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Sports Winners & Events

(Jan 2024 - Jun 2025)

I. Major International Events & Winners (Jan 2024 - Jun 2025)

Sport Event Date Winner(s) Key Pointers

(2024/2025) for SSC

Tennis Australian Jan 14-28, 2024 Men's Singles: First Grand Slam
Open 2024 Jannik Sinner of the year.
(Italy) Rohan
Women's Bopanna's
Singles: Aryna historic win at
Sabalenka 43 years old.
(Belarus)
Men's Doubles:
Rohan Bopanna
(India) &
Matthew Ebden
(Australia)

French Open May 26 - Jun 9, Men's Singles: Second Grand

2024 2024 Carlos Alcaraz Slam, played on
(Spain) clay courts.
Women's Swiatek's
Singles: Iga dominance.
Świątek (Poland)

Wimbledon Jul 1-14, 2024 Women's Third Grand

2024 Singles: Slam, played on
Barbora grass courts.
Krejčíková (Note: Men's
(Czech Singles winner
Republic) will be after
June 30, 2025)

French Open May 25 - Jun 8, Men's Singles: Important Grand

2025 2025 Carlos Alcaraz Slam.
(Spain)
Women's
Singles: Coco
Gauff (USA)
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Cricket ICC Men's T20 Jun 1-29, 2024 Winner: India India's
World Cup Player of the significant
2024 Tournament: victory after a
Jasprit Bumrah long wait for an
(India) ICC trophy.

Indian Premier Mar 22 - May 26, Winner: Kolkata Premier T20

League (IPL) 2024 Knight Riders franchise league
2024 (KKR) in India.
Player of the
Tournament:
Sunil Narine
(KKR)

Football AFC Asian Cup Jan 12 - Feb 10, Winner: Qatar Continental
2023 (played in 2024 championship
2024) for Asian
nations.

Africa Cup of Jan 13 - Feb 11, Winner: Ivory Continental

Nations 2023 2024 Coast championship
(played in for African
2024) nations.

Indian Super Season Winner: Mohun India's premier

League (ISL) concludes by Bagan Super professional
2024-25 April 2025 Giant (Final: football league.
Mohun Bagan
Super Giant vs
Bengaluru FC,
Apr 12, 2025)

Chess World Blitz Dec 2024 Shared Title: Important chess

Chess Magnus Carlsen championship.
Championship (Norway) & Ian
2024 Nepomniachtchi
(Russia)

Norway Chess June 2025 Winner: Prestigious

2025 Magnus Carlsen invitational
(Norway) chess
tournament. D
Gukesh
defeated
Magnus Carlsen
in Round 6.
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UzChess Cup May 2025 Winner: R R

Masters 2025 Praggnanandha Praggnanandha
a (India) a became
India's
top-ranked
chess player
(World No. 4)
after this win.

FIDE World June 2025 Winner: Team First title for an

Rapid Team MGD1 (India) Indian team in
Championship this
2025 championship.

Athletics Ostrava June 2025 Men's Javelin Neeraj Chopra's

Golden Spike Throw: Neeraj continued
2025 Chopra (India) - excellence in
Gold Medal javelin.

Paris Diamond June 2025 Men's Javelin Another major

League 2025 Throw: Neeraj win for Neeraj
Chopra (India) - Chopra.
Gold Medal

Stockholm June 2025 Winner: Armand Significant world

Diamond Duplantis record in pole
League (Pole (Sweden) - Set vault.
Vault) 2025 12th World
Record (6.28m)

Women's 10km Date not Winner: Priyanka Notable Indian

Race Walk specified, but Goswami (India) achievement in
(Innsbruck) likely 2025 - Gold Medal race walking.

Badminton Singapore June 2025 Men's Singles: Major BWF

Open 2025 Kunlavut World Tour
Vitidsarn Super 750
(Thailand) event.
Women's
Singles: Chen
Yufei (China)

Indonesia June 2025 Men's Singles: Major BWF

Open 2025 Anders World Tour
Antonsen Super 1000
(Denmark) event.
Women's
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Singles: An
Se-young
(South Korea)

Formula 1 2025 Spanish June 2025 Winner: Oscar Important F1

Grand Prix Piastri race.
(McLaren)

2025 Canadian June 2025 Winner: George Key F1 race.

Grand Prix Russell
(Mercedes)

2025 Austrian June 2025 Winner: Lando Key F1 race.

Grand Prix Norris
(McLaren)

Karate Budokan Karate April 2025 Winner (Kumite): Notable Indian

Championship Anarghya achievement in
Abhishek martial arts.
Panchawatkar
(India) - Gold
medal

II. Major Indian Sports Awards (Conferred in Jan 2025 for 2024 performances)
These awards recognize outstanding contributions to Indian sports and are highly
relevant for SSC exams.
●​ Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 (Highest sporting honor in India)
○​ Recipients: Shri Gukesh D (Chess), Shri Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey), Shri
Praveen Kumar (Para-Athletics), Ms. Manu Bhaker (Shooting)
○​ Pointers: Awarded for exceptional performance over four years.
●​ Arjuna Award 2024 (For consistent outstanding performance over four years)
○​ Notable Recipients (among 34): Ms. Jyothi Yarraji (Athletics), Ms. Annu Rani
(Athletics), Ms. Nitu (Boxing), Ms. Saweety (Boxing), Ms. Vantika Agrawal
(Chess), Ms. Salima Tete (Hockey), Shri Sarabjot Singh (Shooting), Shri Abhay
Singh (Squash), Shri Sajan Prakash (Swimming), Shri Aman (Wrestling)
○​ Pointers: Recognizes consistent excellence.
●​ Dronacharya Award 2024 (For outstanding coaches)
○​ Regular Category: Shri Subhash Rana (Para-Shooting), Ms. Deepali
Deshpande (Shooting), Shri Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey)
○​ Lifetime Category: Shri S Muralidharan (Badminton), Shri Armando Agnelo
Colaco (Football)
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○​ Pointers: Honors coaches who have nurtured talent.

●​ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy 2024 (Awarded to the top-performing
university in sports)
○​ Winner: Chandigarh University
○​ Pointers: Recognizes university-level sports promotion.

III. Major International Sports Awards

●​ Laureus World Sports Awards 2024 (Presented in April 2024 for 2023
performances)
○​ Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic (Tennis) - 5th time
winner, matching Roger Federer's record.
○​ Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year: Aitana Bonmatí (Football) - First
footballer to win this award.
○​ Laureus World Team of the Year: Spain Women's Football Team
○​ Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year: Jude Bellingham (Football)
○​ Laureus World Comeback of the Year: Simone Biles (Gymnastics)
○​ Pointers: Prestigious global sports awards. Novak Djokovic and Aitana
Bonmatí are key names.
IV. Significant Indian Achievements & Milestones (Jan 2024 - Jun 2025)
●​ Olympics (Paris 2024 - Events within timeframe):
○​ Manu Bhaker (Shooting): Became India's first athlete post-independence to
win two Olympic medals in a single edition (July-August 2024).
○​ Neeraj Chopra (Javelin): Won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics
(July-August 2024).
○​ Indian Men's Hockey Team: Secured a second successive Olympic medal
(bronze) at the Paris Olympics (July-August 2024).
○​ Pointers: Focus on the Indian medalists and their disciplines.
●​ Paralympics (Paris 2024 - Events within timeframe):
○​ Indian Para-Athletes: Achieved record-breaking feats at the Paris Paralympics
(August-September 2024).
○​ Pointers: General recognition of strong performance by Indian para-athletes.
●​ Cricket:
○​ Jasprit Bumrah: First Asian bowler to take 150 Test wickets in SENA (South
Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) nations (vs England, 2025).
○​ Rishabh Pant: First Indian Wicket-Keeper with hundreds in both innings of a
Test match (vs England, 2025).
○​ Smriti Mandhana: Maiden T20I Century (112) and first Indian Woman with
100s in all formats (vs England T20I, 2025).
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●​ Chess:
○​ D Gukesh: Became the youngest ever World Champion at 18 (December
2024), dethroning Ding Liren.
○​ Koneru Humpy: Won the Women's Rapid World Title for the second time
(December 2024).
●​ Tennis:
○​ Rohan Bopanna: Won the Australian Open Men's Doubles title at 43 years old
(Jan 2024).
○​ Ankita Raina: Won her 32nd career doubles title at Guimaraes ITF Women's
Doubles (June 2025).
●​ Table Tennis:
○​ Indian Women's Table Tennis Team (Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Ayhika
Mukherjee, Suthirtha Mukherjee, Diya Chitale): Secured India's first-ever
medal (bronze) at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana,
Kazakhstan (2024).
●​ Hockey:
○​ Odisha Women & Tamil Nadu Men: Won the Hockey India Masters Cup (May
2025).
●​ Shooting:
○​ Sift Kaur Samra: Gold in women's 50m rifle 3 positions at ISSF World Cup
2025 (April 2025).
○​ Suruchi Singh: Gold in women's 10m air pistol at ISSF World Cup 2025 (April
2025).
○​ Vijayveer Sidhu: Gold in men's 25m rapid-fire pistol at ISSF World Cup 2025
(April 2025).
○​ Esha Singh: Silver in women's 25m pistol at ISSF World Cup 2025 (April 2025).

V. National/State Level Events & Winners (Jan 2024 - Jun 2025)

●​ Football:
○​ Santosh Trophy 2024: Winner: West Bengal (defeated Kerala 1-0 in the final)
○​ Pointers: India's premier state-level football championship.
●​ Multi-sport Event:
○​ Khelo India Winter Games 2025 (5th Edition): Began in Leh, Ladakh on
January 23, 2025.