Famous Books & Authors (2025-2026 Edition)
High-yield Famous Books & Authors (2025-2026 Edition) current-affairs and static-GK facts for 2025-2026, curated for RRB, SSC, Railway and banking exam preparation. Revise the key positions, names and details below, then test your recall with the timed active-recall quiz in our interactive dashboard.
109. Hockey, Tennis, Chess & Other Sports Tournaments
| Topic / Position | Name / Detail | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Hockey India League 2026 | Winners: Kalinga Lancers | Runners: Ranchi Royals | Venue: Bhubaneswar | Hockey |
| Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025 (31st edition) | Winner: Belgium | Runner-up: India | Venue: Ipoh, Malaysia | Hockey |
| Junior Men's Hockey World Cup 2025 | Winner: Germany | Runner-up: Spain | Venue: Chennai, India | Hockey |
| Men's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 (12th edition) | Winner: India | Runner-up: South Korea | Venue: Rajgir, Bihar | Hockey |
| Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 (11th edition) | Winner: China | Runner-up: India (won silver medal) | Venue: Hangzhou, China | Hockey |
| Men's Hockey India League 2024-25 | Winners: Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Runner: Hyderabad Toofans | Venue: Odisha | Hockey |
| Women's Hockey India League 2025 | Winners: Odisha Warriors | Runners-up: Surma Hockey Club | Venue: Ranchi | Hockey |
| Miami Open 2026 | Men's Singles Winner: Jannik Sinner | Women's Singles Winner: Aryna Sabalenka | Venue: Florida, USA | Tennis |
| Davis Cup Finals 2025 (113th edition) | Winner: Italy | Runner-up: Spain | Hosted in: Italy | Tennis |
| ATP Finals 2025 | Men's Singles Winner: Jannik Sinner | Runner-up: Carlos Alcaraz | Venue: Turin, Italy | Tennis |
| WTA Finals 2025 | Women's Singles Winner: Elena Rybakina | Runner-up: Aryna Sabalenka | Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Tennis |
| Italian Open 2025 | Winner: Carlos Alcaraz | Runner-up: Jannik Sinner | Venue: Rome, Italy | Tennis |
| FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 | Winner: Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | Runner-up: Fabiano Caruana (USA) | Venue: Germany | Chess |
| World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2025 | Open Winner (Rapid/Blitz): Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | India's Arjun Erigaisi won Bronze (Open) | Koneru Humpy won Bronze (Women) | Venue: Qatar | Chess |
| FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 | Winner: Javokhir Sindarov | Runner-up: Wei Yi | Venue: Goa, India | Chess |
| 1st Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 | 1st Place: Karnataka (38 medals - 23 Gold) | 2nd Place: Odisha | Chhattisgarh Rank: 9th (19 medals) | Venue: Chhattisgarh | Other Sports |
| Indian Open Squash Tournament 2026 | Men's Winner: Abhay Singh | Women's Winner: Anahat Singh | Other Sports |
| 5th Khelo India University Games 2025 | 1st Place: Chandigarh University (67 medals) | Venue: Jaipur, Rajasthan | Other Sports |
| IBSF World Snooker Championship 2025 | Men's Winner: Michael Szubarczyk | Women's Winner: Anupama Ramachandran | Other Sports |
| WSF Squash World Cup 2025 | Winner: India | Runner-up: Hong Kong | Venue: Chennai, India | Other Sports |
| Asian Youth Games 2025 (3rd edition) | 1st Place: China (147 medals) | India's Rank: 6th (48 medals) | Venue: Manama, Bahrain | Other Sports |
| 12th Pro Kabaddi League | Winner: Dabang Delhi K.C. | Runner-up: Puneri Paltan | Venue: New Delhi | Other Sports |
| 19th Archery World Cup 2025 | 1st Place: South Korea | India's Rank: 4th (15 medals) | Venue: Nanjing, China | Other Sports |
| 12th World Para Athletics Championships 2025 | 1st Place: Brazil | India's Rank: 10th (22 medals) | Venue: Kobe, Japan | Other Sports |
| 15th World Para Archery Championships 2025 | 1st Place: China | India's Rank: 2nd (5 medals) | Venue: Gwangju, South Korea | Other Sports |
| 20th World Athletics Championships 2025 | 1st Place: USA | India: Did not win a single medal | Venue: Tokyo, Japan | Other Sports |
| 1st World Boxing Championships 2025 | 1st Place: Kazakhstan | India's Rank: 3rd (4 medals) | Venue: Liverpool, England | Other Sports |
| World Snooker Championship 2025 | Winner: Zhao Xintong | Runner-up: Mark Williams | Venue: England | Other Sports |
| IBSF World Billiards Championship 2025 | Winner: Sourav Kothari (India) | Runner-up: Pankaj Advani (India) | Venue: Doha, Qatar | Other Sports |
| 26th Asian Athletics Championship 2025 | 1st Position: China | India's Position: 2nd | Venue: Gumi, South Korea | Other Sports |
110. Miscellaneous Sports Records & Milestones
| Topic / Position | Name / Detail | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 World Para Athletics Championships Host | Host City: Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Venues |
| Abhishek Sharma IPL Century Record | First Indian cricketer to score more than one IPL century in fewer than 50 balls | Cricket Records |
| Laura Cardoso 9-Wicket Haul | First female cricketer in the world to take 9 wickets in a single T20I match (Brazil) | Cricket Records |
| Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Contracts | First state cricket association to offer contracts to domestic players in India | Cricket Records |
| Payal Nag Gold Medal Achievement | World's first 'quadruple amputee' to win a gold medal at an international para-archery competition (Odisha) | Archery Records |
| Sunil Narine IPL Appearance Record | Foreign player with the most matches played in the history of the IPL (West Indies) | Cricket Records |
| Gurjant Singh Retirement | Indian hockey player announced his retirement from international hockey | Retirements |
| Pink Stand Launch (Dwarka Stadium) | First dedicated 'Pink Stand', named after Harmanpreet Kaur, launched at Dwarka's Omaxe State Cricket Stadium | Stadiums |
| Sheetal Devi Para Archer Award | Honored with the 'Para Archer of the Year Award' by World Archery (India) | Awards |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar 200 IPL Wickets | First fast bowler in the history of the IPL to take 200 wickets (India) | Cricket Records |
| Fanny Utagushima Ninde Century Record | Youngest female player to score a century in T20 Internationals (Rwanda) | Cricket Records |
| Ravichandran Ashwin US MLC Signing | First Indian player to join the US Major League Cricket | Cricket Records |
| IOC Transgender Athlete Ruling | IOC has banned transgender athletes from participating in the women's category of sports competitions | Policies |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore Acquisition Cost | RCB became the most expensive team in IPL history, acquired by Somani for .63 billion | Cricket Records |
| 2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix India | India secured the top spot in the medal tally by winning a total of 208 medals, including 75 gold | Para Athletics |
| 2026 BCCI Naman Awards (Umrigar Award) | Shubman Gill won the Polly Umrigar Award (Men) | Smriti Mandhana won the same (Women) | Awards |
| Shailesh Kumar Grand Prix Gold | Indian athlete won a gold medal in the High Jump T-63 category with a leap of 1.84 meters | Para Athletics |
| Smriti Mandhana ODI Batting Ranking | Retains the number one spot in the ICC Women's ODI Batting Rankings (India) | Rankings |
| Finn Allen T20 WC Century Record | Scored the fastest century in T20 World Cup history in just 33 balls (New Zealand) | Cricket Records |
| 2026 Winter Olympics Top Spot | 1st Place: Norway | 2nd Place: United States | Venue: Milan and Cortina, Italy | Winter Olympics |
| Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Champion | Jammu and Kashmir won by defeating Karnataka | Cricket Records |
| Harmanpreet Kaur Appearance Record | Player who played the most number of women's cricket matches (India) | Cricket Records |
| Rashid Khan 700 T20 Wickets | First player to take 700 wickets in T20 format (Afghanistan) | Cricket Records |
| Johannes Kalbo Olympic Record | Became the most decorated player in Winter Olympics history | Winter Olympics |
| BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 | Winner: Smriti Mandhana | Awards |
| Ishan Kishan T20 WC Wicketkeeper Record | First wicketkeeper to score a half-century in the T20 World Cup (India) | Cricket Records |
| Tejaswin Shankar Indoor Gold | Won the gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 (India) | Athletics |
| Manu Bhaker Asian Silver | Won the silver medal at the Asian Shooting Championships 2026 (India) | Shooting |
| 72nd Women's Senior National Kabaddi 2026 | Champion: Haryana | Kabaddi |
| PV Sindhu 500 Singles Matches | First Indian shuttler to win 500 singles matches | Badminton |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt WPL Century | First player to score a century in the WPL (England) | Cricket Records |
| Saina Nehwal Retirement | Retired from professional badminton (India) | Retirements |
| Alyssa Healy & Usman Khawaja Retirement | Retired from international cricket (Australia) | Retirements |
| Deepti Sharma T20I Wicket Record | Highest wicket-taker in women's T20 International cricket (India) | Cricket Records |
| Jinson Johnson Retirement | Indian runner announced his retirement | Retirements |
| Sonam Yeshi 8-Wicket Haul | First bowler to take 8 wickets in a men's T20 International match (Bhutan) | Cricket Records |
| 87th Senior National Badminton Championship | Women's Singles Champion: Surya Karishma Tamiri (India) | Badminton |
| Smriti Mandhana 4000 Runs | First Indian woman to score 4000 runs in international cricket | Cricket Records |
| Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 Mascot | Mascot: Morveer | Sports Mascots |
| IPL 2026 Auction Most Expensive Player | Cameron Green (Australia) bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25.20 crore | Cricket Records |
| Squash World Cup 2025 Winner | Winner: India (defeated Hong Kong) | Other Sports |
| Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium Naming | Stands in Mullanpur named after Yuvraj Singh and Harmanpreet Kaur | Stadiums |
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