SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS IN APRIL 2025

RETIRED - 

* Indian Woman Hockey Star Vandana Katariya Has Announced Retirement From International Hockey.

* She Played 15 Years For India. 

* She Appeared In 320 Games For India.

* Scored 158 Goals For India 

* She Received Padmashree And Arjuna award 

*  Scotland Badminton Player Adam Hall Announced Retirement.

BILLIARDS - 

* Pankaj Advani Wins Silver Medal At WBL World Match day Billiards Championship.

* East Bengal FC Wins Indian Women League 2024/25.

HOST - 

*  15th HOCKEY India Senior Men's National Championship To Start At Major DHYANCHAND Hockey Stadium In Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. 

* Panchkula, Haryana To Host The World Athletic (Category A Javelin Throw Event) In May 2025.

* 7th Khelo India Youth Game Will Be Held On 4th To 15th May 2025 In Bihar.

* India Win 25 Medals At Asian Under15 Boxing Championship ( 11 Gold, 3 Silver, 11 Bronze)

* Neeraj Chopra Won Gold In (84.52m) At Potch Invitational Meet 2025.

* Barcelona Beat Real Madrid To Win The Copa Del Rey At Spain.

2ND ASIAN YOGASANA CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - 

India Win 87 Medals Including 83 Gold 3 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal At 2nd Asian Yogasana Championship 2025.

* Liverpool Wins The Record 20th Time At Premier League.

* Surungbam Athouba And Dolly Devidas Patil Have Won Gold Medal At South Asians Trilathon Championship 2025.

JAVELLIN - 

* Asian Championship Silver Medallist Javelin Thrower DP Manu Has Been Banned For Four Years By NADA 

* Himanshu Wins India's First Gold Medal At Under 18 Asian Athletic Championships 2025 in Javelin Throw ( 67.57m).

* Churchill Brothers Wins The i-league Championships 2024/25.

* Bihar Women's Rugby Team Wins The Senior National Rugby 7d Championships.

* The Longest Chess Marathon Has Achieved By Tunde Onakoya And Shawn Martinez In Times Square USA. ( From 17th To 20th April 2025)

SQUASH - 

WTT - 

* Diya Chitale & Manush Shah Wins The Mixed Double Title At WTT CONTENDER TUNIS 2025 At Tunisia. 

*  Sourav Kothari, Pankaj Advani And Dhruv Sitwala Clinched Gold, Silver And Bronze Medal At The IBSF World Billiards Championship.

* Anahat Singh And Veer Chotrani Wins Chennai Challengers ( individual) 

INDIA AT ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - 

* India Win 11 Medals Including 1 Gold, 5 Silver And 5 Bronze At Asian Athletic Championships.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Tahngboi Singto Has Been Appointed As The Technical Director Of East Bengal Football Club.

* Indian Women Weightlifting Star Mirabai Chanu Has Elected As The Chairperson Of Indian Weightlifting Federation Athlete Commission.

* Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul Elected As The President Of BWF For Next Four Years.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland First Grand Master And 4th President Of FIDE Has Passed Away.

* Former Indian Basketball Player Hari Dutt Kapri Passed Away.

* Brazil's 1962 FIFA World Cup Winner Star Jair da Costa Passed away.

ISSF WORLD CUP 2025 - 

*  India Wins Total Of 8 Medals Including 4 Gold, 2 Silver Medal And 2 Bronze Medals ( Finishes As 2nd) At ISSF WORLD CUP 

India Finishes 2nd At ISSF Shooting World Cup  ( China Topped The Table) 

* Punjab Team has Won The 15th National Men's Hockey team After Win Over Madhya Pradesh.

KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES 2025 - 

* Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar And Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandviya Unveiled The Mascot And Logo Of Khelo India Youth Games 2025. 

MASCOT - GAJSIMHA 

THEME - KHEL KE RANG, BIHAR KE SANG 

EQUESTERIAN - 

* Indian Equestrian Niharika Singhania Has Secured First Position in Azelhof  CSI Lier Equestrian Competition in Belgium.

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CRICKET - 

* Mohsin Naqvi Has Officially Assumed As The President Of The Asian Cricket Council (ACC). 

* Virat Kohli Became The First Indian To Completed 13000 T20 Runs. 

* Virat Kohli Became The First Cricketer To Score 1000 IPL Boundaries.

* Jimmy Anderson, Former England Cricketer Has Been Awarded Knighthood As Part Of Rishi Shunak Resignation Honours List.

*  Former Indian Cricket Captain & BCCI President Sourav Ganguly Reappointed As The Chairperson Of The ICC Men's Cricket Committee. ( VVS Laxman As Panel Members) 

*  The International Cricket Council (ICC) Announced The Formation Of a Dedicated Task Force To Support Displaced Afghan Woman Cricketers. ( Along With England & Wales Cricket Board & Cricket Australia And BCCI) 

* Indian Cricketer Shreyas Iyer Has Won The ICC Men's Player Of The Month For March 2025.

* Australian Woman' Cricketer Georgia Voll Has Won ICC Women's PLAYER Of The Month For March 2025.

* Rohit Sharma Stand Has Been Unveiled At Wankhade stadium, Mumbai.

*  Indian Women Cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues Recived The Prestigious Shivaji Chhatrapati Award By Maharashtra State Government.

* Jasprit Bumrah And Indian Women Cricketer Smriti Mandhana Have Named Wisden men's And Women Leading Cricketer In 2024.

* Rohit Sharma Completed 12000 T20 Runs After Virat Kohli For India.

* aibhav Suryawanshi Became The Fastest Indian To Reached IPL 100 In Just 35 Balls Against Gujarat Titans (GT) 

* FASTEST IN IPL Chris Gayle - 30 Balls Vs Pune Warriors 

* THE DIARY OF A CRICKETERS WIFE : A Very Unusual Memoir Book Author Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara Wife PUJA PUJARA 

FIDE WOMEN GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP PUNE 2025 - 

* HOST - PUNE 

WINNER - KUNERU HUMPY (INDIA) 

RUNNERS UP - ZHU JINER 

THIRD - DIVYA DESHMUKH (INDIA) 

INDIA AT BOXING WORLD CUP 2025 AMMAN - 

* INDIAN CONTINGENT HAVE WON 6 MEDALS INCLUDING 1 GOLD, 2 SILVER AND 3 BRONZE MEDAL AT WORLD BOXING CUP 2025 

* HITESH (GOLD) (70kg) MEN'S 

* ABHINASH JAMWAL (SILVER)

* MANISH RATHORE (BRONZE)

* JADU MANI S (BRONZE)

* SACHIN (BRONZE) 

* VISHAL (BRONZE) 

* Max Verstappen Wins The Japanese Grand Prix 2025 Title.

* Jensen Brooksby Has Won Men's Single Title At Houston.

* Oliver Crawford Has Claimed The Krishna Memorial Open Title.

*  Rohan Bopanna (45) Became The Oldest Player Ever To Win An ATP Master 1000 Match.

*  Flavio Cobolli Has Won Men's Single Title At Bucharest.

* Tamilnadu Clinched The Inaugural South Asian Basketball Club Championship.

* Mukesh Chaudhary Clinched The Gold Medal In 10th SANDA World Cup (Wushu).

CHESS - 

* Magnus Carlsen Wins The Freestyle Chess Grandslam 2025 In Paris.

* Ju Wenjun Wins The FIDE Women's World Championships For 5th Time.

 * Olympiad Gold Medal Winning Coach GM Shrinath Narayanan Has Joined as Brand Ambassador Of Chess Benz.

* Divi Bijish Has Won Girls Under 10 World Champion.

CHARLESTON OPEN 2025 (  TENNIS) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - JESSICA PEGULA 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - JELENA OSTAPEN & ERIN ROUTLIFFE 

MONTE-CARLO MASTERS 2025 (TENNIS) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - CARLOS ALCARAZ 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Romain Arneodo & Manuel Guniard 

INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2024/25 - 

* * MOHAN BAGAN WINS THE INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2024/25 SEASON.

* RUNNERS UP - BENGALURU FC 

* GOLDEN BALL - Alaaeddine Ajaraie 

* GOLDEN GLOVES - VISHAL KAITH 

* GOLDEN BOOT - ALAAEDDINE AJARAIE 

* EMERGING PLAYER OF SEASON - Brison Fernandes (FC GOA) 

* BEST GRASSROOTS PROGRAM - JAMSHEDPUR FC 

STUTTGART OPEN 2025 - 

* JELENA OSTAPENKO WiNS WOMEN'S SINGLES AT STUTTGART OPEN 2025. ( BEAT ARYNA SABALENKA) 

* Holger Rune Wins The Men's Single Title At Barcelona Open 2025.

* Alexandra Zvervev Wins The Bavarian International 2025 Men's Single Tennis 

LAUREAUS SPORTS AWARD 2025 - 

* LAUREAUS SPORTS FOR GOOD AWARD - KICK 4 LIFE Sports Academy 

* LAUREAUS SPORTING ICON AWARD - RAFAEL NADAL 

* LAUREAUS SPORTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR - SIMONE BILES 

* LAUREAUS WORLD COMEBACK OF THE YEAR - REBECCA ANDRADE 

* LAUREAUS WORLD ACTION SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR - TOM PODCOCK 

* LAUREAUS SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY - YUYAN JIANG 

* LAUREAUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - KELLY SLATER 

* LAUREAUS WORLD BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR - LAMINE YAMAL 

* LAUREAUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR - REAL MADRID 

* LAUREAUS WORLD SPORTS MAN OF THE YEAR - MONDO DUPLANTIS