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Sports
About 6 min · General Awareness and Current Affairs · English
Time worked out from the lesson's 427 words at 150 words a minute, plus a minute for each question.
This topic rewards candidates who follow sports news regularly, especially cricket, football, hockey, tennis, badminton, and Olympic events.
Key ideas
- Major Multi-Sport Events: Olympics (Summer and Winter held every 4 years, staggered by 2 years), Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Youth Olympics are the largest platforms where India competes across 20+ disciplines.
- Cricket Trophies: ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI, every 4 years), ICC T20 World Cup (every 2 years), ICC Champions Trophy, Ashes (England vs Australia Test series), Ranji Trophy (India's domestic first-class), IPL (Indian Premier League T20 franchise tournament).
- Football Tournaments: FIFA World Cup (every 4 years, men's and women's), UEFA Champions League (club-level Europe), Copa América (South America), Indian Super League (ISL), Durand Cup (Asia's oldest football tournament, instituted 1888).
- Tennis Grand Slams: Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros), Wimbledon, US Open — winning all four in a career is a "Career Grand Slam"; in one calendar year is a "Calendar Grand Slam."
- Olympic Sports India Excels In: Hockey (8 Olympic gold medals historically; recent bronze in Tokyo 2020), Badminton (PV Sindhu silver 2016, bronze 2020), Wrestling (multiple medals), Shooting, Boxing, Javelin (Neeraj Chopra gold 2020).
Watch out for
- Confusing ICC tournaments: Students mix up Champions Trophy (50-over; revived in 2025 after a gap since 2017), World Cup (50-over every 4 years), and T20 World Cup (every 2 years). Fix: Remember World Cup = ODI flagship; T20 World Cup = shortest format global;
- Mixing tennis team vs individual events: Davis Cup is men's team competition; Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) is women's team; Grand Slams are individual. Fix: "Cup" in tennis usually means team format.
- Outdated Olympic medal counts: Relying on old data (e.g., pre-Tokyo 2020). India won 7 medals at Tokyo 2020 (1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze) — best-ever tally. Fix: Always note the most recent Summer Olympics and Asian Games medal counts.
Quick reference
- FIFA World Cup 2022 Winner: Argentina (Lionel Messi captain; final vs France in Qatar).
- ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia defeated India in the final (Ahmedabad, November 2023).
- Paris 2024 Olympics: Track Indian medal winners — Neeraj Chopra, shooters, wrestlers, boxers for latest results.
- Grand Slam 2023–24 highlights: Novak Djokovic (record 24 men's singles Grand Slams); note if any Indian reaches late rounds.
- Hockey Gold Count: India has 8 Olympic gold medals in men's hockey (1928–1980 era dominance).
Check yourself: 3 questions
1. The Thomas Cup is associated with which sport?
2. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli made his Test debut against which country?
3. Who won the FIFA World Cup 2022 held in Qatar?
This lesson is cut from the topic's note, not rewritten. Fact-checked on 21 Oct 2026: an AI-assisted check of this note against cited sources; the errors it found were corrected that day. Some errors may remain. The questions are from Shishya's validated question bank.
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