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Till July 2018 Tendulkar was not yet in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame; he was inducted a year later, in July 2019.

The weightlifter from Mizoram won India's first ever gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games, in the boys' 62 kg event at Buenos Aires in October 2018.

Neeraj Chopra is India's leading javelin thrower and the country's first Olympic gold medallist in track and field.

Chile beat Argentina in the final of the 2016 Copa América Centenario to win the title. The 2016 tournament marked 100 years of the Copa América and was held in the United States, the first time it was played outside South America.

Halep of Romania won the 2019 Wimbledon women's singles title by beating Serena Williams in the final. Halep won the final 6-2, 6-2 in just 56 minutes, one of the most one-sided Wimbledon finals of recent times.

India beat China 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in the final at Kakamigahara, Japan, in November 2017.

Australia beat India in the final at Benoni, South Africa, in February 2024 to win their fourth Under-19 title. The 2024 tournament was first allotted to Sri Lanka but was moved to South Africa by the ICC.

He won gold in the men's javelin F46 class at Rio 2016 with a world record throw of 63.97 m. Devendra Jhajharia, from Churu in Rajasthan, lost his left arm to an electric shock as a child.

Russian athletes competed at the Tokyo 2020 Games, held in 2021, under the name ROC because Russia was barred from competing under its own name and flag.

She won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the first Olympic medal by an Indian woman.

First held in 1888, it is the oldest football tournament in Asia and one of the oldest in the world.

The sprinter from Payyoli in Kerala's Kozhikode district earned the nickname Payyoli Express for her speed on the track.

All three reached the final of the All England Championships: Gopichand won it, while Saina and Lakshya finished runners-up. The All England Open, first held in 1899 in England, is the oldest and one of the most respected badminton tournaments.

The fund, run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, gives financial help to sportspersons and their families who are in need.

Vidarbha won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, beating Kerala in the final at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The final in March 2025 ended in a draw, and Vidarbha took the title on their first-innings lead.

The Indian wicketkeeper-batter won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award for 2018, after a debut year in Test cricket that included a century in England.

Aishwarya Pissay is a motorcycle racer from Bengaluru who in 2019 became the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports, the FIM World Cup in Bajas for women.

In his final Test, against Bangladesh at Christchurch in January 2022, the New Zealand batter came on to bowl and took the last wicket, which also won the match for his side.

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, India won two medals, both by women: a silver in badminton and a bronze in wrestling.

Abhinav Bindra won the men's 10 m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on 11 August 2008, India's first individual Olympic gold.