Sports Current Affairs MCQs

Notes:
Swimmer Abdul Quadir Indori won two gold medals at the Asian Youth Para Games 2025 in Dubai. He secured first place in the 50m butterfly and 50m backstroke events. The Paralympic Committee of India praised Indori’s performance, highlighting his dedication, discipline, and the growing strength of India’s young para-athletes.The Games opened on 10 December with cultural performances and delegations from across Asia.

Notes:
India finished the Dubai 2025 Asian Youth Para Games with 56 medals, including 19 gold, reflecting its strong performance in youth para sports. The Games featured around 1,500 athletes from 35 Asian countries and witnessed 25 record-breaking performances, including nine world records and 16 continental records. Uzbekistan topped the medal tally with 197 medals and 99 gold, followed by Iran with 216 medals and 62 gold, while Japan secured 40 gold medals. The fifth edition of the Games was held across 11 sports disciplines such as athletics, swimming, badminton, and wheelchair basketball. The Games also marked the first use of Artificial Intelligence-powered robots in Asian Youth Para Games operations, highlighting innovation and accessibility.

Notes:
Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman cricketer to score more than 4,000 runs in T20 Internationals, marking a significant achievement for Indian cricket. She is only the second woman globally to reach this milestone, after New Zealand legend Suzie Bates, who has 4,716 T20I runs. Mandhana reached the milestone in 3,227 balls, which is faster than Suzie Bates, who took 3,675 balls, demonstrating Mandhana’s attacking strike rate and consistency. Mandhana scored 25 runs off 25 balls in the match against Sri Lanka, and though her innings was short, it was sufficient to surpass the 4,000-run mark.

Notes:
Josh Tongue became the first England bowler this century to take a five-wicket haul in a men’s Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). He claimed figures of 5/45 during Australia’s first innings of 152 all out in the Boxing Day Test. Tongue’s effort ended a 27-year gap since Darren Gough and Dean Headley last achieved a five-for at the MCG in 1998. This was Tongue’s best Test bowling performance, surpassing his previous best of 5/66 against Ireland at Lord’s in 2023. He dismissed three of the top four Australian batters and was on a hat-trick in Australia’s second innings after taking the last two wickets.

Notes:
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on 14-year-old cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi for his outstanding achievements in domestic and Under-19 cricket. The awards recognise excellence in Bravery, Social Service, Environment, Sports, Art & Culture, and Science & Technology. Vaibhav recently scored 190 off 84 balls in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, becoming the youngest centurion in List A history and breaking AB de Villiers’ fastest 150 record, with 15 sixes, the most by any Indian in 50-over cricket. He scored 108 in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy*, becoming the youngest T20 centurion at 14 years 250 days.

Notes:
Two-time Olympic medallist and former world champion PV Sindhu has been elected Chair of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes’ Commission for the 2026–2029 term. As Chair, she will also serve as a member of the Badminton World Federation Council, giving players a direct voice in global badminton governance. Greysia Polii, a Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist, served on the Athletes’ Commission from 2021 to 2025 and retired in 2022. PV Sindhu will lead India at the 2026 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Qingdao, China.

Notes:
Surya Charishma Tamiri won the Women’s Singles title at the 87th Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada, defeating Tanvi Patri 17-21, 21-12, 21-14. Rithvik Sanjeevi S clinched the Men’s Singles title by beating Bharat Raghav in straight games, 21-16, 22-20. In Men’s Doubles, A. Hariharan and Ruban Kumar defeated Mithilesh Krishnan and Prejan 24-22, 21-17 to win the championship. Former champions Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat won the Women’s Doubles title, beating Priya Devi Konjengban and Shruti Mishra 21-14, 21-18. Sathwik Reddy K and Radhika Sharma won the Mixed Doubles title with a 21-9, 21-15 victory over Ashith Surya and Amrutha P.

Notes:
Former world billiards champion Manoj Kothari passed away at 67 in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu due to a massive cardiac arrest. Kothari won the World Billiards Championship in 1990. He was a 16-time State Champion in his career. In 2005, he received the Dhyan Chand Award, India’s highest lifetime achievement award in sports. In 2025, he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India.

Notes:
The India Open Badminton tournament has begun on 13th January at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. Two-time Olympic medallist Pusarla Venkata (PV) Sindhu is leading India’s challenge, returning after injury and a tough 2025 season. Malvika Bansod and young Tanvi Sharma are competing in women’s singles, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand headline women’s doubles. In men’s singles, Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty are facing each other in the opening round, with Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy also in action. World number three pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are competing in men’s doubles, aiming to reclaim their 2022 title.

Notes:
Vidarbha cricket team won their first Vijay Hazare Trophy by defeating two-time champions Saurashtra by 38 runs. The final was held at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru in a 50-over List A format. Vijay Hazare Trophy is India’s premier domestic one-day tournament; Vidarbha had previously won the Ranji Trophy but not this title.