of India’s domestic first-class cricket tournament. The tournament was held from 28 August to 15 September 2025.

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Himanshi Tokas, a 20-year-old from Munirka, South Delhi, made history as the first Indian judoka to be ranked World No. 1 in the junior women’s 63 kg category. On 13th September 2025, she won gold at the Asian Junior Championship in Jakarta, securing her place at the top. She now leads the International Judo Federation (IJF) junior ranking with 610 points. Himanshi began judo at 18, trained under coach Yashpal Solanki at the Sports Authority of India Centre of Excellence, Bhopal, and even trained in Japan.