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India achieved a historic Kabaddi golden double at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, with both the men’s and women’s teams winning gold medals. The Indian men’s team defeated Iran 40–34, while the women’s team defeated Iran 37–34 in their respective finals. India’s men’s team secured its ninth Asian Games Kabaddi gold, while the women’s team won their fourth gold.

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Sunil Kumar became the first Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to win two Asian Games medals. He won a bronze medal in the men’s 87 kg category at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. He defeated Roberts Callum Johnston of the Philippines by technical superiority in the bronze-medal bout. Sunil had earlier won a bronze medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, ending India’s 13-year wait for a Greco-Roman wrestling medal at the Asian Games. Before Sunil’s 2023 medal, India’s previous Greco-Roman Asian Games bronzes were won by Ravinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Rana at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

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Rogun Hydropower Project is a major hydroelectric project being constructed on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. The dam is planned to reach a height of 335 metres, which would make it the world’s tallest dam after completion. The project is located upstream of the Nurek Hydropower Plant and about 110 km from Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital. The completed project is planned to have six generating units, each of 600 MW, giving a total installed capacity of 3,600 MW. The Vakhsh River is an important tributary of the Amu Darya river system, making the project significant for regional water and energy management.

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The 2027 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Namibia will be hosting the ODI World Cup for the first time. South Africa and Zimbabwe previously co-hosted the 2003 ODI World Cup along with Kenya. The tournament is scheduled to feature 14 teams and 57 matches.

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Recently, Smriti Mandhana was appointed captain of the Indian women’s cricket team after Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down from the captaincy. Mandhana, a senior opening batter, was appointed captain on 6 October 2026. Harmanpreet Kaur announced her decision to step down following a review meeting with BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia, head coach Amol Muzumdar and Smriti Mandhana. The change marks a significant leadership transition in the Indian women’s cricket team.

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Keya Kumar Badugu secured the Southern India Golf Championship title after a playoff victory over Anaahat Bindra. Both competitors were tied at 215 strokes after completing 54 holes, necessitating a rule-based tie-breaker. A playoff procedure was conducted according to event regulations to determine the winner. The event was conducted under standard stroke-play regulations, where the player maintaining the lowest aggregate stroke total across the regulation rounds and tie-breaker emerges victorious.

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Pieter Coetze, a South African swimmer, set a new world record in the men’s 50-metre backstroke (short-course) event at a World Aquatics meet in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Coetze is one of South Africa’s leading backstroke specialists and has gained international recognition in both long-course and short-course swimming. Short-course swimming takes place in a 25-metre pool, where wall turns and underwater dolphin kicks play an important role. World Aquatics, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, maintains separate world records for short-course (25-metre pool) and long-course (50-metre pool) events.

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Indian cueist Aditya Mehta won the gold medal in men’s snooker at the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships 2026, held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He defeated compatriot Dhvaj Haria 3–0 in the final on 10 October 2026. The victory marked his first international title on Indian soil. The championships brought together 144 players from 42 Commonwealth nations across five cue sports disciplines. India topped the medal table with 13 medals: 3 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze. India’s other gold medallists were Anupama Ramachandran in women’s English billiards and Rayaan Razmi in men’s English billiards.

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Anandkumar Velkumar, a 23-year-old speed skater from Tamil Nadu, won bronze in the 500-metre sprint at the World Skate Games 2026 in Asunción, Paraguay. Velkumar completed the race in 40.856 seconds, adding another international medal to his achievements. At the 2025 World Speed Skating Championships, he won gold in the 1,000-metre event and marathon, along with bronze in the 500-metre event. Anirudhan Vinod from Kerala won silver in the junior men’s 200-metre Dual Time Trial at the 2026 Games.

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Arshi Gupta, a 10-year-old Indian karting driver from Faridabad, Haryana, became the world’s youngest driver to win the Rotax MAX Challenge (RMC) Mini title. She won the Mini Max category of the FMSCI RMC India National Karting Championship 2026, held in Bengaluru. In 2025, she won the Micro Max category, making her one of the rare drivers to win two successive Rotax MAX Challenge categories in consecutive years. Arshi is the youngest driver globally to be selected for the F1 Academy Discover Your Drive programme. She is also a recipient of the FIA President’s Medal and has achieved podium finishes in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.