Current Affairs & Static GK • 2025-2026

Sports Panorama - Olympics, Grand Slams, WPL & World Cups

High-yield Sports Panorama - Olympics, Grand Slams, WPL & World Cups 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.

101. Cricket Milestones & Team Scenarios

Topic / Position	Name / Detail	Note
IPL Century Record - Abhishek Sharma	First Indian cricketer to score more than one IPL century in fewer than 50 balls	IPL Records
First State offering Domestic Contracts	Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) became the first state cricket association to offer contracts to domestic players	MCA Contracts
Sunil Narine IPL Record	West Indies cricketer Sunil Narine became the foreign player with the most matches played in IPL history	IPL Records
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 200 Wickets	Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first fast bowler in IPL history to take 200 wickets	IPL Records
RCB Franchise Valuation Acquisition	Royal Challengers Bangalore acquired by Somani for $1.63 billion, making it the most expensive team in IPL history	IPL Valuation
IPL 2026 Most Expensive Auction Player	Cameron Green (Australia) bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25.20 crore	IPL 2026 Auction
Polly Umrigar Award 2026 (BCCI Naman Awards)	Men: Shubman Gill \| Women: Smriti Mandhana	BCCI Awards
ICC Women's ODI Rankings Leader	Smriti Mandhana retains the number one spot in ODI Batting Rankings	ICC Rankings
BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025	Won by Smriti Mandhana	BCCI Awards
First Indian Woman 4000 Runs	Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman to score 4000 runs	Milestones
Ranji Trophy Winner 2025-26	Jammu and Kashmir defeated Karnataka team to win Ranji Trophy title	Ranji Trophy
Most Played Women's Matches Record	Harmanpreet Kaur became the player who played the most number of women's cricket matches	Milestones
Harmanpreet Kaur Pink Stand	First dedicated 'Pink Stand' named after Harmanpreet Kaur launched at Dwarka's Omaxe State Cricket Stadium in New Delhi	Cricket Stadiums
WPL First Century Scorer	Nat Sciver-Brunt (England) became the first player to score a century in WPL	WPL Records
Fastest Century in T20 World Cup	Finn Allen (New Zealand) scored fastest century in T20 World Cup history (in 33 balls)	World Cup Records
First Wicketkeeper Half-Century T20 World Cup	Ishan Kishan became first wicketkeeper to score a half-century in T20 World Cup	World Cup Records
First Transgender Ban by IOC	IOC has banned transgender athletes from participating in the women's category of sports competitions	Sports Policy
Mullanpur Stadium Stands Naming	Stands at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur named after Yuvraj Singh and Harmanpreet Kaur	Cricket Stadiums
First Female 9 Wickets in T20I	Laura Cardoso (Brazil) became the first female cricketer to take 9 wickets in a single T20I match	Global Records
Youngest Female T20I Centurion	Fanny Utagushima Ninde (Rwanda) became the youngest female player to score a century in T20 Internationals	Global Records
First Player 700 Wickets in T20	Rashid Khan became the first player to take 700 wickets in T20	Global Records
Highest Wicket-Taker Women's T20I	Deepti Sharma became the highest wicket-taker in women's T20 International cricket	Global Records
First Bowler 8 Wickets Men's T20I	Sonam Yeshi of Bhutan became the first bowler to take 8 wickets in a men's T20I match	Global Records
Ravichandran Ashwin Major League Cricket	Ravichandran Ashwin became the first Indian player to join US Major League Cricket	Global Records
Alyssa Healy & Usman Khawaja Retirement	Australian cricketers Alyssa Healy and Usman Khawaja retired from international cricket	Retirements

102. Olympic, Para-Athletic & Indoor Records

Topic / Position	Name / Detail	Note
2027 World Para Athletics Championships Host	Tashkent (Uzbekistan) will host the 2027 championships	Para Athletics
First Quadruple Amputee Para-Archery Gold	Paval Nag (Odisha) became the world's first quadruple amputee to win a gold medal at an international para-archery competition	Para Athletics
Para Archer of the Year Award	Sheetal Devi honored by World Archery	Para Athletics
2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix Standings	India secured top spot in medal tally with 208 medals, including 75 gold medals	Para Athletics
High Jump T-63 Gold Medalist	Shailesh Kumar won gold at World Para Athletics Grand Prix with a leap of 1.84m	Para Athletics
2026 Winter Olympics Standings	Norway secured top spot; United States secured second place (held in Milan & Cortina, Italy)	Winter Olympics
Most Decorated Winter Olympics Athlete	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (Johannes Kalbo) became most decorated player in Winter Olympics history	Winter Olympics
Gurjant Singh Retirement	Indian hockey player Gurjant Singh announced his retirement	Retirements
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026	Tejaswin Shankar of India won the gold medal	Indoor Athletics
Asian Shooting Championships 2026	Manu Bhaker won the silver medal	Shooting
72nd Women's Senior National Kabaddi Tournament	Won by Haryana in 2026	Kabaddi
PV Sindhu 500 Singles Matches	PV Sindhu became the first Indian shuttler to win 500 singles matches	Badminton
Saina Nehwal Retirement	Saina Nehwal retired from badminton	Retirements
Jinson Johnson Retirement	Indian runner Jinson Johnson announced his retirement	Retirements
87th Senior National Badminton Championship	Surya Karishma Tamiri won the women's singles title	Badminton
First Khelo India Tribal Games Mascot	'Morveer' launched as mascot for the first tribal games in 2026	Tribal Games
Squash World Cup 2025	India won by defeating Hong Kong	Squash

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