Top 50 Sports Current Affairs Questions for All Competitive Exams

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The Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2025 were held from May 19 to 23 in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. More than 1000 athletes from 30 states and Union Territories (UTs) took part in this five-day tournament. It featured six medal sports and two demonstration sports. Manipur won the championship with 14 medals—five gold, six silver, and three bronze. Maharashtra won the most medals overall with 20 but ranked second due to fewer silver medals. Nagaland came third with 13 medals, including five gold.

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Recently, Pardeep Narwal, the most successful player in Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) history, announced his retirement after going unsold in the PKL Season 12 auction. The 28-year-old was a key player for Patna Pirates, leading them to three consecutive PKL titles in his five-season run. He later played for UP Yoddhas in Season 8 and also represented Bengaluru Bulls. Narwal scored a record 1,801 raid points, averaging 9.47 raid points per match, making him the most prolific raider in PKL history.

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World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh achieved his first-ever classical chess win against former World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of the Norway Chess 2025 tournament. The 19-year-old Indian grandmaster turned the game from a losing position into a remarkable victory on Sunday. With this win, Gukesh became only the second Indian after Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa to defeat Carlsen in classical chess. Gukesh now holds the third spot on the Norway Chess 2025 points table with 8.5 points, just one point behind Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.

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Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame 2025, becoming the 11th Indian to receive this prestigious global honour. He is among seven cricketing legends, including two women players, selected in the 2025 inductee list. The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame recognises legendary players for their historic contributions to cricket across generations and countries. It was launched on January 2, 2009 by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in partnership with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA).

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Recently, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched the logo, mascot, and 100-day countdown for the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championship. The event will take place from 26th September to 5th October at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. It is the 12th edition of the World Para Athletics Championships. This will be the biggest para athletics event ever hosted in India.

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Veteran Indian hockey player Lalit Upadhyay has announced retirement after India’s last match in the European leg of the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) Pro League 2024-25 against Belgium. He was part of India’s bronze medal-winning teams at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Lalit made his debut in the 2014 Hockey World Cup and played 183 senior matches, scoring 67 goals. Lalit received the Arjuna Award in 2021.

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Recently, Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra won the Javelin Throw title at the Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 meet held in the Czech Republic. The 27-year-old two-time Olympic medallist secured the gold medal with a best throw of 85.29 metres. Douw Smit from South Africa finished second with 84.12 metres, and Anderson Peters from Grenada came third with 83.63 metres. This was Neeraj’s second straight victory after winning the Paris Diamond League, where he crossed 90 metres for the first time with a throw of 90.23 metres.

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Recently, Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya announced that Rajasthan will host the fifth edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) in November 2025. The event will be jointly organised by Poornima University and Rajasthan University in Jaipur. It is a major initiative under the Khelo India programme, launched in 2020 to promote sports at the university level. The previous KIUG 2024 was held across seven northeastern states and saw 4,500 athletes compete, with 770 medals awarded.

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The first Hockey India Masters Cup 2025 was held at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Hockey Association of Odisha (Women) defeated Hockey Punjab 1-0 in the final with a winning goal by Ranjita Beck to become champions. Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu (Men) won the men’s title by beating Hockey Maharashtra 5-0. Hockey Haryana won bronze in women’s category by defeating Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu.

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Recently, Ayush Shetty from Karnataka won the prestigious United States Open badminton title at Council Bluffs, Iowa, becoming the first Indian to win a men’s singles title there since Lakshya Sen’s 2023 Canada Open win. Ayush’s first international title followed consistent performances against top players like Loh Kean Yew and Kidambi Srikanth. Ayush earlier won a bronze at the 2023 World Junior Championships and was runner-up in other tournaments.