World No.1 Viktor Axelsen ended the year by winning the BWF World Tour Championship title. The Danish defeated Indonesia’ Anthony Ginting in straight games in the final to claim his eighth title of the year. Earlier, World No.1 Akane Yamaguchi won the end of the year title as she defeated Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in straight games in the final on Sunday, 11th December 2022.

Indian shuttler Anish Thoppani clinched a silver medal in the under-15 category at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won the 10m air pistol mixed team title at the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) here at the MP Shooting Academy range in Bhopal, venue of the Pistol shooting events. The Haryana duo trounced Karnataka’s Divya T.S. and Imroz 16-4 in the gold medal encounter.

Stephanie Frappart will become the first female referee to take charge of a men’s FIFA World Cup game. The French official will take charge of the group stage game between Costa Rica and Germany on December 2.

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has secured the men's single ATP Finals (2022) title, after defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud. 

Indian table tennis player Manika Batra clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament at Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, becoming the first Indian female paddler to win a medal at the event.

Uttar Pradesh will host the 2023 Khelo India University Games, the third edition of the event. Lucknow will be the main host city for the multi-discipline event in which almost 6000 athletes from all over the country are expected to participate.

India will host the women’s world boxing championships in 2023 in New Delhi where a new review system based on artificial intelligence will be used for the first time, the game’s global governing body (IBA) said.

19-year old Holger Rune won his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title as he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters 2022.With the victory, Rune has also entered into the Top 10 in the Men’s Singles rankings.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Charlotte Edwards and Abdul Qadir have been inducted into ICC's Hall of Fame. The trio will be honoured ahead of the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup at the SCG.

Indian pistol shooter Sameer won a Silver in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior event of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship in Cairo, Egypt.

Jyothi Yarraji becomes first Indian woman to clock sub-13 seconds in 100m hurdles

Bangladesh won a historic victory at the SAFF Women’s Championship to lift the maiden title at the Dashrath Rangshala Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Bangladesh team defeated hosts Nepal by 3-1 in the finals.

Bengaluru FC has won its maiden and the 131st edition of the Durand Cup by defeating Indian Super League (ISL) giants Mumbai City FC 2-1. This is seventh domestic title for Bengaluru FC.

In Wrestling, ace Indian wrestler and Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal in the men's 65 kg category at World Wrestling Championships.

At the Chennai Open, Czech Teen Linda Fruhvirtova won her first WTA Tour title when she beat Magda Linette in the final, in three sets. With this win, she moved into the top 100 for the first time in her career, at No. 74 in the rankings.

Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis player of all time, has decided to bid farewell to professional tennis after the conclusion of the Laver Cup 2022.

Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the World Championships after clinching a bronze in 53 kilogram category in Belgrade, Serbia on September 14.

In football, India clinched the SAFF under-17 Championship title, defeating Nepal 4-0 in the final in Colombo on September 14.

Sikkim will host Ranji trophy matches for the first time in December. The state will welcome three northeast teams: Mizoram, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, at the Mining Cricket Ground near Rangpo.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz beat Casper Ruud to win Men's Singles title at the US Open tennis in New York last night. Alcaraz defeated Ruud in a four-set thriller to clinch his maiden Grand Slam.

Max Verstappen won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix on 11 September 2022. The Italian Grand Prix is the fifth oldest national Grand Prix (after the French Grand Prix, the United States Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix), having been held since 1921.

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has achieved yet another historic feat as he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Zurich Diamond League Final 2022 in Switzerland. 

Six-year-old Anishka Biyani won the gold medal in the Malaysian Age Group Rapid Chess Championship at Kuala Lumpur.Anishka, a first-grade student of Dhirubhai Ambani school, achieved the feat in the Under-6 Open category with an impressive score of four points out of a possible six to clinch the title in the girls category.

Red Bull driver, Max Verstappen has won the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix auto race, at the Zandvoort racetrack, in Zandvoort, Netherlands.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the mascot and the anthem for the 36th National Games at Trans Stadia in Ahmedabad on. The mascot is named as Savaj which means cub in Gujarati. The anthem is based on the theme of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Belgian Grand Prix 2022. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez & Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished at second and third positions respectively.

World number one shuttler Viktor Axelsen won his second BWF World Championships title after beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in Tokyo yesterday. The women's singles title has been retained by Japan's reigning champion Akane Yamaguchi. 

Indian judoka Linthoi Chanambam made history as she won the gold medal at the world cadet judo championships 2022 in the women’s -57kg category in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina.

Olympic champion and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra scripted history as he became the first Indian to clinch a Diamond League Meeting title by winning the Lausanne league.

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi clinched the 28th Abu Dhabi Masters chess tournament, beating Spain’s David Anton Guijarro.The 18-year-old emerged victorious over the Spaniard in the ninth and final round with 7.5 points.

Indian para shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam clinched the Gold at the Thailand Para Badminton International tournament in Pattaya.

Manisha Kalyan has become the first Indian footballer to play at the UEFA Women's Champions League when she made her debut for Apollon Ladies FC in the European Club competition in Engomi, Cyprus.

FIFA on August 15 suspended the Indian football federation (AIFF) with “immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties”, jeopardising the country’s staging of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in October.The suspension will remain in place until the All India Football Federation (AIFF) regains full control of its daily affairs, FIFA said in a statement.

The Khelo India Women's Hockey League 22 for Under-16 will start  at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi from 16 August 2022.This will be the 1st phase of the League which will go on till 23rd August.

The 131st edition of Asia's oldest football tournament - Durand Cup will start from 16 August 2022. The tournament will feature 20 teams, all divided into four groups of five teams each.For the first time in its history, the tournament is being held in multiple cities.

Indian fencer Bhavani Devi won the gold medal in the women’s senior individual sabre category at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships 2022 in London.

Indian grandmaster Harika Dronavalli won a medal while being nine months pregnant. India 'A' women's team comprising Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali, Koneru Humphy, Tania Sachdev, and Bhakti Kulkarni won the bronze medal in the women's section.

Manisha Kalyan and Sunil Chhetri were named the AIFF Women’s and Men’s Footballer of the year respectively.While Manisha had won the Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year for last season, while this is the seventh time that Sunil won the Award, having last won it in 2018-19.

Serena Williams has announced retirement from professional tennis. Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981 and is an American professional tennis player.

Uzbekistan will host the 46th World Chess Olympiad in 2026. This has been announced by the Chairman of Uzbekistan Chess Federation Alisher Sadullayev.

India lifted the SAFF U-20 football championship trophy by defeating Bangladesh in the final at Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Chess prodigy V Pranav became India’s 75th Grandmaster by winning a tournament in Romania.The Chennai-based Pranav won the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania to secure his third and final GM norm and attain the Grandmaster title. 

In the Commonwealth Games, the women's fours lawn bowls team of Nayanmoni Saikia, Pinki, Lovely Choubey and Rupa Rani Tirkey, scripted history as they won a gold medal by defeating South Africa in the finals. This is India's first medal in the sport.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull, Netherlands) has won the Formula One F1 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix 2022. This is his overall 28th race win and the 10th win of the 2022 season. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, Great Britain) stood second and George Russell (Mercedes, Britain) came third.

England have defeated Germany to win Women's Euro Championship 2022. The tournament was hosted by England, and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021.

The 44th Chess Olympiad is being held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 10 August 2022. This is the first Chess Olympiad to take place in India.The event was initially supposed to take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, along with the Chess World Cup 2019, but was moved to Moscow and scheduled for the period from 5 to 17 August 2020.

The ICC awarded membership status to three countries during the ongoing ICC Annual Conference in Birmingham.Cambodia and Uzbekistan from Asia, and Cote D'Ivoire from Africa, were all awarded Associate membership status, taking ICC's total members to 108 countries, including 96 Associates.

Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh lead the Indian contingent as the Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony was held in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that India will host the 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup. India, Bangladesh, England and Sri Lanka were named as the four hosts for ICC women’s white-ball events from 2024-27.

Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour de France title in Paris on the famed Champs-Élysées. The Tour de France is a prestigious multistage bike race that takes place annually in France and sometimes the surrounding countries.

Max Verstappen won the 2022 French Grand Prix, while the seven-time champion, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) finished second in his 300th Grand Prix.

The Indian men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team comprising Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu and Sameer won the silver medal on the last day of the ISSF World Cup Changwon 2022 in South Korea.

Indian lifter Harshada Garud won the women's 45kg gold at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent. Soumya Dalvi bagged the bronze in the 45kg youth event. In the men's 49 kg youth event, L Dhanush won the bronze in the snatch section with an 85 kg effort.

Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, Lleyton Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Before Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic ascended to the top of the sport, Hewitt held the top spot for 80 weeks, good for 10th-most in history. Even when those stars made their mark.

In Shooting, two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan created history by becoming the first Indian shooter to win the gold medal in the men’s skeet event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.

Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged winner in the 41st Villa De Benasque International Chess Open after edging Armenia's Robert Hovhannisyan and compatriot Raunak Sadhwani on the basis of tie-break score.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her record fifth world 100m title in Eugene, Oregon, leading an unprecedented Jamaican clean sweep of the podium. 

The 2022 World Athletics Championships, the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are currently being held in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022.They were originally scheduled for August 6–15, 2021; on April 8, 2020, World Athletics announced that the event would be postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Junior world champion Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar has won gold medal in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Changwon, Korea.

In Chess, young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa has won the Paracin Open 'A' chess tournament 2022 in Serbia. The 16-year-old remained unbeaten and finished half a point ahead of the field.

Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has won her maiden Women's Single title of Singapore Open Badminton tournament. The Two-time Olympic medallist defeated Wang Zhi Yi of China to claim her third title this year. She won Korea Open and Swiss Open earlier this year.