Top 50 Sports Current Affairs Questions for All Competitive Exams

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Pankaj Advani won his 36th national title and 10th men’s snooker crown at the Yashwant Club. He defeated Brijesh Damani, who won only the first frame before Advani dominated the match. The tournament is the sole selection event for the Asian and World Championships.

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Himachal Pradesh will host the 17th National River Rafting Championship from March 20 to 25 at the Piridi Rafting Center, Kullu. The event is being organized by The Indian Rafting Foundation with the Himachal Pradesh Rafting Association, under the World Rafting Federation. A preparatory meeting was held in Bilaspur. Around 18 teams from different states will compete in Rafting Sprint, Slalom, RX, and Down River Race across Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed categories.

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Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo set a new world half-marathon record in Barcelona. He finished the race in 56 minutes and 42 seconds, reclaiming his 2021 title. Kiplimo broke the previous record by 48 seconds, which was set by Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha in November 2024. This marks the greatest single improvement in the men’s world half-marathon record.

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Shaurya Bhattacharya won the South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) Rs. 1 crore Chhattisgarh Open golf championship at Fairway Golf and Lake Resort, Naya Raipur. He secured victory with a final round of six-under 63, finishing with a 27-under 249. The 22-year-old from Chandigarh had a five-shot lead overnight with earlier scores of 64, 61, and 61. This is his second professional title, following his maiden win in his rookie season last year.

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Yuki Bhambri (India) and Alexei Popyrin (Australia) won the doubles title at the Dubai Tennis Championships 2025. It was their first ATP 500 doubles title. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) won the singles title. The Dubai Open, an ATP 500 event, had a prize pool of $3,237,670. It was held from 24 February to 1 March 2025 in Dubai, UAE.

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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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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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The second edition of the Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) concluded on 27 March, 2025. Haryana topped the medal tally with 34 gold medals. Tamil Nadu secured second place with 28 golds, while Uttar Pradesh came third with 23 golds. Around 1,300 athletes participated in six sports across three venues in New Delhi. Events were held at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, and Karni Singh Shooting Range. The games showcased remarkable endurance, resilience, and the spirit of overcoming challenges.

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Rajgir, Bihar, will host the Hero Asia Cup Hockey 2025 in August. Hockey India and Bihar State Sports Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the event. The tournament will be held from August 29 to September 7 at Rajgir Hockey Stadium. This is Rajgir’s second international event after the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in 2023, where India won. The 12th edition will feature 8 teams, including India, Pakistan, Japan, Korea, China, and Malaysia.

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The Indian archery team won four medals at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1 held in Auburndale, Florida, United States of America from 8 to 13 April 2025. India secured one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals, finishing fourth in the overall medal tally behind Mexico, China, and the United States of America (USA). Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won the gold medal in the Compound mixed team event by defeating Chinese Taipei’s I-Jou Huang and Chieh-Lun Chen. The Indian men’s Recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Atanu Das won silver after losing to China. Dhiraj Bommadevara also won bronze in Men’s Recurve by defeating Spain’s Andres Temino. Rishabh Yadav, Abhishek Verma, and Ojas Deotale won bronze in Men’s Compound team event.