Aug2026_ Sports

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won mixed doubles.

Kushal Kumar won silver in men’s 48 kg.

India won 9 gold medals in the U15 category.

It is the premier clay-court Grand Slam and the only Grand Slam played on clay.

Stage-2 was held in Shanghai from 5 to 10 May 2026.

Nitin Gupta won the men’s 5000m race walk gold.

Alexia Putellas of Barcelona was Player of the Season.

India won 2 gold and 2 silver, totalling 4 medals.

Gyaneshwari Yadav won silver in women’s 53 kg snatch.

The women’s recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Deepika Kumari and Kumkum Anil Mohod won gold.

Esha Singh won women’s 25m pistol gold with a world-record score.

Veteran golfer Vijay Kumar, who passed away in April 2026, had won Indian Open 2002 and four Order of Merit titles.

Zverev represented Germany.

Kylian Mbappe of France was the leading scorer and won the Golden Boot.

The official ball was TRIONDA, meaning “three waves” in Spanish.

India secured five medals: two gold, one silver and two bronze.

Casper Ruud finished runner-up to Sinner.

Bengaluru-based 13-year-old Srishti Kiran became world No. 1 in Under-13 tennis after five straight ITF Junior titles.

Ismaila Sarr was Player of the Season and top scorer with 9 goals.

It was held in London from 28 April to 10 May 2026.

Navya won the U17 girls’ 57 kg gold medal.

Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute, the only goal of the final.

The ATP Challenger 100 tournament was held in Oeiras, Portugal.

Maja Chwalinska was the women’s singles runner-up.

Amina Orfi of Egypt won the women’s title.

FC Barcelona Femeni won its fourth UEFA Women’s Champions League title.

Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan won the women’s category.

Sahil Rajesh Jadhav won bronze in Compound Men.

Shivani won gold in women’s 75 kg.

The Asian Boxing Championships for U15 and U17 were held in Tashkent from 1 to 16 May 2026.

The event was held in Apia, Samoa from 27 April to 2 May 2026.

Twenty-four group runners-up/top teams plus eight best third-placed teams made 32 knockout teams.

The expanded format increased the total number of matches to 104, compared with 64 in 2022.

The source compares Zverev’s achievement with Boris Becker’s Australian Open victory in 1996.

Smriti Mandhana was the only Indian named by TIME among that year’s 100 most influential people in sports.

Aaron Rai of England won the PGA Championship 2026 in Pennsylvania, USA.

Esha Singh won women’s 25m Pistol gold with a world-record score.

Sahdev Yadav, President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation, was unanimously elected SAWF President.

India’s Siddhant Banthia and Bulgaria’s Alexander Donski won men’s doubles.

Suruchi Inder Singh won gold in the women’s 10m Air Pistol.

Siniakova and Townsend won women’s doubles.

Flavio Cobolli finished runner-up to Zverev.

Alex Lanier of France won men’s singles.

Bao Li Jing and Zi Han Cao of China won women’s doubles.

East Bengal FC won its second Indian Women’s League title.

The top two teams from each group and eight best third-placed teams formed a 32-team Round of 32.

China topped the medal table with 4 gold, 0 silver and 3 bronze.

Marta Kostyuk won women’s singles.

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won women’s singles.

Saurav Kumar Ranjan covered 260.058 km.

Sumit Antil threw 74.82 m to break his own world record in Men’s Javelin Throw F64.

Amanat Kamboj won women’s discus throw gold.

Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won women’s doubles.

IAU stands for International Association of Ultrarunners.

Coco Gauff was runner-up to Elina Svitolina.

Laslo Djere won the Oeiras Open-4 men’s singles title in Portugal.

Mirra Andreeva won her first French Open women’s singles title.

India’s Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the Open category.

The 48 teams were divided into 12 groups, each containing four teams.

The season featured 14 clubs and 91 matches.

Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar set the national record of 5.45 m at the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition.

DPR Korea won a record fifth title, defeating Japan in the final.

The PSA World Championships were held in Giza, Egypt from 8 to 16 May 2026.

Anders Lind of Denmark won men’s singles.

Geeno Antony won silver and set a national record with 272.894 km.

The French Open 2026 was held at Roland-Garros Stadium in Paris from 24 May to 7 June.

Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah won men’s doubles.

India won 6 gold and 2 silver in the Commonwealth Junior category.

Emilio Nava of the USA was runner-up.

Kylian Mbappe was top scorer with 15 goals.

Mexico hosted in 1970, 1986 and 2026, becoming the first three-time host.

Rodri of Spain received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament.

Mostafa Asal of Egypt won the men’s title.

China topped the table with 21 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze.

The Italian Open was played in Rome from 5 to 17 May 2026.

East Bengal FC won its first ISL title in the 2025-26 season.

Youssef Ezzejari of East Bengal FC was top scorer with 11 goals.

The championship was held in Hirosaki, Japan on 23 May 2026.

The three men’s individual medalists combined for men’s team gold with 815.833 km.

Granollers and Zeballos won men’s doubles.

An Se Young of South Korea won women’s singles.

Miguel Figuera of East Bengal FC won the Golden Ball.

Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten won men’s doubles.

It is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

Pooja Singh won women’s high jump gold.

M. Esandi Newansa of Sri Lanka was runner-up.

Gurindervir Singh won men’s 100m gold with a new national record timing of 10.9 seconds.

Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic finished runners-up in women’s doubles.

Aston Villa won its first UEFA Europa League title.

The championships were held in Hong Kong from 28 to 31 May 2026.

Alex Lanier represented France.

China won both team titles; Japan was runner-up in both.

Crystal Palace won its first UEFA Conference League title.

Team India won the women’s 4x400m relay gold.

India finished second with 10 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals.

Paris Saint-Germain won its second UEFA Champions League title.

Alexander Zverev won his first French Open men’s singles title.

Aparna Dahiya won gold in women’s 52 kg.

Uzbekistan topped the U15 table with 13 gold medals.

Aaron Rai represented England.

Jannik Sinner won men’s singles, defeating Alexander Zverev in the final.

Mary Ann Gomes of India won the women’s category.

The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body for ultradistance running.

The Commonwealth Chess Championship was hosted in Kaluthara, Sri Lanka.

Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final.

Japan won its fifth AFC U-17 Asian Cup title; China was runner-up.

India won 5 gold and 1 silver in the Commonwealth Youth category.

Elina Svitolina won the women’s singles title.

The 2026 World Cup was jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, the first three-country hosting arrangement.

Rahul Jakhar won decathlon gold.

Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, both from Italy, won mixed doubles.

Mirra Andreeva represented Russia.

Yash Khandagale won silver in total lift and snatch and bronze in clean and jerk in men’s 71 kg.

The tournament recorded 308 goals, an all-time tournament record according to the source.

The Netherlands received the Fair Play Trophy.

Anders Antonsen of Denmark won men’s singles.

The championship was held in Gandhinagar from 11 to 17 May 2026.

Sunil Narine became the first overseas bowler to breach 200 IPL wickets, joining Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Jannik Sinner represented Italy.

Spain’s Unai Simon received the Golden Glove as best goalkeeper.

Zverev became the first German man to win the French Open in the Open Era.

Esha Singh won gold in women’s 25m pistol with a world-record score.

Wesley So of the USA was runner-up.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles.

Jannik Sinner won the Italian Open men’s singles title.

Amar Singh Devanda won men’s individual gold with 282.881 km.

The 2026 edition expanded participation from 32 to 48 teams.

Uzbekistan topped the U17 table with 9 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze.

An Se Young represented South Korea.

Hrithik Tiwari of FC Goa won the Golden Glove.

Mitrabha Guha of India won the Open category.

Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa climbed Everest for a record 32nd time.

Rakhi won the U17 girls’ 46 kg gold medal.

Raja Randhir Singh became the first Indian shooter to win an Asian Games gold medal at Bangkok 1978.

The Mutua Madrid Open was held in Madrid from 21 April to 3 May 2026.