Aug2026_ Sports

Zverev represented Germany.

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

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

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

Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah won men’s doubles.

Kylian Mbappe was top scorer with 15 goals.

An Se Young represented South Korea.

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

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

Coco Gauff was runner-up to Elina Svitolina.

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

Shivani won gold in women’s 75 kg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten won men’s doubles.

Saurav Kumar Ranjan covered 260.058 km.

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

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

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

Sahil Rajesh Jadhav won bronze in Compound Men.

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

Aaron Rai represented England.

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

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

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

Flavio Cobolli finished runner-up to Zverev.

Amanat Kamboj won women’s discus throw gold.

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

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

Emilio Nava of the USA was runner-up.

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

Mitrabha Guha of India won the Open category.

Rahul Jakhar won decathlon gold.

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

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

IAU stands for International Association of Ultrarunners.

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

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

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

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

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

Miguel Figuera of East Bengal FC won the Golden Ball.

Uzbekistan topped the U15 table with 13 gold medals.

Marta Kostyuk won women’s singles.

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

Anders Lind of Denmark won men’s singles.

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

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

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

Casper Ruud finished runner-up to Sinner.

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

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

Alex Lanier of France won men’s singles.

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.

Navya won the U17 girls’ 57 kg gold medal.

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

The season featured 14 clubs and 91 matches.

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

Amina Orfi of Egypt won the women’s title.

Kushal Kumar won silver in men’s 48 kg.

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

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won women’s singles.

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

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

Siniakova and Townsend won women’s doubles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

India won 9 gold medals in the U15 category.

Aparna Dahiya won gold in women’s 52 kg.

Elina Svitolina won the women’s singles title.

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

Wesley So of the USA was runner-up.

It is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

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

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

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

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

The 2026 edition expanded participation from 32 to 48 teams.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles.

Jannik Sinner represented Italy.

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

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

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

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

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

Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan won the women’s category.

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

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

Granollers and Zeballos won men’s doubles.

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

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

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

Hrithik Tiwari of FC Goa won the Golden Glove.

Alex Lanier represented France.

Pooja Singh won women’s high jump gold.

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won mixed doubles.

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

Aston Villa won its first UEFA Europa League title.

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

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

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

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

India’s Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the Open category.

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

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

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

Crystal Palace won its first UEFA Conference League title.

Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won women’s doubles.

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

Mirra Andreeva represented Russia.

Anders Antonsen of Denmark won men’s singles.

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

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

Alexia Putellas of Barcelona was Player of the Season.

Mostafa Asal of Egypt won the men’s title.

The Netherlands received the Fair Play Trophy.

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

Rakhi won the U17 girls’ 46 kg gold medal.