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38th National Games
Host State: Uttrakhand
Scheduled Dates: 28 January to 14 February
The 39th National Games of India will be held in Meghalaya.

Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total

Services Sports Control

1 68 26 27 121
Board

2 Maharashtra 54 71 76 201

3 Harayana 48 47 58 153

The closing ceremony took place in Haldwani, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the
guest of honour

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

Held from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Featured 329 events across 32 sports. Athletes
from 203 National Olympic Committees participated, with 92 nations winning at least one
medal.​

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 United States 40 44 42 126

2 China 40 27 24 91

3 Japam 20 12 13 45

India's Performance
India achieved a total of 6 medals:
⦁ 🥈 1 Silver​
⦁ 🥉 5 Bronze
Notably, Manu Bhaker secured India's first medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, earning a
bronze in shooting.

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 India's Medal Winners at Paris 2024

Medal Athlete(s) Sports/Event Notable Achievement

Became the first Indian

Athletics – Men's to win both gold (Tokyo
Silver Neeraj Chopra
Javelin Throw 2020) and silver in
Olympic javelin.

First Indian woman to

Shooting – Women's
Bronze Manu Bhaker win an Olympic shooting
10m Air Pistol
medal.

First Indian duo to win

Manu Bhaker & Shooting – Mixed 10m
Bronze an Olympic medal in
Sarabjot Singh Air Pistol Team
this event.

Marked India's seventh

Shooting – Men's 50m
Bronze Swapnil Kusale Olympic medal in
Rifle 3 Positions
shooting.

Secured a second
Indian Men's Hockey Hockey – Men's consecutive Olympic
Bronze
Team Tournament bronze by defeating
Spain 2–1.

Became India's youngest

Wrestling – Men's
Bronze Aman Sehrawat Olympic medallist at the
Freestyle 57kg
age of 21 years.

Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2024

The sixth edition of India's premier grassroots sports initiative, was held from January
19 to 31, 2024, across four cities in Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and
Coimbatore.
Mascot of Khelo India Youth Games 2024 was Veera Mangai, inspired by Rani Velu
Nachiyar

Final Medal Tally – Top 5 States

Rank State Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Maharashtra 57 48 53 158

2 Tamil Nadu 38 21 39 98

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 3 Harayana 35 22 46 103

4 Delhi 13 18 25 56

5 Rajasthan 13 17 17 47

2024 Khelo India University Games (KIUG)

Held in the North Eastern states of India, from February 18th to 29th, 2024

Medal Tally – Top 5 Universities

Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Chandigarh University 32 18 21 71

Lovely Professional
2 20 14 8 42
University (LPU)

Guru Nanak Dev

3 12 20 19 51
University

4 Punjab University 12 12 16 40

Khelo India Winter Games 2024

⦁ Location: Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir.​

⦁ Mascot: A snow leopard named Sheen-e She
⦁ Top Performers:
⦁ Indian Army: 10 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze – Overall Champions​
⦁ Karnataka: 9 Gold, 2 Silver – Second Place​
⦁ Maharashtra: 7 Gold, 8 Silver, 7 Bronze – Third Place

19th Asian Games 2023

Held in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8, 2023

Mascot – Chenchen, Congcong, Lianlian
Motto – Heart to Heart at Future

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 India's Historic Performance

Shooting

Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team - Rudraksh Patil, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar,
Divyansh Singh Panwar
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 positions Team - Swapnil Kusale, Aishwarya Pratap and Akhil
Sheoran
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 positions - Sift Kaur Samra
Women’s 10m Air Pistol - Palak Gulia
Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team - Arjun Cheema, Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal
Women’s 25m Pistol Team - Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh
Men’s Trap Team - Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman

Athletics

Men’s Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra

Women’s Javelin Throw - Annu Rani
Men’s 3000m steeplechase - Avinash Sable
Men’s Shot put - Tajinder Pal Singh Toor
Women’s 5000m - Parul Chaudhary
Men’s 4x400m Relay - Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal
Variyathodi, Rajesh Ramesh

Archery

Men’s compound Team - Abhishek Verma, Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh

Jawkar
Women’s compound Team - Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur
Mixed team Compound - Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale
Men’s Compound Individual - Ojas Pravin Deotale
Women’s Compound Individual - Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Squash
Men’s Squash Team - Saurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh, Harinder Pal Singh, Mahesh
Mangaonkar
Mixed Doubles - Dipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Sandhu

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Men’s Cricket Team Men’s kabaddi Team
Women’s T20 Cricket Team Women’s kabaddi Team

Badminton
Hockey
Men’s Doubles - Chirag Shetty,
Men’s Hockey Team
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Tennis

Mixed Doubles Tennis Team - Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale

Equestrian Dressage Team - Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla,
Divya Kirti Singh, Sudipti Hajela

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ICC Champions Trophy 2025

⦁ Dates: 19 February – 9 March 2025​

⦁ Hosts: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates​
⦁ Champion: India clinched their third ICC Champions Trophy title by defeating
New Zealand in the final, ending a 12-year ICC ODI title drought.
⦁ Player of the Tournament: Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
⦁ Player of the match(final): Rohit Sharma

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 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024–25

⦁ Dates: 21 December 2024 – 18 January 2025​

⦁ Champion: Karnataka secured their fifth title by defeating Vidarbha by 36
runs in the final.​
⦁ Player of the Series: Karun Nair (Vidarbha) – 779 runs​
⦁ Most Wickets: Arshdeep Singh (Punjab) – 20 wickets

17th IPL 2024

⦁ KKR won their 3rd title defeating SRH

⦁ Orange Cap- Virat Kohli
⦁ Purple Cap - Harshal Patel

2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

⦁ Winner - Australia defeated India by 6 Wickets

⦁ Player of the Match in the 2023 ODI World Cup final - Travis Head
⦁ Player of Tournament - Virat Kohli

ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2024

⦁ Winner- India won by 7 runs defeating South Africa after 17 years.

⦁ Player of Tournament - Jasprit Bumrah.
⦁ Man Of The Match- Virat Kohli

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 Pro Kabaddi League Season 12
(2025)

PRO KABADDI
Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24
Puneri Paltan defeated Haryana Steelers

Gukesh Dommaraju – Youngest World Chess Champion:

In December 2024, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world

chess champion by overcoming China's Ding Liren in a thrilling match in
Singapore.

R Praggnanandhaa's Triumph at Tata Steel Chess

Tournament:

In February 2025, R Praggnanandhaa emerged victorious at the Tata Steel

Chess Tournament, edging out reigning world champion D Gukesh.

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