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Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games end; India finishes 4th with 39 medals

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games concluded on 2 August 2026 with India fourth on the medal table with 39 medals – 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze.

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🏅 Badminton 📍 Asia Important

Tanvi Sharma wins Taipei Open Super 300, her maiden BWF World Tour title

Seventeen-year-old Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma won the Taipei Open Super 300 women's singles title on 2 August 2026, beating Vietnam's Nguyen Thuy Linh 21-16, 21-16.

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🏅 Sports 📍 India Must know

Cabinet approves revamped Khelo India Scheme and enhanced aid to sports federations with Rs 36,441 crore

On 31 July 2026 the Union Cabinet approved an expanded Khelo India Scheme and enhanced Assistance to National Sports Federations with a combined outlay of Rs 36,441 crore for 2026–27 to 2030–31.

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Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh win India's first-ever judo gold medals at Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026

On 31 July 2026 Asmita Dey (women's 48 kg) won India's first-ever Commonwealth Games judo gold and Harsh Singh (men's 60 kg) became the first Indian man to win CWG judo gold, at Glasgow 2026.

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CWG 2026: Lovepreet Singh wins +110 kg silver with Games record snatch; Seema Kaliramna takes discus bronze

On 30 July 2026 at Glasgow, weightlifter Lovepreet Singh won silver in men's +110 kg with a Commonwealth Games record 176 kg snatch, and Seema Kaliramna won bronze in women's discus with 58.65 m.

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🏅 Athletics 📍 India Important

Murali Sreeshankar wins second straight Commonwealth Games long jump silver at Glasgow 2026

On 29 July 2026 Murali Sreeshankar won the men's long jump silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with 8.09 m, behind Jamaica's Tajay Gayle (8.15 m), repeating his Birmingham 2022 silver.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar Cabinet approves filling 22,891 anganwadi posts and Bihar Sports Policy 2026

On 29 July 2026 the Bihar Cabinet chaired by CM Samrat Choudhary approved selection guidelines to fill 22,891 anganwadi worker and helper posts and cleared the Bihar Sports Policy 2026.

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🏅 Athletics 📍 India Important

Dilip Mahadu Gavit wins men's 100m T47 gold with Games record; Mohammed Basil takes silver

On 29 July 2026 Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the men's 100m T47 gold at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in a Games record 10.71 s, becoming the first Indian male para-athlete to win a CWG gold, as Mohammed Basil took silver.

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🏅 Athletics 📍 India Important

Gulveer Singh wins men's 10,000m silver at Glasgow 2026 – India's first men's medal in the event

On 28 July 2026 Gulveer Singh won silver in the men's 10,000m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 27:49.78, becoming the first Indian man to win a CWG medal in the event.

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Harjinder Kaur wins women's 69 kg weightlifting silver at Glasgow 2026 with personal-best 227 kg

On 28 July 2026 Harjinder Kaur won silver in the women's 69 kg weightlifting at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a personal-best total of 227 kg (101 kg snatch, 126 kg clean and jerk), upgrading her Birmingham 2022 bronze.

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🏅 Athletics 📍 World Must know

Sharmila Dhankar wins India's first CWG para-athletics gold; Shilpa Shyla takes bronze

On 27 July 2026 at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Sharmila Dhankar won the women's shot put F57 gold with a season-best 9.81 m – India's first-ever CWG para-athletics gold – while Shilpa K. Shyla was upgraded to bronze.

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🏅 Athletics 📍 World Important

Sarvesh Kushare wins men's high jump silver at Glasgow 2026

Sarvesh Kushare cleared 2.25 m on 27 July 2026 to win the men's high jump silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian to win a CWG silver in the event.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 World Important

Glasgow 2026 weightlifting: silvers for Gyaneshwari Yadav and Ajaya Babu, bronze for Bindyarani Devi

On 27 July 2026, Indian weightlifters won three medals at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games – silver for Gyaneshwari Yadav (women's 53 kg) and Valluri Ajaya Babu (men's 79 kg) and bronze for Bindyarani Devi (women's 58 kg).

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Mirabai Chanu completes CWG gold hat-trick; silvers for Rishikanta Singh and Raja Muthupandi

On 26 July 2026 at Glasgow, Mirabai Chanu won the women's 48 kg weightlifting gold with a Games-record 190 kg – her third straight Commonwealth Games title – while Rishikanta Singh (men's 60 kg) and Raja Muthupandi (men's 65 kg) won silver.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Canada Important

Anahat Singh becomes first Indian World Junior Squash Champion

Top seed Anahat Singh beat Egypt's Ruqayya Salem 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-9) on 25 July 2026 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, to become the first Indian to win the World Squash Junior Championship title.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 United Kingdom Important

Jhandu Kumar wins India's first medal of Glasgow 2026 – para powerlifting bronze

Para powerlifter Jhandu Kumar won bronze in the men's heavyweight event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on 24 July 2026, opening India's medal tally at the Games.

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🏅 Badminton 📍 Japan Must know

P. V. Sindhu becomes first Indian to win the Japan Open badminton title

P. V. Sindhu won the Japan Open 2026 women's singles title on 19 July 2026, beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-17, and became the first Indian to win the Japan Open.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 India Important

Centre notifies commencement of National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 and Amendment Act, 2025

The Government of India announced on 17 July 2026 that it has notified the commencement of the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 and the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025.

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🏅 Cricket 📍 United Kingdom Must know

India women beat England by 270 runs in first women's Test at Lord's

India's women's cricket team beat England by 270 runs on 13 July 2026 in the one-off Test at Lord's, the first women's Test ever played at the ground.

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🏅 Tennis 📍 United Kingdom Must know

Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev to retain Wimbledon title

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon 2026 men's singles final on 12 July 2026 to win the title for the second year in a row.

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🏅 Tennis 📍 United Kingdom Must know

Linda Noskova beats Karolina Muchova to win Wimbledon 2026 women's singles title

Czech ninth seed Linda Noskova, 21, beat compatriot Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the Wimbledon women's final in London on 11 July 2026 to win her first Grand Slam title.

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🏅 Olympics & Multi-sport Games 📍 India Important

Sports Ministry directs NSFs to publish LA 2028 Olympic selection pathways by 15 July 2026

The Sports Ministry on 9 July 2026 directed all recognised National Sports Federations to publish their Los Angeles 2028 Olympic qualification and athlete selection pathways by 15 July 2026.

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🏅 Football 📍 Delhi Important

President Murmu unveils Durand Cup 2026 trophies; a Sri Lankan team joins

President Droupadi Murmu unveiled and flagged off the trophies of the Durand Cup Tournament 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre on 7 July 2026.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Delhi

Mandaviya leads 80th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle, marking 100 years of Sri Sathya Sai

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the nationwide 80th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on 5 July 2026, organised with Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations to mark 100 years of Sri Sathya Sai.

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🏅 Hockey 📍 India

Indian Air Force wins 7th Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament

The Indian Air Force beat the Indian Navy 2-1 in the final of the 7th Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament at Air Force Station Jalahalli on 3 July 2026.

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🏅 Sports 📍 Gujarat Important

India wins maiden AVC Men's Volleyball Cup medal, a bronze

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated India's men's volleyball team in Gandhinagar on 29 June 2026 after it won the country's first-ever medal at the AVC Men's Volleyball Cup, a bronze, at the 2026 edition hosted by India for the first time.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Assam Important

Mann Ki Baat 135th episode: PM hails Assam's 'Hargila Army' and India's World Yogasana Championship haul

In the 135th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 28 June 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Assam's 'Hargila Army' of rural women led by biologist Purnima Devi Barman and India's 114 medals at the World Yogasana Championship in Ahmedabad.

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🏅 Athletics 📍 Kerala Important