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India's athletes, teams and Games, with the results checked.

Khashaba Jadhav Won Wrestling Bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Independent India's First Individual Olympic Medal, Four Years After Finishing Sixth in London

A college principal in Kolhapur mortgaged his house for Rs 7,000 so a wrestler from a Satara village could reach Helsinki, where he wrestled twice on the final day for bronze. The record, the honours and the dates that vary.

Ahmedabad Will Host the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games, After Delegates From 74 Member Nations and Territories Ratified India's Bid in Glasgow on 26 November 2025

From a Cabinet decision on 27 August 2025 to a flag handover in Glasgow on 2 August 2026, a dated record of how India won the centenary Games and what Commonwealth Sport and the Sports Ministry have said since.

India Won 85 Medals and 21 Golds at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Finishing Fourth and Taking All Six Gold Medals in Cricket, Hockey and Kabaddi

The medal count by colour and by sport, the golds that were Indian firsts, and the Los Angeles 2028 places that came with them, as of 10 October 2026.

India Is One of Seven Countries in Continuous Dialogue With the IOC for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, With Ahmedabad as Its Proposed Host City

From the Prime Minister's 2023 pledge in Mumbai to a letter of intent in October 2024 and the IOC's new handbook, a dated account of where the Ahmedabad bid stands and the stages still ahead.

Gukesh Won the World Chess Title 7.5 to 6.5 at 18 on 12 December 2024, Less Than Three Months After India Took Both Olympiad Golds, and Defends It in Geneva From 24 November 2026

A blunder on move 55, two Olympiad golds, a teenage Women's World Cup winner and a 2026 title defence: the scores, dates and FIDE ratings behind the Indian chess boom.

India Won Olympic Hockey Bronze 5-4 Against Germany on 5 August 2021 and 2-1 Against Spain on 8 August 2024, the First Back-to-Back Medals Since 1972

Two bronze-medal matches three years apart, a goalkeeper's final game, and what the team has done since, from eighth place at the 2026 World Cup to Asian Games gold and a berth at Los Angeles 2028.

India Beat South Africa by 52 Runs in Navi Mumbai on 2 November 2025 to Win a First Women's Cricket World Cup, After Losing the Finals of 2005 and 2017

A first world title, three decades of near misses before it, and a year since in which a captain stepped down and a new one named: the scorecards, dates and records behind India's women's cricket.

Neeraj Chopra Won Olympic Gold at 87.58 m, Olympic Silver at 89.45 m and World Gold at 88.17 m, and His Longest Throw Is 90.23 m

The distances, dates and rivals behind India's best-known javelin thrower, from a 23-year-old's gold in Tokyo to an ankle injury in 2026, plus the rules that decide whether a throw counts.

Tenzing Norgay Stood on Everest at 11:30 am on 29 May 1953, Then Spent 22 Years Training India's Mountaineers at the Institute in Darjeeling

A Sherpa taken on in 1935 without a service certificate climbed Everest on his seventh trip to the mountain. Here is the documented climb, the honours, and the school he built in Darjeeling.

Dhyan Chand Won Three Olympic Hockey Golds in a Row, from 1928 to 1936, With India Scoring 102 Goals and Conceding 3 in 12 Matches

From an army sepoy who practised by moonlight to the captain of the 1936 Olympic champions. The match-by-match record, the goal counts that differ between sources, and the honours that carry his name.