Aug2026_ Sports

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

Marta Kostyuk won women’s singles.

Rahul Jakhar won decathlon gold.

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

Aaron Rai represented England.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won women’s singles.

Rakhi won the U17 girls’ 46 kg gold medal.

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

Anders Lind of Denmark won men’s singles.

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

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

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

Jannik Sinner represented Italy.

Coco Gauff was runner-up to Elina Svitolina.

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

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

Siniakova and Townsend won women’s doubles.

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

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

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

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

Crystal Palace won its first UEFA Conference League title.

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

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

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

Flavio Cobolli finished runner-up to Zverev.

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

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

The Netherlands received the Fair Play Trophy.

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

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

Saurav Kumar Ranjan covered 260.058 km.

Pooja Singh won women’s high jump gold.

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

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

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

Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won women’s doubles.

Emilio Nava of the USA was runner-up.

Sahil Rajesh Jadhav won bronze in Compound Men.

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

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

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

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

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

The 2026 edition expanded participation from 32 to 48 teams.

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

Kylian Mbappe was top scorer with 15 goals.

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

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

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

An Se Young represented South Korea.

Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten won men’s doubles.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles.

India’s Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the Open category.

It is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

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

Anders Antonsen of Denmark won men’s singles.

Elina Svitolina won the women’s singles title.

Aston Villa won its first UEFA Europa League title.

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

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

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

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

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

Zverev represented Germany.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amanat Kamboj won women’s discus throw gold.

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

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

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

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

Hrithik Tiwari of FC Goa won the Golden Glove.

Mitrabha Guha of India won the Open category.

IAU stands for International Association of Ultrarunners.

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

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

Wesley So of the USA was runner-up.

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

The season featured 14 clubs and 91 matches.

Granollers and Zeballos won men’s doubles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Casper Ruud finished runner-up to Sinner.

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

Mostafa Asal of Egypt won the men’s title.

Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan won the women’s category.

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

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won mixed doubles.

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

Alex Lanier of France won men’s singles.

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

Mirra Andreeva represented Russia.

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

Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah won men’s doubles.

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

Alexia Putellas of Barcelona was Player of the Season.

Alex Lanier represented France.

Miguel Figuera of East Bengal FC won the Golden Ball.

Kushal Kumar won silver in men’s 48 kg.

Navya won the U17 girls’ 57 kg gold medal.

Amina Orfi of Egypt won the women’s title.

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

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

Uzbekistan topped the U15 table with 13 gold medals.

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

India won 9 gold medals in the U15 category.

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

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

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

Shivani won gold in women’s 75 kg.

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

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

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

Aparna Dahiya won gold in women’s 52 kg.

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

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

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

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

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