Current Affairs - Sports

The first Indian after Viswanathan Anand to reach the finals of the FIDE World Cup is R. Praggnanandhaa. He achieved this feat on August 22, 2023, by defeating Fabiano Caruana in the semi-finals. The finals will be played between Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen, the current world champion.

The Spain women's national football team won the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup title in Sydney, Australia. They defeated England 1-0 in the final on August 20, 2023, at Stadium Australia. The goal was scored by Olga Carmona in the 54th minute. This was Spain's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup title. The match was attended by 75,784 spectators, making it the highest-attended women's football match in history.

India won gold medals in both men's and women's team compound events at Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Paris. India finished the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 4 in Paris, France, with five medals - two gold and three bronze.

Indian shooters Esha Singh and Shiva Narwal clinched the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the ISSF World Championship held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Spain won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Spain became the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since 2007. Germany is the only other nation to have won both the men's and the women's World Cups before Spain.