Aug2026_ Sports

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

Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won women’s doubles.

The season featured 14 clubs and 91 matches.

Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah won men’s doubles.

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

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

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won women’s singles.

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

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

Anders Antonsen of Denmark won men’s singles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles.

Kushal Kumar won silver in men’s 48 kg.

An Se Young represented South Korea.

Uzbekistan topped the U15 table with 13 gold medals.

The Netherlands received the Fair Play Trophy.

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

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

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

The 2026 edition expanded participation from 32 to 48 teams.

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

Aaron Rai represented England.

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

Miguel Figuera of East Bengal FC won the Golden Ball.

Rahul Jakhar won decathlon gold.

Amina Orfi of Egypt won the women’s title.

Flavio Cobolli finished runner-up to Zverev.

Jannik Sinner represented Italy.

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

Sahil Rajesh Jadhav won bronze in Compound Men.

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

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

Shivani won gold in women’s 75 kg.

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

Mostafa Asal of Egypt won the men’s title.

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

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

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

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

Emilio Nava of the USA was runner-up.

Alex Lanier represented France.

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

Elina Svitolina won the women’s singles title.

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

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

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

Aparna Dahiya won gold in women’s 52 kg.

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

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

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.

Wesley So of the USA was runner-up.

Marta Kostyuk won women’s singles.

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

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

Siniakova and Townsend won women’s doubles.

Mitrabha Guha of India won the Open category.

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

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

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

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

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

Alex Lanier of France won men’s singles.

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

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

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

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

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

Pooja Singh won women’s high jump gold.

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

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

Coco Gauff was runner-up to Elina Svitolina.

India won 9 gold medals in the U15 category.

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

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

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

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

Navya won the U17 girls’ 57 kg gold medal.

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

Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan won the women’s category.

Mirra Andreeva represented Russia.

Alexia Putellas of Barcelona was Player of the Season.

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

India’s Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the Open category.

Anders Lind of Denmark won men’s singles.

Rakhi won the U17 girls’ 46 kg gold medal.

Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten won men’s doubles.

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

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

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

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

It is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

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

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

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

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

Saurav Kumar Ranjan covered 260.058 km.

Granollers and Zeballos won men’s doubles.

Crystal Palace won its first UEFA Conference League title.

Amanat Kamboj won women’s discus throw gold.

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

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

Kylian Mbappe was top scorer with 15 goals.

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

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

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

Zverev represented Germany.

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

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

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won mixed doubles.

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

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

Hrithik Tiwari of FC Goa won the Golden Glove.

Aston Villa won its first UEFA Europa League title.

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

IAU stands for International Association of Ultrarunners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Casper Ruud finished runner-up to Sinner.

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

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

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

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