Roger Federer

Tennis legend Roger Federer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, America on 30 August 2026. The Swiss legend captured a men's-record eight Wimbledon titles and spent 310 weeks as the world number one. He also won six Australian Open crowns, five US Open titles and one French Open title.

• He retired from tennis in 2022.

• Federer was inducted alongside broadcaster and journalist Mary Carillo.

Mens Hockey World Cup

Germany retained the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup title after a resolute 1-0 victory over Spain in the final, drawing level with Pakistan on four World Cup crowns. The result also saw Germany join Pakistan as the most successful team in Men’s Hockey World Cup history.

• Germany’s previous World Cup triumphs came in Kuala Lumpur in 2002, Mönchengladbach in 2006 and Bhubaneswar in 2023. Pakistan won its four titles in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994. Spain, appearing in its third World Cup final and first since 1998, was unable to secure its maiden title.

Womens Hockey World Cup

Argentina were crowned Women’s Hockey World Cup winners ​on 29 August 2026 after defeating hosts ‌and favourites the Netherlands 3-1 in a shootout following a 1-1 ​draw in the final. It is Argentina’s third World Cup title, and first since 2010, and some revenge for ​losing in ​the ⁠final to the Dutch four years ago.

• Earlier, Belgium ​claimed their first bronze ​medal ⁠since 1978 when they defeated Australia 1-0 in the third-place ⁠playoff. ​Charlotte Englebert scored ​the only goal of the game.

• Cosentino was duly named Player of the Match and, speaking after the game, could not have been prouder of her teammates and what they had chieved.

Praggnanandhaa

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu overcame a six-point deficit on the final day to defeat Fabiano Caruana 15–13 and claim the 2026 Grand Chess Tour title. In the match for third place, Wesley So prevailed over Vincent Keymer after sweeping all four blitz games. The 2026 Grand Chess Tour season culminated at the GCT Finals, held at the Saint Louis Chess Club from August 22–27. The four highest-ranked full-tour players after the regular season – Seed No. 1 * Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Seed No. 2 Wesley So, Seed No. 3 Fabiano Caruana, and Seed No. 4 Vincent Keymer – contested a knockout tournament for the GCT crown. Each match included two Classical games, two Rapid games, and four Blitz games.

• The total prize fund was $450,000, distributed as follows: $200,000 for first place, $125,000 for second, $75,000 for third, and $50,000 for fourth.

Muchova and Jakub

Czech pair Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik beat Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-3 1-6 10-6 to win the U.S. Open mixed doubles title, securing their first Grand Slam trophy as a team. Muchova and Mensik got off to a fast start on Arthur Ashe Stadium, with the hard-serving Mensik hammering an ace past Bencic on set point to claim the opener in less than 30 minutes.

• Muchova and Mensik had earlier saved two match points against Russians Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev in their semi-final to book their place in the title match.

Rishabh Pant

Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant surpassed former captain MS Dhoni to become India’s highest run-scorer as a designated wicketkeeper in away or neutral Tests. Pant achieved the milestone during India’s second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 24 August 2026. At the time of reporting, he had scored 2,501 runs in away and neutral Tests at an average of 41.68, going past Dhoni’s tally of 2,496 runs.

• Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer is third on the list with 1,209 runs, followed by Syed Kirmani with 1,109 and Kiran More with 901.

Badminton World Championships

India's women's doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand clinched the bronze medal at the BWF Badminton World Championships on 22 August 2026. The Indian duo went down fighting against top seeds and defending champions Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning of China in the semi-final at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

• With the win, Treesa and Gayatri became only the second Indian women's doubles pair to win a World Championships medal, following Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa's bronze in 2011.

Ashmita Chaliha

♦ India’s Ashmita Chaliha won the Korea Masters Super 300 badminton title in Asan on 9 August 2026. She defeated fourth seed Han Qian Xi of China in the women's singles final.

♦ The victory also marked Ashmita Chaliha’s maiden BWF World Tour title and came on her first appearance in a final. The Indian badminton player had also reached the semi-finals of the Macau Open in June 2026.

♦ She joins an elite group of Indian women’s singles players to have won BWF Super 300 or higher-level badminton titles, alongside Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, as well as Devika Sihag and Tanvi Sharma.

Basant Kumar Meghwal

♦ Indian high jumper Basant Kumar Meghwal created history by winning the silver medal in the men's high jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on 9 August 2026. The 19-year-old from Anupgarh in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district produced a lifetime-best effort of 2.21m to secure India's second medal of the championships and become the country's first high jumper to win a medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships.

♦ Algeria's Younes Ayachi won the gold, while Great Britain's Otis Poole took the bronze. All the three medallists could only clear 2.21m but failed all their three attempts to sail over 2.24m. The positions were thus decided on countback based on the number of attempts to clear the previous height.

World Athletics U20 Championships

♦ Ashish Yadav won a silver medal in men's javelin throw at the World Athletics U20 Championships, becoming only the second Indian to win a medal in the event at the global junior competition — 10 years after Neeraj Chopra's historic triumph. Yadav’s third round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal. 

♦ South Africa's Jan-Hendrik Heymans took the gold with an enormous 80.50m throw on his sixth and final attempt, a mark that also became the season's U20 world-leading effort. India's other finalist, T Dharanidharan, finished sixth with a best throw of 72.35m.

♦ Chopra had won gold and set the still-standing world junior record of 86.48m in the 2016 edition in Poland.

Mohammed Ashfaq

At the World Athletics Under 20 Championships, India’s Mohammed Ashfaq broke the Under 20 national record in Eugene, United States on 7 August 2026. With this win, Ashfaq paved his way to qualify for the men’s 400 metre semifinals. Ashfaq clocked 45.81 seconds to finish second behind USA’s Jayden DeLeon in the first round heat 5 and fourth overall to make it to the semifinals.

Praggnanandhaa

Indian grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa has clinched the Grand Chess Tour St. Louis Rapid and Blitz title in the United States on 7 August 2026. He secured the championship after drawing against Uzbekistan’s Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov in the penultimate round, finishing the tournament with 23 points out of a possible 35.

• Earlier in 2026 June, Praggnanandhaa scripted history by claiming the Norway Chess 2026 crown in Oslo after defeating Germany’s Vincent Keymer in the tenth and final round.

Tanvi Sharma

♦ Teen Indian sensation Tanvi Sharma won her maiden BWF World Tour title after defeating Vietnam's sixth seed Thuy Linh Nguyen 21-16 21-16 in the women's singles final of the Taipei Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Taipei on 2 August 2026. The 17-year-old from Punjab, who had finished runner-up at last year's U.S. Open Super 300, needed just 36 minutes to outclass Nguyen in the summit clash.

♦ Tanvi also became the first Indian to win the women's singles title at the Taipei Open since Saina Nehwal, who had lifted the trophy in 2008.

♦ At 17 years and 222 days, Tanvi is the youngest finalist in the tournament's history, surpassing Korean doubles great Lee Yong Dae, who was 17 years and 287 days old when he reached the men's doubles final in 2006.

2026 Commonwealth Games

♦ Indian boxers won seven gold and three silver medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on 1 August 2026. No country has won more gold medals in boxing at a single edition of the Commonwealth Games. Previously, England had won six golds twice (London 1934 and Gold Coast 2018), while Canada matched the tally at Edinburgh 1986. 

♦ India’s seven gold medals came through Preeti Pawar (women’s 54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg), Priya Ghanghas (women’s 60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (women’s 70kg), Sachin Siwach (men’s 60kg) and Ankush Panghal (men’s 80kg). 

♦ The three silver medals were won by Jadumani Singh (men’s 55kg), Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 75kg) and Narender Berwal (men’s 90+kg).