Stanley Cup 2026 - Carolina Hurricanes Win

2 June 2026National

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in the NHL Stanley Cup Final to win their second Stanley Cup and first since 2006, clinching Game 6 with a shutout.

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India Reach 47 Medals and Fifth Place at the Asian Para Games as Praveen Kumar and Sachin Khilari Strike Gold

India's tally at the 5th Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, reached 47 medals - 12 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze - by 21 October 2026, placing the country fifth behind China (165 medals, 80 gold), Uzbekistan, Japan and the Republic of Korea. Wednesday's golds came from Ayush Verma (men's shot put F53), Praveen Kumar (men's high jump T64) and Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (men's shot put F46), while Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag took silver in the women's compound doubles archery final against China. India's best haul remains 111 medals (29 gold) at the 2022 edition held in Hangzhou in October 2023.

GK ByteThe Asian Para Games are held every four years under the Asian Paralympic Committee; the first edition was at Guangzhou in 2010 | The 2026 Games run from 18 to 24 October at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with India fielding 168 athletes across 11 sports | Praveen Kumar won men's high jump T64 gold at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

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India Women Sweep Zimbabwe 3-0 in T20Is as Harmanpreet Kaur Smashes an Unbeaten 91 at Raipur

India Women completed a 3-0 T20I series sweep over Zimbabwe with a 92-run win in the third and final match at Raipur on 20 October 2026. India posted 216/7, built on Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 91 off 41 balls with ten fours and five sixes - her second-highest T20I score after 103 against New Zealand in 2018 - and Shafali Verma's 69, her ninth fifty of the year. Zimbabwe were restricted to 124/7, with Nandani Sharma taking 3/18. Harmanpreet was Player of the Match. The result extended India's T20I winning streak to 11 matches and was Smriti Mandhana's first series as full-time captain.

GK ByteSmriti Mandhana took over as India's full-time women's white-ball captain after Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down in October 2026 | India won the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in 2025, beating South Africa in the final at Navi Mumbai | The BCCI was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Mumbai; the ICC is headquartered in Dubai

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Deepthi Jeevanji Wins 400m T20 Gold with an Asian Para Games Record of 56.36 Seconds at Aichi-Nagoya

Deepthi Jeevanji won the women's 400m T20 final at the 5th Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 20 October 2026, clocking 56.36 seconds for a new Asian Para Games record and finishing more than two seconds clear of Niina Kanno of Japan (58.92s) and Akane Kato (1:00.26). It was India's fifth gold of the Games and the first on Day 2. The Paris 2024 Paralympic bronze medallist's win came a day after Sheetal Devi equalled the compound archery world record with 704 at the same Games. Bhavina Patel added a table tennis bronze in the Women's Singles Class 4-5.

GK ByteThe T20 classification in para athletics is for athletes with an intellectual impairment | The Asian Para Games began at Guangzhou in 2010; at the 2022 edition held at Hangzhou, China, India won 111 medals | The Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee, headquartered at Bonn, Germany

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Sheetal Devi Equals the Compound World Record with 704 at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya

Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi, 19, shot 704 out of 720 in the women's compound ranking round at the 5th Asian Para Games on 19 October 2026 at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square, Aichi-Nagoya, equalling the world record held by Turkey's Oznur Cure. Her card included 32 X-ring hits and 57 arrows scoring 10. The score is also a new Asian record, six points better than her 698 at Bangkok in March 2026, and above her Asian Para Games mark of 680 at Hangzhou in 2023. With Payal Nag's 675, India topped the women's compound doubles ranking round on 1,379.

GK ByteSheetal Devi, from Jammu and Kashmir, is the world's first armless female competitive archer and won two golds and a silver at the 2022 Asian Para Games held at Hangzhou in 2023 | Compound archery is shot over 50 metres, with a maximum ranking-round score of 720 from 72 arrows | The Asian Para Games are held every four years under the Asian Paralympic Committee, the first edition being at Guangzhou in 2010

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