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8. ICC 9th Men’s Champions Trophy 2025-

1.The Indian women cricket team won the Tri

nation series 2025 beating Sri lankan team in
the final. (3rd team: South Africa) Host = Pakistan, UAE
Winner = India
Host : Sri Lanka Player of the series = Rachin
Player of the Match- Smriti Mandhana Ravindra (New Zealand)
Player of the Series - Sneh Rana for 15 Golden Bat = Rachin Ravindra (New
wickets in the series. Zealand)
2. Australia won the ICC Women's Golden Ball = Matt Henry (New
Championship trophy for the 2022-2025 cycle. Zealand)
1st edition = 1998 (Bangladesh)
ICC Women's Championship started = 2014
Winner = South Africa
3. India won the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World India won three times (2002, 2013,
Cup 2025, defeating South Africa in the final. 2025).
Initially known as ICC
Host = Malaysia
Knockout Trophy.
Player of the tournament = Gongadi Trisha

4. Vidarbha won their third Ranji Trophy title in

9. India won the title of the 2024 ICC Men's
2024-25 defeating Kerala.
T20 World Cup.
Host Countries = USA & West Indies
5. Mumbai won the 2024–25 Syed Mushtaq Ali
Runners-up = South Africa
Trophy (Cricket). ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 host = India and
Runner Up = Madhya Pradesh Sri Lanka
The 2024 Women's Twenty 20 Asia Cup was won
6. Pakistan won the 4th T20 Blind Cricket World by Sri Lanka.
Cup 2024 title by defeating Bangladesh.
10. Sciver-Brunt hits fastest Women’s Test
The first T20 Blind Cricket World Cup was
hundred, scored a 100 off 96 balls, breaking 26
held in 2012 which was won by India
year old record.
7. Karnataka clinched their fifth Vijay Hazare
Trophy 2024-25 title by defeating Vidarbha. 11. Sachin Tendulkar becomes honorary
member of the Melbourne Cricket Club(MCC)

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N 2. Mumbai Indians won the 3rd edition of
women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 title.
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Player of the series : Nat Sciver-Brunt

(Mumbai Indians)
Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024
winner = Royal Challengers Bangaluru
1. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has also won 3. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 14-
their first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title in year-old Rajasthan Royals batter
2025 by defeating Kings 11 Punjab by 6 runs. created history by smashing a
35-ball century against Gujarat
Orange Cap (Most runs) : Sai Sudarshan of Titans, IPL’s second-fastest ever.
Gujarat Titans(GT) The fastest century in IPL history is by Chris
Purple Cap (Most wickets) : Prasiddh Krishna (GT) Gayle, who scored a 100 in just 30 balls.
Most Valuable Player : Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
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1. Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr Awards 2024-

Player of the Year (Men) = Harmanpreet Singh
Player of the Year (Women) = Savita Punia
Goalkeeper of the Year = Savita Punia
Defender of the Year = Amit Rohidas
Hockey India Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award = 1975
Court dimensions: Men's Hockey World Cup Winning Team
Field : 91.4 x 55m
Goal post Width : 3.66m
Shooting criclr,D : 14.63m 7. Hockey Haryana clinched the title in the Final
Phase of the 1st National Women's Hockey
League during the 2024-25 season.
2. Hockey Jharkhand won the 15th Hockey India
Senior Women National Championship 2025. Runner Up = Hockey Odisha
Host = Panchkula, Haryana Host = Jharkhand
Hockey India was established in 2009 as
the official governing body for hockey in 8. Harmanpreet Singh was named the player
India. of the year (men) in hockey for 2024.

3. Odisha Warriors won the inaugural Women's

Hockey India League in 2025.

Venue = Ranchi, Jharkhand Women's player of the year =

Yibbi Jansen
Men's goalkeeper of the Year =
PR Sreejesh

9. India won the 2024

women's Asia championship
trophy 2024 in hockey
Runner up = China
Best Player = Deepika
4. India won the Men’s Junior Sehrawat
Hockey Asia Cup 2024.
Host = Oman 10. India Won ‘2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy’
Runner up = Pakistan hockey tournament.
Runner up = China
5. India won the Women’s Host = China
Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2024.
11. Japan won their first-ever Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
(Hockey) title 2024.
Host = Oman
Host: Ipoh, Malaysia
Runner up = China
Runner-up: Pakistan

6. Hockey Punjab clinched the 15th Hockey 12. India finished as the runner-up at the inaugural
India Senior Men National Championship 2025 FIH Hockey 5s Women's World Cup, which was held
title by commanding 4-1 victory over Hockey in Muscat, Oman.
Madhya Pradesh. They lost to the Netherlands in the final with a score
of 7-2.
Bronze Medal = Uttar Pradesh Men’s Hockey 5s Winner : Netherlands by
defeating Malaysia.
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1. India's Kidambi Srikanth came in second place at the Court dimensions:

Malaysia Masters badminton tournament, losing to Length : 13.4 m
China's World No. 4, Li Shi Feng, in the final. Width: 5.18 m
Women's Singles = Wang Zhi Yi (China) Net Height : 1.524 m

2. India Open 2025 Badminton Tournament:-

Host = New Delhi
Other Badminton Cup :
Uber Cup
Sudirman Cup Category Winner
BWF World Championships
Syed Modi International (India)
Men’s Singles Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
India Open

Women’s Singles An Se-young (South Korea)

3. China won the BWF Sudirman Cup
for the fourth consecutive time.
4. China won both the men’s Thomas Cup (Badminton)
Runner up = South Korea
2024 and the women’s Uber Cup.
India rank = 11
The first Thomas Cup was held in 1948-49, and
Founded = 1989
Malaysia won it by defeating Denmark in the final.

Court dimensions:

Men : 13m x 10m

Women : 12 x 8 m
1m wide lobby on each side.
1 Haryana Steelers won their first Pro Kabaddi League title by defeating Patna
Pirates.
First Tournament = 2014
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 winner team = Puneri Paltan 3. 2nd Kabaddi World Cup 2025-
Host = England
Men's Category winner = India
2. India won the Asian Women's Kabaddi Women's Category winner = India
Championship 2025 title in Tehran. First edition = 2004 in Mumbai

Held in Iran
Started in 2005

4. Bihar will host the Women's Kabaddi World Cup at the Rajgir Sports Academy indoor hall in March 2025.

Court dimensions:
Court Size:
28 x 15 m 1. The 3rd SABA Women’s Basketball
Basket
height: 10 ft
Championship 2025 won by India by
(3.05m) defeating Maldives.
3 point line : Host = New Delhi
6.75m from
basket
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1. Indian Grandmaster R.
2. Indian Grandmaster
Praggnanandhaa won the Tata
Panneerselvam Iniyan won the
Steel Masters 2025 title after a
38th Cannes International
thrilling tiebreak against World
Open Chess Tournament.
Champion Gukesh Dommaraju.

Held in France
Indian Grandmaster R
Praggnanandhaa also won
Board has 8x8 grid of 64 squares the Superbet Chess Classic
in Bucharest, Romania.

4. Tamil Nadu's L. R. Srihari became

3. Volodar Murzin (Russia) won India's latest and 86th Grandmaster.
the Open section of the FIDE 1st Indian Grandmaster=
World Rapid Championship Viswanathan Anand (1988)
2024 and Koneru Humpy 1st Indian Woman Grandmaster
= Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
(India) won the Women's
84th Grandmaster = R. Vaishali
competition.
(2023)
85th Grandmaster =
P. Shyaamnikhil (2024)

6. Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi 7. World Chess Championship

5. Indian Grandmaster Koneru became the second Indian, after 2024 winner = Gukesh
Humpy won the Pune leg of the Viswanathan Anand, and the 16th Dommaraju
FIDE Women's Grand player globally to achieve the gold- Host = Singapore
Prixtournament. standard ELO rating of 2800. Defeated = Ding Liren (China)

WRESTLING SHOOTING
1. India won 10 medals (1gold, 3
1.ISSF Junior World Cup 2025-
silver, 6 bronze) in the 21st Asian
Host = Germany
Wrestling Championship 2025 held
Medal Tally-
in Amman, Jordan.
1st = India (11 Medal- 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze)
Manisha Bhanwala won the
2nd = China
only gold medal in the
3rd = Italy
women's 62 kg weight
Indian shooter Tejaswani claimed the gold in the women's 25m
division.
pistol.
Indian shooter Kanak Budhwar clinched the gold in the women's
2. Sunil Kumar won the Bronze 10-metre air pistol.
medal in the 87 kg Greco-Roman Indian shooter Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar clinched gold In
category at the 21th Asian the women's 10 metre air rifle event.
Wrestling Championship
2025. 2. Riya Shirish Thatte won gold in the women's 25m pistol event at the
Host = Amman, Jordan 67th National Shooting Championship held at Dr. Karni Singh
Winner = Japan (9 Gold, 5 Shooting range.
Silver, 4 Bronze) Kiran Ankush Jadhav won the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) title at
the 67th National Shooting Championships (NSCC).
3. Chirag Chikkara won a gold
medal at the U23 World 3. India concluded the 2025 ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru, with 7 medals
Wrestling Championships (2 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze), placing third in the overall standings
2024. behind China and the USA.
India won = Suruchi Singh = Won the women's 10m air pistol gold and the
9 medals (1Gold, mixed team 10m air pistol gold with Saurabh Chaudhary.
1 Silver, 7 Bronze) Manu Bhaker = Won the silver in the women's 10m air pistol.
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TENNIS 1. Carlos Alcaraz won the 2025 Italian Open, Defeating

world No 1 Jannik Sinner on his home turf in Rome.
Jasmine Paolini (Italy) won Women's Singles by
Court dimensions: defeating Coco Gauff.
Singles court:
Length : 23.77m
Width: 8.23 m 4. Carlos Alcaraz won
Net Height : 0.914m
the Monte Carlo
2. Brandon Holt (American) won the 2025 Bengaluru Masters 2025 tennis
Open, an ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) tournament.
Challenger Tour event, defeating Shintaro Mochizuki
(Japan).

5. Jannik Sinner defended his Australian

3. The Miami Open 2025 (Lawn Tennis Tournament)-
Open title in 2025, defeating Alexander Zverev
Men's Singles title = Jakub Mensik
in the final.
Women's Singles title = Aryna Sabalenka
Men's Doubles title = Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic Australian Open women's singles title in
Women's Doubles title = Mirra Andreeva and Diana 2025 = Madison Keys
Shnaider

Football Trophies :

FOOTBALL Vittal Trophy

Santosh Trophy
Subroto Cup
Kalinga Cup
Durand Cup
1. Kalinga Super Cup Football
4. Real Madrid won the 2024 FIFA
Tournament 2025-
Intercontinental Cup.
Champions = Goa (2nd title)
Host Country = Qatar
Runner-up = Jamshedpur
2034 FIFA World Cup = Saudi Arabia
Best goalkeeper = Albino Gomes (India)
Best player = Borja Herrera (Spain)
5. Barcelona secured a 28th La Liga title after
beating Espanyol 2-0 at the RCDE Stadium.
2. West Bengal won the 78th edition of the
The Spanish football club Real Madrid
Santosh Trophy by defeating Kerala in the
crowned the La Liga 2023-24 season.
final. It was the 33rd santosh trophy for the
Bengal team.
6. India beat Bangladesh to lift the SAFF U19
Championship 2025 title.
3. Vinicius Junior and Aitana Bonmati
SAFF = South Asian Football
won the FIFA Best Player of the Year 2024
Federation
awards at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2024
Established = 1997
Doha, Qatar.
Members = India, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
HQ = Dhaka, Bangladesh

SPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS
1. India's sprinters set a new 4x100m national record 2. Indian hurdler Tejas Shirse won the silver medal
at 38.69s at the National Relay Carnival 2025 in and set a new national record in the 60m hurdles run
Chandigarh. at the Elite Indoor Track Miramas Meeting 2025 in
Team = Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, France.
Manikanta Hoblidar and Amlan Borgohain He also secured his third consecutive gold medal
in the National Games 2025.
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3. 38th National Games 2025:-
Mascot = Mauli (Monal Bird)
Motto = From determination to peak (संकल्प से शखर तक)
Theme = Green Games: with the use of eco-friendly materials
Torch name = Tejaswini
First time included game = Yoga and Mallakhamb
Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy winner = Services
Men’s Kabaddi team Gold medal winner = Uttar Pradesh
Women’s 75 kg Indian boxer Gold medal winner = Lovlina Borgohain
Men’s 50 meter rifle 3 positions event Gold medal winner = Neeraj Kumar
First National Game held = 1924 (Lahore)
37th National Game host = Goa
38th National Game host = Uttarakhand 4. Khelo India Youth Games 2025-
39th National Game will host = Meghalaya Host = Bihar
Rank : Theme Song = खेल के रंग, बहार के संग
1st =Services (121 medals - 68 Gold) Mascot = Gajsimha
2nd = Maharashtra (201 medals - 54 Gold)
3rd = Haryana (153 medals - 48 Gold)

5. 9th Asian Winter Game 2025:-

Venue = Harbin (China)
Mascot = Binbin and Nini
Motto = Dream of winter, love among Asia
Flag bearers of India = Arif Khan and Bhavani Thekkada 11. India won 12 medals (6
Top = China (85 medal) Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze) in
Indian contingent = 88 members the Para Archery Asia
First Asian Winter game = 1984 (Sappporo) Cup 2025.
10th Winter Asian Games 2029 =Trojena, Saudi Arabia Held = Bangkok,
Thailand

6.Indian number one ranked women’s squash player 12. Gurvinder Singh has set a new national record in
Anahat Singh won the women's single title at the the men's 100 meters with a time of 10.20 seconds.
Indian open 2025 PSA copper event in Mumbai. The previous national record = 10.25 sec by
Men's Singles title of the Indian Open 2025 = Amlan Borgohain
Kareem El Torkey (Egypt). The international record = 9.58 sec by Usain
Bolt
7. Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won his 36th national
title and 10th men's snooker crown at the National
Snooker Championship 2025 in Indore. 13. Khelo India Para Games 2025-
World Billiards Championship 2024 = Pankaj Advani Mascot = Ujjawala
First event = Delhi, 2023
8. Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo set a new half marathon Host = Delhi
world record, finishing in 56 minutes and 41 seconds at Rank-
the Barcelona Half Marathon. 1st = Haryana (104 medal) (34 Gold, 39 Silver, 31
Bronze)
9. The 23rd National Para Athletics Championship 2nd = Tamil Nadu
2025 was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in 3rd = UP
Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 1st edition = 2023
Top = Haryana (49 Gold)

10. Indian shooter Manu Bhaker was honored with the

BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year (ISWOTY)
2024.
Manu Bhaker was honored with the BBC Emerging
Sportswoman of the Year 2021.
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22. Deepika Kumari won a silver medal at the 2024

Archery World Cup Final in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
Gold = Li Jiaman (China)

23. Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Brazil

Grand Prix 2024.
Grand Prix races 2024-
Max Verstappen = Bahrain Grand Prix, Saudi
14. 5th Khelo India Winter Games 2025- Arabian Grand Prix, Japanese Grand Prix, Chinese
Host = Phase 1: Leh, Ladakh and Phase 2: Gulmarg, Grand Prix, Canadian Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix,
Jammu & Kashmir Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Qatar Grand Prix
Mascot = Sheen-e-She or Shan (snow leopard) Lewis Hamilton = The British Grand Prix, Belgian
Champion = Indian Army (18 medals) Grand Prix
Total Games = 6 Charles Leclerc = Monaco Grand Prix, Italian
Winner of Ice Hockey = Indian Army Grand Prix, United States Grand Prix
First Khelo India Winter Game = Gulmarg (2020) Lando Norris = Miami Grand Prix, Dutch Grand
First Khelo India University Game = Bhuvneshwar Prix, Singapore Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
(2020)
First Khelo India Youth Game = New Delhi (2018) 24. India's Kush Maini won the
Formula 2 Constructors'
15. Haryana has topped in the 20th National Youth Championship in
Athletics Championships 2025. Abu Dhabi.
Organized by = Athletics Federation of India (AFI) The first Indian to
President = Bahadur Singh Sagoo claim an F2 pole position.
Established = 1946

16. India will host the 11th Asian Swimming 25. 9th World Junior Wushu Championships 2024-
Championship (ASC) 2025. India won 7 medals, including two golds, one silver,
1st ASC host = 1980 (Dhaka, Bangladesh) and four bronze medals.
10th ASC host = 2016 (Tokyo, Japan)
1st rank = China 26. The first Kho Kho World Cup 2025, held in New
Delhi won by team India (both Men & Women) by
17. Hitesh Gulia created history by becoming the first defeating Nepal.
Indian boxer to win a Gold medal at the World Boxing Mascots = Tejas (Blue) and Tara (Orange)
Cup 2025. Blue trophy for Men’s competition & Green for
World Boxing Cup 2025- Women’s.
India Won 6 medals (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze).
Silver medal = Abhinash Jamwal (Men's 65kg) 27. Jyothi Yarraji, an Indian hurdler, won gold in the
Host = Brazil 60m hurdles in France.

28. India Wins 7 Medals at Archery World Cup 2025

19. Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania has set a new men's Stage 2 in Shanghai, China.
discus throw world record with a throw of 75.56 meters. Total 7 = 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze
He won a silver medal at the Paris Olympic 2024. Madhura Dhamangaonkar won her first
individual world cup gold.
20. Sourav Kothari won the 2025 IBSF World Billiards
title, defeating Pankaj Advani.
Pankaj Advani achievements-
Asian Snooker Championship 2025
IBSF World Billiards Championship 2024
91st National Billiards and Snooker Championships 2024

21. Pankaj Advani won the 2025 CCI Billiards Classic title,
defeating Dhruv Sitwala in the final.
Pankaj Advani also won the Asian Snooker Championship
2025.
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29. Australian driver Oscar Piastri (McLaren-Mercedes) 36. International Wushu Federation Female Athlete
won the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix held at the of the Year for 2024-
Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Wushu Taolu Female Athlete of the Year 2024:
2nd Position = Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Zahra Kiani (Iran)
Australian Grand Prix = Lando Norris (McLaren- Wushu Sanda Female Athlete of the Year 2024:
Mercedes) Naorem Roshibina Devi (India)
Chinese Grand Prix = Oscar Piastri (McLaren-
Mercedes) 37. World Para Athletics Championships 2024-
Japanese Grand Prix = Max Verstappen (Red Bull Host Country: JAPAN
Racing-Honda RBPT) Medal Table-
Bahrain Grand Prix = Oscar Piastri (McLaren- 1st = China (87 Medals)
Mercedes) 2nd = Brazil
INDIA's Rank: 6th (17 Medals: 6G +5S +
30. Star Indian Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra finished 6B)
second at the 2025 Doha Diamond League Men's Deepthi Jeevanji = Gold
Javelin Throw.
Throw = 90.23 m 38. The first Indian to win a bout in the Ultimate
First position = Germany’s Julian Weber (91.06 m) Fighting Championship (UFC) is Puja Tomar.
She made history by securing a split-decision
31. Kush Maini becomes the first Indian to win a victory over Brazil's Rayanne dos Santos in the
Formula 2 race at Monaco Grand Prix. straw-weight division at UFC Louisville.
Team = Dams Lucas Oil
F1 Monaco Grand Prix = Lando Norris 39. Shruti Vora became the 1st Indian to win a 3
star Grand Prix event in equestrian.
32. Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
inaugurated the first-ever Khelo India Beach 40. Viswanathan Anand won the 2024 Leon
Games at Ghoghla Beach in the Union territory of Masters chess championship.
Diu. Padma Shri: Awarded in 1987
Khelo India Beach Game 2025- Padma Bhushan: Awarded in 2001
Mascot = Pearl Padma Vibhushan: Awarded in 2007
Medal Tally-
1st = Manipur (5 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze) 41. India created history by winning gold medals in
2nd = Maharashtra both the Open and Women's events at the 45th
3rd = Nagaland Chess Olympiad.
Held = Budapest, Hungary
33. India's Gulveer Singh clinched the gold medal in
the Men's 10,000-metre race at the Asian Athletics
Championships.
Gulveer Singh is the Indian national record
holder in the men's 3000m, 5000m and 10000m.

34. Para Athlete Mahendra Gurjar Set a World

Record in F42 Javelin at Para Athletics Grand Prix.
Throw = 61.17 m

35. Neeraj Chopra has been declared as the world's

best male javelin thrower of 2024 in a US athletics
magazine rankings.
National Javelin Day = 7 August
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OTHER IMPORTANT SPORTS EVENTS

1. Paris Olympic Games 2024-
India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony = Sharath Kamal
(Table Tennis)
Indian flag bearers at the closing ceremony = Manu Bhaker and PR
Sreejesh.
India finished with 6 medals (1 silver, 5 bronze), placing 71st.
Medalist-
Neeraj Chopra (Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw):Won a silver medal
Manu Bhaker (Shooting): A standout performer, winning two bronze
medals
Swapnil Kusale (Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions): Won a bronze
medal.
Indian Men's Hockey Team: Secured a bronze medal, defeating Spain.
Aman Sehrawat (Wrestling, Men's 57kg Freestyle):Won a bronze
medal, continuing India's strong wrestling legacy at the Olympics.
Abhinav Bindra has been Awarded Prestigious Olympic Order by
IOC.
CEO of Indian Olympic Association = Raghuram lyer
Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medalist and an
IOC Athletes' Commission member, is among the 11,000 torchbearers
chosen to carry the iconic symbol.
Chef de Mission : Gagan Narang
New Sports Introduced: Breaking (Break-dancing), Sport Climbing,
Skateboarding and Surfing.

Gagan Narang won the bronze medal in the

Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer
Olympics in London.

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games-

Motto: "Games Wide Open"

Medal tally-
1st = China 220 medals (94 gold)
2nd = Great Britain (124 medals)
3rd = The United States (105 medals)
India won 29 medals (7 Gold, 9 Silver, 13 Bronze).
The gold medalists are :
Avani Lekhara (Shooting)
Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)
Sumit Antil (Athletics)
Harvinder Singh (Archery)
Dharambir (Athletics)
Praveen Kumar (Athletics)
Navdeep Singh (Athletics)
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