The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) on 22 August 2016 announced that the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The tournament will take place from 7 October 2016 and will conclude on 22 October 2016.
•    Kabaddi is a contact sport that originated in Ancient India.
•    India always dominated the event by winning all the gold medals in both men's and women's category.
•    Kabaddi World Cup was first played in 2004, then in 2007 and then annually from 2010 onwards.
•    2004 and 2007 were played in Standard Style and other years in Circle Style.
•    World Cup 2015 was cancelled because of 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy.
•    Sri Muktsar Sahib in Punjab was the host of the Kabaddi World Cup 2014.
•    The winner of the Kabaddi World Cup 2014 was India. New Zealand was the Runner-up. Pakistan stood on the third place.
 

Croatia's Marin Cilic won Cincinnati Open Men's Single. Marin Čilić  is a Croatian professional tennis player whose biggest success to date is having won the 2014 US Open and the 2016 Cincinnati Open. 
•    So far, Čilić has won 15 ATP singles titles. 
•    His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved in October 2014. 
•    Čilić first came to international prominence by defeating then World No. 2 Andy Murray in the fourth round of the 2009 US Open. 
•    He followed this by reaching the semifinals of the 2010 Australian Open. 
•    Čilić was also a quarterfinalist at the 2014 and 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
•    His first steps of tennis started in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 
•    His potential was discovered by local hometown coaches who saw him play and encouraged his move to Zagreb for further training.
 

Indian junior table tennis team has won the bronze medal at the Asian School Table Tennis Championships 2016, held in Singapore. 
•    The Indian team of six paddlers defeated Macau and Hong Kong in the tournament's group stage, before crashing out against eventual winners China in the semifinals. 
•    India shared the bronze medal with Thailand, while Singapore won the silver.
•    The School is situated on a 16 acre campus, 'Asian Acres' , in tranquil and verdant environs. 
•    The academic building is an impressive structure designed by a well-known group of architects from New Delhi. 
•    It has 4 hostels, 2 for senior boys, 1 for junior boys and 1 separate hostel for girls.
•    Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small paddle.
 

USA's Abbey D'Agostino and New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin were presented with the Fair Play awards at the Rio Olympics. 
•    Hamblin and D'Agostino tripped and fell to the ground during the 5,000m race, after which D'Agostino helped Hamblin to her feet instead of carrying on with her race. 
•    The two sprinters went on to complete the race together.
•    Speaking of this recognition after the ceremony, 28-year-old Nikki Hamblin said:  “I think it’s very special for both Abbey and myself. 
•    The Norwegian men’s handball team was also honoured for its gracious attitude during a European championship match against Germany earlier this year, which saw them lose out on their Olympic dream. 
•    The match was tied when at the last minute the German team scored a goal. It was discovered that when the goal had been scored an extra player had come onto the field. 

A total of ten nations won their first ever Olympic gold medal at the recently concluded Rio Olympics, making it the most first-time gold medalists since 1996.
•    Bahrain: Ruth Jebet, born in Kenya but now running for Bahrain, won the women's steeplechase
•    Fiji: The men's rugby sevens team took gold, giving Fiji its first gold in 14 trips to the Summer Olympic Games.
•    Independent: Fehaid Al Deehani became first to win gold in  shooting.
•    Côte d'Ivoire : Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse won gold in taekwondo, the first gold in 14 Olympic Games for Côte d'Ivoire.
•    Jordan : Ahmad Abughaush also prevailed in taekwondo. This was Jordan's 10th trip to the Summer Olympic Games.
•    Kosovo : Majlinda Kelmendi prevailed in women's judo. Kosovo was first recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 2014, so this was its first time at the Summer Games.
•    Puerto Rico: Monica Puig won the women's tennis gold, completing a dazzling run through the field. 
•    Singapore: Joseph Schooling won the men's 100m butterfly, beating Michael Phelps among others. 
•    Tajikistan: Dilshod Nazarov won the men's hammer throw. 
•    Vietnam: Hoang Xuan Vinh in the 10m air pistol gave the Vietnamese their first gold in 15 trips to the Olympic Games.
 

Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik on 17 August 2016 won bronze in the 58 kg category at the Olympic Games in Rio.
•    With this, Malik brought home India’s first medal of the competition. 
•    With the win, she also became India's firstss female wrestler and the fourth female athlete ever to win an Olympic medal.
•    Born 3 September 1992, Sakshi Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler.
•    Her first success as a professional wrestler in the international arena came in 2010 at the Junior World Championships where she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle event.
•    At the 2014 Dave Schultz International Tournament, she won gold in the 60 kg category.
•    She had previously won silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
•    At the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha, she won the bronze medal.

Brazil won its first Olympic gold medal in soccer with a dramatic penalty kick by Neymar to defeat Germany, sending the nation into a frenzy after a 1-1 (5-4 shootout) victory.
Olympic Summer Games:
•    Gold Medals: 2016
•    Silver Medals: 1984, 1988, 2012
•    Bronze Medals: 1996, 2008
Pan American Games:
•    Winners: 1963, 1975, 1979, 1987
CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament:
•    Winners: 1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000
•    Brazil Olympic football team represents Brazil in international football competitions in Olympic Games. 
•    The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. 
•    In 13 participations, Brazil won one gold medal (2016), three silver medals (1984, 1988 and 2012) and two bronze medals
•    Germany haven’t played in the Olympic tournament since 1988, when Jurgen Klinsmann was on the team and they won the bronze. 
•    The senior team defeated Argentina in the World Cup final at the Maracana.

The 2016 Summer Olympics concluded on 21 August 2016 at ceremony held at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic programme in 2009.
•    The opening ceremony took place in the Maracana Stadium on 5 August 2016.
•    The Games were officially opened by Acting President of Brazil Michel Temer.
•    These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach.
•    Rio became the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics.
•    The two new sports for 2016 Olympic Games were golf and rugby sevens.
•    The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
•    The city was announced as the host at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires on 7 September 2013.
•    The games are planned to be held from 24 July 2020 to 9 August 2020.
 

Ahmad Abughaush is a Jordanian taekwondo athlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 68 kg, where he won the gold medal. 
•    This was Jordan's first ever Olympic medal.
•    Ahmad Abughaush was born in Amman, Jordan. 
•    Abughaush started Taekwondo at a local training center in Amman, his skills qualified him for inclusion in the national team. 
•    In 2010, he participated in the Taekwondo World Championship for juniors that were held in Sharm el-Sheikh, where he was the only Arab athlete to achieve a gold medal. 
•    He participated in a number of championships and was given the best Jordanian athlete award by the Jordan Olympic Committee. 
•    Abugaush took a year off in 2013 after he had suffered a rupture in the Cruciate ligament, he soon returned to training and won gold medals in a number of international championships in 2014
 

Great Britain women's hockey team won its first ever Olympic gold on Saturday, after defeating the defending champions Netherlands in the penalty shootout of the final. 
•    The match had ended at 3-3, after which Britain went on to win 2-0 in the penalty shootout. 
•    The Dutch women's team had won gold medals in the last two editions of the Olympics.
•    Tournament record
Summer Olympics
•    1988 – 4th place
•    1992 – 3rd
•    1996 – 4th place
•    2000 – 8th place
•    2008 – 6th place
•    2012 – 3rd
•    2016 – 1st
World League
•    2014–15 – 7th place
Champions Trophy
•    1987 – 5th place
•    1989 – 4th place
•    1993 – 6th place
•    1997 – 5th place
•    2012 – 2nd place
•    2016 – 5th place