Recent 6 months news in Sports

Tshering Choden, a mountaineer from Sikkim, has successfully scaled Mount (Mt.) Elbrus, the highest mountain peak of Europe at an altitude of 5,642 m. Mt. Elbrus is situated in the Caucasus mountain range, near the Georgian border in southern Russia.

It is to be noted that she also successfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak of Africa at an altitude of 5,895 m, in 2025.

Australia, captained by Sophie Molineux, has won the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, marking their 7th championship victory. They defeated the hosts England by 7 wickets in the final held at the Lord's cricket stadium in London.

The 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup featured 12 teams, marking an expansion in participation for the first time. Danni Wyatt-Hodge of England emerged as the top run-scorer with 302 runs, while N Shree Charani of India was the leading wicket-taker with 14 wickets. Beth Mooney of Australia was named the Player of the Match in the final.

The Yonex US Open 2026 badminton tournament was held at California State University, USA.

Su Li-yang of Chinese Taipei won the men's singles title by defeating Kidambi Srikanth of India. Line Christophersen of Denmark claimed the women's singles crown.

George Russell, a British national racing for Mercedes, has won the Formula One (F1) Austrian Grand Prix 2026.

Ben Stokes, the England Test captain, has announced retirement from all formats of international cricket during the third Rothesay Test match against New Zealand. He concluded his international career with 7,273 Test runs and 252 wickets.

He is the second cricketer in history, after Jacques Kallis of South Africa, to achieve the 'Test double' of 7,000 runs and 250 wickets.

Ethan Vaz from Goa has become India's 96th Chess Grandmaster (GM) after securing his final GM norm at the Sarajevo GM Mix Tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Harshavardhan GB from Chennai has become India's 97th GM after earning his final GM norm at the 2nd Chola Chess GM Norm Round Robin Tournament held in Chennai.

The IIT Madras has officially introduced OmegaBall to India by hosting a grand launch event and an inter-college tournament at its Chennai campus.

OmegaBall is a high-intensity, fast-paced variant of football that redefines traditional gameplay by featuring three teams on the pitch simultaneously.

The Indian women's cricket team has secured direct qualification for the Los Angeles (LA) 2028 Olympic Games, following the group stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup in England.

Other teams that have qualified for the tournament include Australia (representing Oceania), South Africa (representing Africa), and Great Britain (represented by England in ICC events). The USA is anticipated to receive the host quota for the Olympic tournament.

India topped the medal tally at the 5th edition of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun 2026 held in Suhl, Germany. India secured a total of 25 medals, including 7 gold, 8 silver, and 10 bronze.

Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) finished second with 14 medals, followed by Italy with 10 medals.

The 6th edition of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Men's Volleyball Cup (formerly known as the AVC Men's Challenge Cup) was held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad. Indonesia won its first gold medal after defeating South Korea by 3-0 in the final, while India secured the bronze medal.

Following this tournament, the Indian men's volleyball team improved its Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World Ranking from 60th to 42nd place. Individual awards: Boy Arnez Arabi (Indonesia) - Most Valuable Player (MVP); Vladislav Mastikhin (Kazakhstan) - Top Scorer; Anand Kottarathil (India) - Best Libero.

India participated in the 2nd edition of the Asian Relays Championships held in Shangyu, China. The Indian contingent secured 3 medals, including a gold medal in the women's 4x100m relay (season-best performance), a silver medal in the mixed 4x400m relay, and a bronze medal in the mixed 4x100m relay.

It is to be noted that India is scheduled to host the 2027 Asian Relays Championships in Chandigarh.

The 28th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting, the Doha Diamond League (DDL), was held at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

Rumesh Pathirage, a Sri Lankan athlete, won the men's javelin throw event with a throw of 88.68 m. Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished fourth in the event with a best throw of 85.69 m.

India has won the 2025–26 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Women's Nations Cup by defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final held at the North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland. This marks India's second title in the tournament, which featured 8 top-tier nations.

Lalremsiami (India) was awarded the 'Player of the Match' in the final. Ashley Sessa (USA) was named the 'Best Player' of the tournament and shared the 'Joint Top Scorer' title with Deepika Sehrawat (India), with both scoring 6 goals. Grace O'Hanlon (New Zealand) was named the 'Best Goalkeeper'. The USA secured the bronze medal in the competition.

TIME has released the inaugural edition of the "TIME 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026" list, which categorizes individuals into 4 segments: Leaders, Icons, Innovators, and Titans.

Smriti Mandhana is the only Indian featured on the list, placed in the "Titans" category alongside notable sports personalities such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, and Temba Bavuma.

Lewis Hamilton, a British national racing for Scuderia Ferrari HP, has won the Formula One (F1) Spanish Grand Prix 2026.

Kane Williamson, former captain of the New Zealand cricket team, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.

He concluded his career as New Zealand’s all-time leading run-scorer with 19,346 international runs.

The union government has constituted a Search-cum Selection Committee for the National Sports Board. The committee is established under the National Sports Board (Search-cum Selection Committee) Rules, 2026, framed in accordance with the National Sports Governance Act, 2025.

The committee is chaired by Dr TV Somanathan. Its members include Hari Ranjan Rao, Lt General (Retd) Harpal Singh, and two National Sports Awardees, Gagan Narang and N Kunjurani Devi.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, an Italian driver representing the Mercedes Formula 1 (F1) team, has won the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix (GP). He becomes the youngest winner in the history of the event.

Savitha Baskar, a 19-year-old Indian International Master (IM), has won the gold medal on tie-breaks at the Women’s Asian Individual Chess Championship 2026, held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Afruza Khamdamova of Uzbekistan secured the silver medal, while Song Yuxin of China claimed the bronze. In the Open section of the championship, Kong Xiangrui of China won the gold medal.

The 125th edition of the French Open 2026 was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

Alexander Zverev (Germany) won the men’s singles title by defeating Flavio Cobolli (Italy), while Mirra Andreeva (Russia) won the women’s singles title by defeating Maja Chwalinska (Poland). The men's and women's singles champions was awarded €2.8 million.

Marcel Granollers (Spain) and Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) retained the men’s doubles title (Jacques-Brugnon Cup). Katerina Siniakova (Czechia) and Taylor Townsend (USA) won the women’s doubles title (Simonne-Mathieu Cup), while Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) won the mixed doubles title (Marcel-Bernard Cup).