Sports Current Affairs 2026: Latest Updates & MCQs

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Dilip Gavit Wins Men's 100m T47 Gold at Asian Para Games
Dilip Gavit won the gold medal in the Men's 100m T47 sprint at the Asian Para Games 2026 with a brilliant timing, a result the Prime Minister hailed.
21 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Simran Wins 100m T12 Gold With Asian Para Games Record
Sprinter Simran won the gold medal in the Women's 100m T12 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 with an outstanding timing and a new Games Record.
21 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Preeti Pal Takes Silver as India Adds Two Para Bronze
Preeti Pal won silver in the Women’s 200m T35, Hokato Hotozhe Sema bronze in the shot put and Niranjan Mukundan bronze in swimming on 20 October 2026.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Simran Turns Previous Silver Into 200m T12 Gold With Record
Simran won the Women’s 200m T12 gold with a new record at the Asian Para Games 2026, improving on her silver from the last edition, as Tejalben Damor took bronze.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Pranav Soorma Wins Discus Gold With New Asian Record
Pranav Soorma won the Men’s Discus Throw F51/52/53 gold with a new Asian Record at the Asian Para Games 2026, while Ram Ratan Singh took the silver.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Devender Kumar Leads Indian Sweep in Para Discus Throw
Devender Kumar won gold, Rakesh silver and Pradeep Kumar bronze in the Men’s Discus Throw F43/F44/F62/F64 at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Nishad Kumar Takes High Jump T47 Gold With Games Record
Nishad Kumar won the Men’s High Jump T47 gold with a Games Record at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October, finishing the meet with two gold medals.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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India Adds Five Medals in Athletics, Powerlifting, Swimming
Pradeep Kumar and Ashok won silver while Ayush Verma, Praveen Sharma and Himanshu Nandal took bronze at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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India Takes Silver and Bronze in 10m Air Pistol SH1 Events
Manish Narwal won silver in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 and Shrishti Arora bronze in the women’s event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Jehan Madan, Sonalben Patel Add Para Table Tennis Bronze
Jehan Dorab Madan took bronze in the Men’s Singles Class 1 and Sonalben Patel in the Women’s Singles Class 3 at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Prachi Pandey, Sahana Ravi Make Para Table Tennis History
Prachi Pandey won India’s first medal in the Women’s Singles Class 6 and Baby Sahana Ravi the first in the standing category at the Asian Para Games 2026.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Deepthi Jeevanji Defends 400m T20 Gold With Games Record
Deepthi Jeevanji retained her Women’s 400m T20 title at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October with a Games Record, improving on her own winning run.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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India Wins Two Bronze Medals at Asian Para Games 2026
Ravanni Valasanaini took bronze in the Women’s 1500m T11 and Bhavina Patel in the Women’s Singles Class 4-5 at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October.
20 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Kokila Judo Silver, Ravi Budigina Swim Silver for India
Kokila won silver in the women's J2 -52kg judo and Ravi K. Budigina silver in the men's 100m freestyle S13 at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 19 October.
19 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Nishad Kumar Wins Men's Long Jump T47 Gold on Event Debut
Nishad Kumar won the men's long jump T47 gold at the Asian Para Games 2026 with an outstanding jump, and the title came on his debut in the event.
19 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Soumya Wins 1500m T12/13 Gold on Debut at Asian Para Games
Soumya won the women's 1500m T12/13 gold on debut with a personal best at the Asian Para Games 2026, and Radha Venkatesh took silver in the same race.
19 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Rinku Hooda Wins Javelin F46 Gold With 65.11 Metre Throw
Rinku Hooda won the men's javelin throw F46 gold at the Asian Para Games 2026 with a season-best 65.11 metres, and Ajeet Singh took the silver medal.
19 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Mona Agarwal Gold, Avani Lekhara Silver in 10m Air Rifle SH1
Mona Agarwal won gold with a new Asian Para Games record and Avani Lekhara took silver in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 at the Asian Para Games 2026.
19 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Asian Para Games 2026 Begin in Aichi-Nagoya
The Asian Para Games 2026 opened in Aichi-Nagoya on 18 October, with the Prime Minister sending best wishes to the Indian contingent of para-athletes.
18 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Revised NSF Assistance Scheme Gets Rs 7,386.74 Crore Outlay
The Sports Ministry issued guidelines for the revised Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations, continued till 2030-31 with an outlay of Rs 7,386.74 crore.
16 October 2026 · 2 min read