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12 stories for “Sports” · February 2026
Clear filtersIndia's leading cue sports player Pankaj Advani won the Liber Win Champions Cup 2026 and was appointed the Indian brand ambassador for Liber Win. Advani is a multiple world champion in billiards and snooker. The 100th Wo...
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 award at a ceremony in New Delhi. Chess player Divya Deshmukh was named Emerging Player of the Year for winning the FIDE Women's World Cup, and Pr...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laid the foundation stone for a Global Sports City in Chennai, a project estimated to cost ₹261 crore. The facility is intended to give the State world-class sporting infrastructure for trainin...
Overview The 2026 edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) concluded in February with a spectacular closing ceremony. Featuring thousands of athletes from over 200 universities, the games successfully identifie...
Brazil celebrated a historic moment at the 2026 Winter Olympics when Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the giant slalom event in alpine skiing. His victory earned Brazil its first-ever gold medal at the Winter Olympics, a firs...
Tamil Nadu marked five years of sporting success at the 'Champions of Tamil Nadu' event in Chennai. More than 175 sportspersons, including 50 para-athletes, received government appointment orders under the 3% sports quot...
Magnus Carlsen is the champion of the 2026 Freestyle Chess World Championship. He secured the title by defeating Fabiano Caruana in the final match. The tournament holds a special place because it is the first Freestyle...
India finished first on the medal table at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi, winning 94 medals – 51 gold, 23 silver and 20 bronze. Indians swept the 25m Centre Fir...
Overview In February 2026, India co-hosted the 10th ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The tournament saw high-octane clashes across iconic venues like Wankhede, Narendra Modi Stadium, and Chepauk. India demonstrated a strong perf...
At just seventeen, Aditya Pandya has become the youngest male analogue astronaut from India. He earned the title by finishing a mission that simulated a lunar habitat at Dholavira, located in Gujarat's Rann of Kutch. Spo...
Haryana shuttler Devika Sihag won her maiden BWF Super 300 crown at the Thailand Masters 2026. In defence, the Indian Air Force has fully digitised its Pechora surface-to-air missile system, inducted in the 1970s, to boo...
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz won the 2026 Australian Open men's singles title, beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the final. By reaching the final, Djokovic became the oldest man of the Open Era to play for the Australian Open...
