Sports · 28 June 2026
Viswanathan Anand receives SJFI medal
Exam-focused facts from the 28 June 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Viswanathan Anand received the Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) medal at the Madras Cricket Club (MCC) in Chennai.
- The award ceremony was hosted in partnership with the Tamil Nadu Sports Journalists’ Association (TNSJA).
- Anand currently serves as the deputy president of the chess governing body FIDE.
- The medal was presented to the five-time world chess champion by former India cricket team captain and chief selector K. Srikkanth.
- Other recipients of the SJFI medal include Sunil Gavaskar, Vijay Amritraj, Prakash Padukone, P.T. Usha, and Milkha Singh (posthumously).