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Syria won the 4th Intercontinental Cup men’s football championship, defeating India 3-0 in the final round-robin match. Mahmoud Al-Mawas, Syrian captain, received the winners’ trophy and was named the Syed Abdul Rahim Player of the Tournament. The tournament, organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), took place from 3 to 9 September 2024 at GMC Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad. Three teams participated: Syria, India, and Mauritius, in a round-robin format.

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Glasgow, Scotland’s capital, will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victoria, Australia, withdrew due to rising costs. Glasgow had previously hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games successfully. The Commonwealth Games started in 1930, with countries from the Commonwealth participating.

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India’s Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won the Hangzhou Open 2024 doubles title. They defeated Germany’s Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final. The Indian pair came from behind to win 4-6, 7(7)-6(5), 10-7 in one hour and 49 minutes. This was their first ATP Tour title together and Jeevan’s second career ATP title.

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Gulveer Singh, a 26-year-old Indian athlete, won gold in the 5,000m race at the World Athletics Continental Tour in Japan. He set a new national record of 13 minutes and 11.82 seconds, breaking his earlier record of 13 minutes and 18.92 seconds. Earlier in March, he set the 10,000m national record in California with a time of 27 minutes and 41.81 seconds.
His effort broke Surender Singh’s 16-year-old record. Despite his achievements, Gulveer missed the Paris Olympic qualification time by over 41 seconds.

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India’s top women’s doubles pair, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee, made history by winning a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. This achievement marks India’s first-ever medal in women’s doubles at the championships. They became the first all-India women’s doubles pair to win a medal in this competition. The last medal in women’s doubles was won in 1952 by Gool Nasikwala, who secured gold with Japan’s Yoshiko Tanaka.

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The ISSF Junior World Cup will be hosted by India in 2025, confirmed by ISSF President Luciano Rossi. Mr. Rossi made this announcement at a press conference before the ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi. He praised India for its growing role in promoting the sport of shooting globally. India is recognized for its talented athletes and commitment to enhancing shooting infrastructure. Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), attended the press conference.

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Four-time Olympian Deepika Kumari won a silver medal in the women’s recurve event at the 2024 Archery World Cup Final in Tlaxcala, Mexico. She lost 6-0 to Chinese archer Li Jiaman in the final. Li Jiaman was part of the Chinese archery team that won silver at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The 18th Archery World Cup Final was organized by World Archery and took place on 19-20 October 2024 in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

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India hosted the 16th edition of the Women’s Indian Open Golf in Gurugram, Haryana. The tournament featured 114 players from 31 nations, including 27 from India. Indian stars included Hitaashee Bakshi, Vani Kapoor, Gaurika Bishnoi, Amandeep Drall, and Ridhima Dilawari. Aditi Ashok made history in 2016 as the first Indian to win this prestigious tournament. The Women’s Indian Open, founded in 2007, is India’s most prestigious women’s golf event.

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Rani Rampal, Indian hockey icon, retired after a 14-year career, starting as the youngest team member at 14. Known as the “queen of Indian women’s hockey,” her jersey number 28 was retired in her honor. She led India to a historic fourth-place finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won the Asia Cup in 2017, ending a 13-year title drought. Rani also earned a silver at the 2018 Asian Games. Her awards include Arjuna Award (2016), World Games Athlete of the Year (2019), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, and Padma Shri (2020). She achieved over 250 international caps and scored more than 200 goals.

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India is set to host its first international Esports championship in March 2025. Organized by Skillhub Online Games Federation (SOGF) and International Esports Federation (IESF), the event aims to attract participants from 150 countries.
Esports is gaining global recognition, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) introducing annual series Esports events. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) included it in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. The host city for the event will depend on state government sponsorship. IESF is also launching a club-based tournament in India to involve Tier 1 and Tier 2 clubs, emphasizing community engagement over profit.